More than 30,000 luxury building workers and doormen say they will strike if an agreement isn't reached on a compensation deal that expires next week (The City)
City lawmakers are looking at ways to exempt some property owners from stringent emissions rules (The Real Deal)
A puzzling reminder that energy-efficiency grades for buildings don't measure carbon emissions (Habitat Magazine)
The urgent and impossible battle to make New York City flood-proof (CityLab)
A former chef teams up with a bedbug-hunting dog to save New Yorkers from dreaded infestations (The New York Times)
Dozens of apartments in Astoria and Long Island City, Queens, are available through the city's affordable housing lottery (Patch)
Emily Myers
Senior Writer/Podcast Producer
Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California.
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