Reconsidering 'first rent,' arsenic in NYCHA water, & more

By Emily Myers | September 6, 2022 - 10:30AM

Under proposed new laws, landlords could be prevented from making big rent increases by combining units—aka "first rent" for stabilized apartments (The Real Deal)

After arsenic is found in the water at a Lower East Side NYCHA complex, a federal monitor orders the preservation of papers related to the discovery (The City)

Bringing New York City's estimated 50,000 basement apartments up to code would cost nearly $14 billion (New York Post)

NYC public advocate Jumaane Williams describes "uninhabitable" conditions at NYCHA complexes in a new report (City Limits)

A NYC architecture firm becomes the first to unionize in an effort to get better pay and conditions (Bloomberg)

A look at the private pools found in luxury condo towers and townhouses (The New York Times)

Emily Myers

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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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