Landlords sued after fire, lead paint settlement, & more

By Emily Myers | October 27, 2022 - 10:30AM

Rent stabilized-tenants at 475 43rd St. in Brooklyn sue their landlords and city agencies for reconfiguring apartments after a fire. They claim owners are trying to kick them out and raise rents (Gothamist)

One of New York’s most notorious landlords, Jason Korn, will pay $82,500 to settle dozens of lead paint violations inside six of his Brooklyn apartment buildings (City Limits)

Student homelessness swells to 104,000, even as school enrollment declines (City & State)

The NYCHA water scandal grows as the authority admits the firm involved conducted tests at dozens of buildings (The City)

To ease NYC's housing shortage, Mayor Eric Adams wants to exempt buildings with up to 200 apartments from environmental review (Politico)

A walk-up building once owned by Andy Warhol at 342 Bowery in Manhattan goes to auction (Architectural Digest)

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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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