Emily Myers

If you are in a position to buy, you need to be aware that it won’t be as easy to borrow money as it was just two or three months ago, even if your finances haven’t changed significantly. Here's what you need to keep in mind.

More than 20 public school teachers in NYC are among 50 Department of Education employees who have died from Covid-19.

Every spring, a perfect display of tulips in Jason Agee’s front yard stops people in the street in Brooklyn. This year, as the spread of coronavirus shrinks the radius of New Yorkers’ lives to a few blocks, Agee’s pink and yellow tulips have become even more poignant. Agee, the founder of interior design firm, Jason Agee Design, lives 700 feet from New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and says this year's blooms came up earlier, which in the pandemic, was welcome. He shares how he creates his Instagram-worthy front yard all year round. 

This week, Jennifer Taus (a pseudonym), shares how she had everything in place to buy a co-op on the Upper West Side when New York was put on "pause" to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Her board interview took place remotely via FaceTime and although she was approved the next morning, she doesn't know when she will be able to close and move in. 

Grocery stores in NYC’s wealthy and poorest areas are both struggling as well-heeled locals leave and those without incomes wait for benefits.

The city streets that were closed to help with social distancing will be re-opened because New Yorkers aren't using the space and NYPD officers have other priorities.