Rent overcharge payout for tenants, abandoned mansion asks $22 million, & more

By Emily Myers | May 3, 2022 - 10:30AM

A $1.15 million settlement is awarded to dozens of rent-stabilized tenants in Queens who were overcharged by their landlord, Bell Realty (press release)

The North Bronx affordable housing development Co-op City secures $621 million in federal government loans with $124 million for repairs (Bronx Times)

After a two-year dip, eviction processing in New York starts to increase (The New York Times)

A study by the Urban Institute looks at what affordable housing does to nearby property values (Bloomberg)

How historic preservation battles can also prevent social change (The Atlantic)

Go on a video tour of an abandoned Upper West Side limestone mansion asking $22 million—and hear what it take to restore it (Architectural Digest)

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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