Brooklyn's priciest address, NYCHA subsidy snafu, & more

By Emily Myers | May 12, 2022 - 10:30AM

A NYCHA computer error mistakenly sends thousands of letters to tenants informing them their Section 8 rent subsidy is ending (The City)

With an average asking price of $2,458 per square foot, Dumbo's 30 Front St. could become Brooklyn’s priciest address (New York Post)

The last-minute addition of 150 rent-stabilized apartments to plans for One45 in Harlem is slammed by a local lawmaker as "11th-hour breadcrumbs" (Gothamist)

An affordable housing lottery launches for 14 apartments at 95-01 37th St. in Jackson Heights, Queens (New York Yimby)

Families of the victims who died in the Champlain Towers South condo building collapse in Surfside, Fla., reach a $997 million settlement (The New York Times)

Designers are using stripes to infuse color and energy into home furnishings (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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