The Federal Reserve will likely enacts its third consecutive .75 percentage point interest rate increase when it meets later this month (CNBC)
Manhattan's luxury market saw a record-breaking 20 contracts signed at $4 million or above last week (The Real Deal)
National Grid estimates a 39 percent increase in heating bills from November to March (Times Union)
What it's like living in Hudson Square, where there are lots of new developments (The New York Times)
A Lower East Side resident salvages curbside items from garbage piles for a free store on Ludlow Street (Curbed)
Here's how you can test your apartment's drinking water (City Limits)
Austin Havens-Bowen
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Austin Havens-Bowen is a writer and reporter. He previously covered local news for the Queens Ledger and The Hunts Point Express in the Bronx. He graduated from Hunter College with a BA in media studies. He rents a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria with his boyfriend and their two cats.
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