A Brooklyn mom suspected of drowning her three children at Coney Island was facing eviction and owed $10,000 in back rent (New York Post)
Countless rental applications are denied when tenant screening firms provide misleading or incorrect information (The Real Deal)
Harlem's One45 site, once intended for apartments, will instead have a truck depot (Patch)
An investigation follows the death of a construction worker at a building site on Java Street in Greenpoint (Gothamist)
Presented with flood-risk data, buyers avoid areas with severe threats and instead bid on properties in low-risk neighborhoods (Redfin)
How to make a landlord improve fire safety (The New York Times)
Emily Myers
Senior Writer/Podcast Producer
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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