Bill bans criminal record checks, tallying NYC's vacant units, & more

By Emily Myers | November 29, 2022 - 10:30AM

Do you live next to an unoccupied apartment? The housing organization Open New York wants to crowdsource information to get a clearer picture (City Limits)

New York City landlords could be banned from getting criminal background checks on prospective tenants under a proposed new City Council bill (abc7)

An investigation is underway after a worker died falling from scaffolding at a building on the Upper West Side (Gothamist)

City Council members could be forced to disclose whether their primary residence is a rent-stabilized apartment (The Real Deal)

Tantrums and meltdowns: The problem of badly-behaved kids tagging along to open houses (The New York Times)

Brooklyn's Culver El affordable housing development finally opens 20 years after the planning began (amny)

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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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