Drying up Santacon a little, taxing marijuana to fix the trains, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | December 6, 2018 - 11:00AM

Better not cry: Santacon is coming this weekend and commuter trains to NYC have banned alcohol (Gothamist)

Could a marijuana tax pay for fixing the subway system? (The New York Times)

Tenants who sued the Kushner Cos. for illegally converting rent-regulated apartments won payouts (Crain’s)

This year’s winter design trend is last year’s winter design trend, in other words, better brush up on your Hygge (Apartment Therapy)

The Doe Fund’s street cleaners protested a new pilot program that they say will take away their jobs (press release)

Three things that can doom your mortgage application (Brownstoner)

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