April 12, 2019 – Weekly News Roundup

April 12th, 2019
  1. 'IMMINENT' DOMAIN: UNCERTAIN SECOND AVE. SUBWAY PLANS PUT LOCALS ON EDGE - The City
  2. ‘Twitter cop’ connects with the community - The Villager
  3. Chase to Open Branch at Ceruzzi Project on East 86th Street - Commercial Observer
  4. Minor Identified As UES Vandal Who Painted Swastikas In Gym - Patch
  5. Finance Meets Design at Cornell Tech's Collision Lab by WRNS Studio - Interior Design
  6. Landlords are exploiting a key loophole to raise rents on thousands of apartments - Crain's New York Business
  7. Midwood, EJS ink $95M construction loan for UES condo project - The Real Deal
  8. Prospect of Tougher Rent Regulation Hits Rental Building Sales - The Wall Street Journal
  9. Gary Barnett’s Extell gets $268M to refinance two dev sites - The Real Deal
  10. A New Generation of Medical Office Space Arrives on the Upper East Side - Commercial Observer
  11. Ikea’s first small-format store is opening in New York. Here’s a look inside - CNBC
  12. City Greenlights Tallest UWS Tower After Developer Tweaks 'Void' - Gothamist
  13. Art and migration - Our Town
  14. Top New York City School Makes Big Admissions Error - The Wall Street Journal
  15. New York City Has a Y2K-Like Problem, and It Doesn’t Want You to Know About It - The New York Times
  16. Facing Nurses Strike, New York Hospitals Reach Landmark Deal on Staffing - The New York Times
  17. State legislators pass bill to increase tenant protections against unscrupulous landlords - Curbed
  18. DE BLASIO SLAMMED FOR LEAVING SENIOR HOUSING FUNDS OUT OF BUDGET - The City
  19. Failing New York Subway? Not Always — Once There Were Chandeliers - The New York Times
  20. Landlords warn pro-tenant proposals endorsed by Albany Dems will harm real estate industry and renters alike - Daily News
  21. A TASTE OF JUSTICE FOR FOOD VENDORS WHOSE CARTS WERE TRASHED BY CITY - THE CITY
  22. FOOD CARTS BACK ON COUNCIL’S FRONT BURNER - THE CITY
  23. City overwhelmingly votes to close mechanical void loophole - Curbed NY
  24. Manhattan is Blocking E-Scooter and E-Bike Legalization - Streetsblog
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