The Closing: Children’s Playrooms; Roller Hockey Angst; Hudson Valley House Hunts; Anthony Weiner Finds a Buyer
By Jhanasobserver August 5, 2011 5:05 pm
reprintsCheck your bill again—it’s not completely uncommon for landlords to overcharge on rent-controlled apartments. [NY Times]
Children’s playrooms are so overplayed. The hot new thing in luxury real estate is teen lounges. [NY1]
Columbus 95 residents can rest easy: the Upper West Side building’s landlord failed to file an appeal on the decision barring him from raising rents at the property. [Crain’s]
Port Authority, however, announced a new toll hike to generate $1 billion in revenue. [NY Post]
Roller hockey players aren’t happy about the city’s plan to let the U.N. build on top of their practice space. [DNAinfo]
New Yorkers are heading to the Hudson Valley in search of a quieter life. [NY Times]
Financial services firm Oppenheimer & Co. will stay in Manhattan for at least 10 more years. [Crain’s]
Anthony Weiner found a buyer for his “sexting headquarters” in Queens. [NY Post]
Orchard Street tenement-turned-boutique-hotel is on the market. [Journal]
Soho apartment-building fire injures one woman and 10 firefighters. [NY Post]
