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David Brand

Articles by David Brand


David is a reporter covering housing for Gothamist and WNYC. Got a tip? Email [email protected] or Signal 908-310-3960.

A centralized surveillance network constructed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks relies on private building owners citywide.


A shoebox in Chelsea, a luxe apartment in Riverdale and five (!) bedrooms on Staten Island.


The city has yet to purchase flood-prone homes despite years of buyout plans.


LLC owners who elude the Department of Finance could escape the tax and lower overall revenue from the tax.


The speedier court process will apply to cases filed against the owners of buildings with vacate orders, elevator outages or other major problems, like heat and hot water failures.


Two renters claim Compass has become a "real estate leviathan" with a monopoly on Manhattan listings that leads to rising rents.


A new, first-of-its-kind report gives a neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown of how the city can build its way out of the housing crisis.


Councilmembers are P.O.’d about City Hall’s plans to skip pied-a-terre hearing.


In the first three months of the year, the city rejected about 75% of applications for One-Shot Deal emergency grants, which help tenants cover unpaid rent.


Developers have dropped their lawsuit against the city for changing course on a relatively small housing proposal that came to symbolize a larger fight over development.


Tenant advocates and nonprofit lawyers have filed motions opposing a landlord lawsuit against the city’s Rent Guidelines Board.


We crossed the river and met up with the one person who has the answer.


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