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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.

The tenant says a foul odor is wafting into his pricey apartment. His landlord says the claims are “demonstrably false.”


Mayor Mamdani and the City Council have named appointments to a proposed “land bank” to replace the city’s controversial tax lien sale system.


Comptroller Mark Levine announced the new investment Thursday, part of his plan to use pension dollars to address the city’s housing crisis.


A court fight remains unresolved just two weeks before the historic freeze takes effect for new leases.


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.


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