Keep an eye on dinner cooking while cleaning up: A West Village two bedroom co-op with a shower tucked into a closet in the kitchen hits the market for $1.5 million—because why not? (New York Post)

A history of on-time rent payments will help you qualify for a mortgage with Freddie Mac (Housing Wire)

Over 200 NYCHA renters in Coney Island who have been without gas for as long as six months want compensation (Brooklyn Paper)

The J-51 tax exemption expires. The program incentivized landlords to renovate apartment buildings (The Real Deal)

Look out StreetEasy: REBNY launches Citysnap, its rental and sales listings site, in partnership with data giant CoStar Group (Commercial Observer)

A judge rules Albany’s new good cause eviction law violates state laws on property use (The Real Deal)