Do you live next to an unoccupied apartment? The housing organization Open New York wants to crowdsource information to get a clearer picture (City Limits)
New York City landlords could be banned from getting criminal background checks on prospective tenants under a proposed new City Council bill (abc7)
An investigation is underway after a worker died falling from scaffolding at a building on the Upper West Side (Gothamist)
City Council members could be forced to disclose whether their primary residence is a rent-stabilized apartment (The Real Deal)
Tantrums and meltdowns: The problem of badly-behaved kids tagging along to open houses (The New York Times)
Brooklyn's Culver El affordable housing development finally opens 20 years after the planning began (amny)