Landlord Raphael Toledano has to pay a $3 million settlement after an investigation found that he harassed tenants and violated rent-stabilization laws (The Real Deal)
You can buy a four-bedroom house in Williamsburg made of 21 shipping containers for $5.5 million (Curbed)
The city filed a lawsuit against 13 people for converting 36 buildings in Astoria into illegal hotels using Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway.com (Queens Crap)
The $1.18 billion redevelopment plan for the Belmont Park racetrack in Queens includes a new hockey arena for the Islanders, a 250-room hotel, and a retail complex (qns.com)
Forty-five mostly studio apartments in Bedford Park, the Bronx, are available starting at $883 through a new housing lottery (StreetEasy Blog via HousingConnect)
Is there potential for high-end Brooklyn rentals to become the next subprime mortgage crisis? (Brownstoner)