New construction prices in freefall, buyers still not jumping [Post]

City busks for fed bucks to clean up from tornado [Queens Crap]

And has already won $18M for dirty bomb detectors [WNYC]

Parks has something big planned for Floyd Bennett Field [NY1]

Cops ticketing people for trespassing on their own property [News]

Living above the shop at the Beatrice hotel-condo [Post]

They may cost $104, but at least new MTA cards will be “smart” [Gotham Gazette]

The cutest doorman in NYC [Village Voice]

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