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Top NYC news: City apartment sales are in a slump; poverty rate falls to historic lows; more

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Published on October 02, 2019
Top NYC news: City apartment sales are in a slump; poverty rate falls to historic lows; morePhoto: Iker Alonso/Flickr

Here's what you need to know about what's happening in New York City.

New York City apartment sales are in a slump

Plus, some movement at the Pacific Park megaproject—and more intel in today’s New York Minute news roundup.

Read the full story on Curbed NYC.

New York City needs more vertical farms: Urban growth on a higher plane

While New York City as a whole by no means is a food desert, wherein access to fresh produce by its residents is severely constrained, such access nonetheless appears to require significant enhancement.

Read the full story on New York Daily News.

Epstein pal Jean-Luc Brunel linked to New Modeling Ventures as MC2 sells off assets

As French investigators hunt for Jean-Luc Brunel, and as his MC2 agency sells off assets, former employees and models say he’s linked to new agencies in New York City and Ukraine.

Read the full story on The Daily Beast.

New York city poverty rate falls to historic lows

The city’s poverty rate declined 3.6 percentage points between 2013 and 2018, when it stood at 17.3%, according to the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey.

Read the full story on The Wall Street Journal.

Long locked away in storage, John Steinbeck's personal items up for sale

Kept in a storage unit in New York City by the family of Elaine Steinbeck, John's third wife, a collection of rare manuscripts and even one of Steinbeck's "warm up journals" is being auctioned by Heritage Auctions on Oct. 24.

Read the full story on SFGATE.


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