"If one person spoke out against the brothers, they could endanger their own carefully constructed relationships."

For #Curbed + #NewYorkMagazine, Bridget Read and James D. Walsh report on the Alexander brothers, the #RealEstate hotshots accused of #SexualAssault: https://www.curbed.com/article/oren-alexander-tal-alexander-brothers-luxury-real-estate.html

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Everyone in Real Estate Knew About the Alexander Brothers

How did the Alexander brothers become fixtures of the city’s real-estate elite, and two of them high-powered brokers at Douglas Elliman — while allegedly raping or assaulting more than a dozen women?

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No, Cities Aren’t Doomed Because of Remote Work

"There’s this long history of certain people seeing urban life through the lens of decline. If you look at contemporary usages of this idea of “urban doom,” it’s actually very similar to the way a lot of people in the ’70s and ’80s were talking about cities."

https://www.curbed.com/2023/03/remote-work-downtowns-david-madden.html

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@awalkerinla

"I wanted to believe the story of its glorious post-COVID recovery. But why did it seem like all of the people telling it were also trying to lease me overpriced apartments?"

https://www.curbed.com/2023/01/nyc-real-estate-covid-more-apartments-higher-rent.html

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HE TALENTED MR. SANTOS
What George Santos Was Really Like as a Roommate
By Bridget Read, features writer at Curbed #nymag #curbed #GeorgeSantos https://www.curbed.com/2023/01/george-santos-roommate-nightmare.html