Teri Karush Rogers
Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University. During law school she realized she would rather explain things than argue about them, so she returned to service journalism after graduation.
Posts by Teri Karush Rogers:
- UES dog walker accused of stealing $90k in jewels from apts (Daily News)
- Escape hatch for condo buyers opens in NYC (Wall Street Journal, The Real Deal)
New York's bed bug victims might be in for some financial relief next year: A Brooklyn politician is about to introduce a bill forcing property insurers that do business in the state to offer policies against bed bugs infestations.
Bed bugs are dominating New York City's collective consciousness this summer, but they are not the only creepy crawlies running amok in some of the priciest real estate in the world.
Indeed, far from being oppressed by this summer's heat and humidity, the city's insect population thrives in it, reproducing almost twice as fast as in the winter, says BrickUnderground’s pest control guru Gil Bloom.
Here’s the rundown your uninvited guests, and some advice for getting them to bug off.
1. Roaches
Q. How common is it for co-op boards to reject shareholders as purchasers? Is there anything the seller or the rejected buyers can do about it?
- Feds mark their territory in bed bug fight (Bedbugger.com)
- Connecticut opens condo boards' kimonos (NY Times)
- Does it pay to be honest with the Dept of Buildings? (Brownstoner forum)
Shel ter shock - n. Post-vacation readjustment to the compact proportions of a New York City apartment.
Newly returned from Sag Harbor to his Midtown one-bedroom, Chris knocked over a nightstand, impaled his forehead on the coat rack and nearly decapitated the dog with a beach chair before his shelter shock passed.
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