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.
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If you have a knack for writing, an ear for the bottom line, and a desire to help New Yorkers make the most out of their vertical-dwelling existence, BrickUnderground would like to hear from you.
With about a month to go before our big relaunch, BrickUnderground is taking a brief, supine hiatus this week beyond the vertical city, where we will try not to think too much about bed bugs or co-op boards.
So it's no surprise that renovation jobs in New York City tend to cost a lot more than their suburban counterparts; everything from labor to insurance is more expensive.
What is surprising is how idiosyncratic prices can be: Bids are commonly adjusted according to a contractor’s assessment of everything from the parking situation on your block, to your property manager's reputation for meddling, to whether your next-door neighbor is a stay-at-home board president.
- Life after your elevator goes to the big box in the sky (HabitatMag)
- Before renting back to a seller, look under the rug (Malcolm Carter)
At last.
A 39-page battle plan for ending New York City’s bed bug epidemic will be released tomorrow afternoon at a press conference by Mayor Bloomberg. [Updated 7/28/10 4:40 p.m.: Download a copy of the report at the bottom of this story.]
BrickUnderground has learned the highlights from Gil Bloom, one of three entomologists on Bloomberg’s 10-member Bed Bug Advisory Board, which finished its soon-to-be published report in April.
