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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We will start with the staid: If your co-op or condo building is in possession of a party space, you might be able to snare some serious savings on your monthly charges by letting strangers whoop it up there.
- Loud sex leads to drug arrest (Law.com)
- Citywide balcony inspection discussed after accidental death (NY Post)
- Neighbor's squeaky closet doors driving me crazy (UrbanBaby forum)
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Automation is on the minds of NYC vertical dwellers this week.
First there was the NY Post story about biometric doormen- a new $15,000 face-and-voice recognition technology that could replicate the critical gatekeeping function of a doorman more than existing virtual doormen already do.
This week we bring you two ways your building can save the world while saving you time at the paper shredder.
Property manager Cooper Square Realty tells us about a co-op that successfully implemented a "Paper Opt-Out" program.
Residents who sign up no longer receive hand-delivered memos, letters, or notices. Building communiques formerly dispersed via tree pulp are instead dispensed via Cooper Square's community website, Cooper Square Connect. New residents are automatically enrolled.
On BrickUnderground, we spend a lot of time talking about loving, loathing and living with neighbors – and today is no different.
We’re kicking off a new weekly column—“Ms. Demeanor’s Sex, Laundry and Vertical Etiquette”—that dispenses arch advice on manners and social justice in the apartment living context.
Along with how much to tip a doorman at the holidays, many NYC apartment dwellers are not quite clear about whether they're paying their housekeepers enough, too much or too little.
