We learned that:

• 311 has the 411 on the recession.
• City Hall will miss Shaun Donovan as he moves on to head HUD.
• There’s a 150-room hotel planned for far West 47th.
• The Avalon Morningside Park is changing Manhattan Valley.
• Freelance office space has grown in demand in the city.
• The State Senate OK’d new commissioner, CEO for ESDC.
• Roughly 4 million New Yorkers have trouble paying for groceries.
• Bernard Madoff’s swindle has and will have profound effects on real estate.
• There are ways for tenants to speak landlords’ language.

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