DOE to slash school construction spending, office-to-condo conversion process kicks off at 116 John Street … and more

1. DOE proposes cutting school construction spending in half amid budget woes [City Hall News]

2. Office-to-condo conversion process kicks off at 116 John Street [Curbed]

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3. Higher FHA mortgage insurance premiums to kick in next month [NYT]
4. Century-old cottage in Westhampton Beach hits the market for $13.8M [Curbed]
5. Westchester agents adopting QR code technology to for-sale signs [NYT]
6. New app, GreenNYC, finds empty NYC buildings [Curbed, 1st item]
7. Sales market in Jersey Shore beach towns performing worse than those of their non-waterfront counterparts [NYT]

8. Halstead’s Michael Rovner on the trials and tribulations of apartment hunting with the diplomat [Post]
9. News columnist peeved that A-Rod’s getting a 421-a tax abatement at the Rushmore [NYDN]
10. Woodhaven house ravaged in fire [Queens Chronicle]

11. Q&A with architect and new AIANY prez Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo [NYT]