City cracks down on apartment conversions, Mark Madoff apartment hits the rental market … and more

1. City cracks down on apartment conversions
[NYT]
2. Mark Madoff’s Mercer Street apartment renting for $32,500 a month
[Curbed]
3. Eastdil wins Anglo Irish $10.5 billion portfolio listing…
[WSJ]
4. And Eastdil CEO Ben Lambert offloads UES home for $10.4M
[NYO]
5. Americans still view homeownership favorably
[WSJ]
6. City cracks down on firetraps
[Crain’s]
7. “Home by Novogratz” premiere announced
[Curbed]
8. The Dream Downtown takes reservations June 13 for July
[Hotel Chatter]