Pricey city real estate pushes down crime rate, Co-op City suing NYC over asbestos … and more

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1. Violent crime plummets in New York, thanks in part to pricey real estate [Business Insider]
2. Co-op City suing New York City over $20 million asbestos problem [NYP]
3. Doormen dealing with record-breaking online sales and huge numbers of deliveries [Reuters]
4. London’s luxury market slows [Bloomberg]
5. Verigold Jewelry inks 11,735-square-foot deal in Midtown [NYO]
6. New York developers descend on Miami [Daily Business Review]
7. Snack brands fight for Hostess‘ bodega shelf real estate [NYP]
8. A peek at the world’s top 10 most expensive cities to buy a home in [Huffington Post]
9. A 44-acre section of Pouch Camp in Staten Island saved for continued public use [SI Live]
10. What do the High Line and Hurricane Sandy have in common? Nature intruding on the man-made [WSJ]
11. Foreclosures speeding up among the elderly [NYT]
12. Commercial real-estate firm Studley taking corporate retreats to the next level [WSJ]