Queens hospitals may get state aid, new home sales fall to lowest level on record … and more

1. Queens hospitals may get state aid [Crain’s]
2. Six units merged into one huge apartment at 15 Broad Street [Curbed]
3. One Jackson Square gets its glass on [Curbed]
4. Lee Neibart, founder of NRDC Real Estate Advisors, buys unit at 15 Central Park West for $7 million [Block Shopper]
5. World Trade Center memorial expected to open on 10th anniversary [Crain’s]
6. One Hanson Place increases common charges by 17 percent [Brownstoner]
7. City acquires remaining properties in the Willoughby Square Park footprint [Brownstoner]
8. Nationwide,  new home sales fall to lowest level on record [WSJ]
9. Moore Street Market in East Williamsburg saved from closing [GL]
10. Starwood owner seeks to create new hotel management company; Starwood expects to cut dividends [Bloomberg] and [Bloomberg]
11. Wells Fargo increases loans by $9.7B in fourth quarter [Bloomberg]
12. Fed buys mortgage bonds [Bloomberg] and [WSJ]

13. Stimulus bill could help housing market [Inman]
14. Mortgage applications down, rates holding steady [Inman] and [Inman]