1. OPEN HOUSE THIEVES WANTED IN N.J.: The two women suspected of stealing luxury goods from Manhattan open houses are being linked to a similar crime in an affluent New Jersey town, officials said. Jennifer Jones, 33, and Jessica Joyner, 39, will be extradited on December 6 to Upper Saddle River, N.J., from Manhattan on grand larceny charges, officials said.

The New York Sun

2. RIVAL PLANS FOR COLUMBIA APPROVED: The New York City Planning Commission approved competing proposals for Columbia University’s expansion in West Harlem. Ten of the 12 board members voted to send Columbia’s plan and a rival proposal from local residents to the City Council for a hearing next month and a final vote in January.

Associated Press

3. BROOKFIELD PROPOSAL MOST POPULAR: Readers of the real.com voted Brookfield Properties’s plan to develop the Hudson Yards as their favorite. Tishman Speyer’s proposal, which has more office space than the other plans, ranked last.

Curbed

4. ASKING RENT FOR PLAZA CONDO: $40,000 : A two-bedroom condominium that recently sold at the Plaza Hotel for $8.1 million is back on the market with an asking rent of $40,000 a month, the broker for the listing, Charlie Attias of the Corcoran Group, said. Central Park Realty, a property management firm, acquired the fifth-floor apartment earlier this month. Every room in the 1,843-square-foot unit has views facing Central Park. Plaza one-bedrooms are renting for $25,000 and three-bedrooms are renting for about $60,000, Mr. Attias said.

The Real Deal

5. MITCHELL-LAMA LOOPHOLE CLOSED: Housing officials have closed a loophole that allowed landlords of buildings that were exiting the Mitchell-Lama housing program to immediately raise rents to market-rate levels. The Division of Housing and Community Renewal will now limit how much landlords exiting the program can adjust rents.

The New York Times

6. G LINE EXTENDED: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is extending the G subway line to Church Avenue in Kensington from Smith and Ninth streets in South Brooklyn along the F Line track. The original plan was for only a temporary extension through Gowanus, Park Slope, and Windsor Terrace.

Brooklyn Paper

7. THE FREEDOM TOWER MAY FALL SHORT: The 408-foot broadcast tower planned for the top of the Freedom Tower may be obsolete by the time the building is constructed. If removed, the building’s symbolic height of 1,776 feet could drop to 1,368 feet. An alternative method of television transmission that requires several smaller broadcast towers may be cheaper and more economical, sources say.

The New York Sun

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