Rebecca Ostriker
@rebeccaostriker.bsky.social
Deputy Op-Ed Page Editor at the Boston Globe. Former Spotlight Team investigative reporter, Arts Editor at the Globe.
In related news, ICYMI: @markey.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov introduced the Stop Medical Profiteering and Theft Act to protect hospitals from predatory sale-leaseback deals with REITS. Yes, that's Stop MPT, after the Steward debacle. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Markey, Sanders, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Protect Health Systems from Predatory Real Estate Investment Trust Deals | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
Bill Text (PDF)
Washington (October 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In related news, ICYMI: @markey.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov introduced the Stop Medical Profiteering and Theft Act to protect hospitals from predatory sale-leaseback deals with REITS. Yes, that's Stop MPT, after the Steward debacle. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Opinion: The only real progress in sorting through the greed and corruption that propelled the Steward empire has come recently in a Maltese courtroom, where officials continue to pursue a case against former Steward executive and Brookline resident Armin Ernst, who led Steward’s international arm.
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Opinion: The only real progress in sorting through the greed and corruption that propelled the Steward empire has come recently in a Maltese courtroom, where officials continue to pursue a case against former Steward executive and Brookline resident Armin Ernst, who led Steward’s international arm.
It's a wonderful piece @karenkrussell.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It's a wonderful piece @karenkrussell.bsky.social
"There is a housing crisis on the ground, but a surplus in the sky": Two years ago, @GlobeSpotlight found that with so many luxury units hitting the Boston market, developers were sitting on scores of unsold luxury condos, worth over $1 billion. apps.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/spec...
Luxury condo building boom: Boston's towers of wealth
Luxury high-rises are sprouting across the skyline. Why is Boston, amid a grave housing crisis, so much better at building homes for the wealthy than those in need?
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August 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"There is a housing crisis on the ground, but a surplus in the sky": Two years ago, @GlobeSpotlight found that with so many luxury units hitting the Boston market, developers were sitting on scores of unsold luxury condos, worth over $1 billion. apps.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/spec...