Scheme Targeted Homes in Foreclosure in Bedford-Stuyvesant, East New York
and Flatbush; Defendant Allegedly Collected Over $600,000 in Rent
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez speaks during 33rd Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House – New York, NY – January 21, 2019 (Shutterstock) Listen to CAW’s interview with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez here: Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a suspended Brooklyn attorney has […]
By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY Marshals recently carried out the first legal residential eviction in New York City since the start of the pandemic, THE CITY has learned. Here’s a breakdown of how that happened during the eviction moratorium and what the move could mean for renters going forward. So someone was evicted during the […]
New York City’s first African American mayor, David Dinkins, has died
David Dinkins, first black New York former mayor has died. – New York, USA 11.24.2020 (Shutterstock) By Deepi Hajela, Associated Press, ABC News NEW YORK — David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his […]
By Caroline Spivack, Curbed Remember the state’s emergency rent-relief program? The one whose rocky rollout shot up red flags for tenant advocates? Well, more than three months after the deadline to apply, a new state report reveals that tens of thousands of New Yorkers have learned they are ineligible — and of the 94,000 people […]
By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY Some of the pandemic-prompted rules concerning evictions in New York changed again this week — spurring potential confusion for both tenants and landlords. Here’s what you need to know: What’s going on with evictions? First things first: Eviction cases are starting to work their way through Housing Court. But tenants should […]
By MSN NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With subway ridership down, businesses underground and near transit stops are suffering. A few weeks ago Turnstyle Underground Market re-opened at Columbus Circle. It was once a busy spot. “It’s usually hopping,” customer Lynne Wu told CBS2’s Alice Gainer. However, now 20 of the market’s 39 businesses are closed. “It’s like […]
The four companies known as Big Tech — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — now have more than 22,000 employees in the city, with thousands added just this year.
By Matthew Haag, NY Times Facebook has just leased enough new office space in Manhattan to nearly triple its current local workforce, including at one of the city’s most iconic buildings, the 107-year-old former main post office complex near Pennsylvania Station. Apple, which set up its first office in New York a decade ago, is […]
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY Thousands more young children living in public housing were potentially exposed to lead poisoning than originally thought, officials revealed Thursday. The city’s public housing authority has determined that the number of apartments believed contaminated with lead paint that house children under age 6 is triple the number it previously […]
Both landlord and tenant advocates say the solution is a tenant bailout in the form of a rental assistance voucher program.
Landlord Surya Hariprasad sits outside her Bronx building, Oct. 15, 2020. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY Surya Davie Hariprasad scrounged to pay the mortgage of her Bronx home after she, her daughter and their only tenant upstairs were stricken with coronavirus in March. For two months, nobody in their two-family house could work […]
Now Hiring: Emergency Snow Laborers for Winter Season Snow Laborers Crucial in Clearing Snow and Ice After Big Winter Storms; New for this Season: Advance Online Registration Required The New York City Department of Sanitation has announced that registration is now open for those interested in working as Emergency Snow Laborers for the upcoming […]
