Alex Ulam, Author at City Limits

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The Bloomberg administration wants to spruce up Brooklyn’s waterfront and create affordable housing. But will developers build it if they don’t have to?

ByAlex Ulam 16 minRead time

15

Mar 2003

Uncategorized

Housing: The Next Generation / Green and Lean

A Harlem entrepreneur proves that housing can be high quality, environmentally friendly–and affordable.

ByAlex Ulam 14 minRead time

15

Jan 2003

Uncategorized

Washington Monument

Cashing in on a messy golf course.

ByAlex Ulam 6 minRead time

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Jul 2002

Uncategorized

Federal Court Reads Landlords Tenants' Rights

Debt collectors can no longer evict tenants for nonpayment of rent without first telling them they have a right to challenge that debt, a federal judge has ruled.

ByAlex Ulam 3 minRead time

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Jul 2002

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The Missing Links

Plans to build a world-class golf course in Bronx Ferry Point Park are sinking just as quickly as environmental concerns about the $40 million project multiply.

ByAlex Ulam 23 minRead time

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Sep 2001

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No Fore Warning

By 2003, private developers will transform a Bronx municipal landfill into a world-class golf course. Now the project’s neighbors are demanding to know what lies beneath Ferry Point Park.

ByAlex Ulam 37 minRead time

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Apr 2001

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Planting an Idea

While state green flows freely for parkland in parts north, city folk get the short end of the sticks. But one crusader has a plan to make New York City’s…

ByAlex Ulam 13 minRead time

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Jun 2000

Government

AUDIT: BAD OVERSIGHT AND MONEY WOES PLAGUE MITCHELL-LAMA

Generally considered a public-housing success story, the low and middle-income Mitchell-Lama projects are actually in financial hot water.

ByAlex Ulam 3 minRead time

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Jan 2000

Uncategorized

CITY RESERVOIR CLEANING PLAN ALL WET, SAYS STATE

By requiring environmental review of a scheme to dump thousands of tons of chemicals in a upstate reservoir, the state may have scuttled the city’s drining water plan.

ByAlex Ulam 4 minRead time

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Sep 1999

Uncategorized

Shadow of a Drought

New York City’s Water Board has decided to cut off the flow to buildings behind on their payments–adding the threat of dry taps to already out-of-control water bills.

ByAlex Ulam 5 minRead time

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The Growth Dividend

Housing: The Next Generation / Green and Lean

Washington Monument

Federal Court Reads Landlords Tenants' Rights

The Missing Links

No Fore Warning

Planting an Idea

AUDIT: BAD OVERSIGHT AND MONEY WOES PLAGUE MITCHELL-LAMA

CITY RESERVOIR CLEANING PLAN ALL WET, SAYS STATE

Shadow of a Drought

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