Downstate Democrats are winning the war of demographics, but don’t expect the state’s balance of power to shift–and other stories from City Limits magazine.
The federal 203(k) program is supposed to help nonprofits buy and rehab run-down properties, but in New York, profiteers have snatched up apartments at bargain prices and bilked the rehabbers…
Tax deliquent properties in New York also tend to be poorly maintained properties–sometimes dangerously so. After years of letting deadbeats slide, the city has begun to push for changes.
Negligence on the part of city and state officials has allowed New York City to fall far behind in the race to attract biotech firms, a new report has found.