CUNY investigative team 2012, Author at City Limits

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The Bronx activist group had targeted landlords and lenders before. This time, however, they were rewarded with a million-dollar lawsuit and a court order to leave the owner alone.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 9 minRead time

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Mar 2012

Economy Housing and Homelessness

City Probe Uncovered Operator’s Power

After years of complaints about one Bronx real-estate figure, the city housing department issued an unprecedented subpoena. The records it turned up made for interesting reading.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 25 minRead time

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Corporate Ties Linked Troubled Buildings

The mortgages were massive—$36 million here, $32 million there, $19 million a couple years later. But the buildings remained in dismal shape, plagued by lead paint, rats and crime.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 30 minRead time

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Dozens of Properties, Millions of Dollars, No Landlord

One Bronx real estate operator had an interest in more than 100 buildings, most of them severely troubled. But when regulators or tenant advocates tried to push for improvements, they…

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 9 minRead time

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Properties Linked to Welfare Scam

Two people associated with a notorious portfolio of troubled Bronx buildings took guilty pleas after a welfare fraud investigation involving fake eviction cases.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 5 minRead time

CUNY investigative team 2012

Landlord Lawsuit Slapped Tenant Group

City Probe Uncovered Operator’s Power

Corporate Ties Linked Troubled Buildings

Dozens of Properties, Millions of Dollars, No Landlord

Properties Linked to Welfare Scam

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CUNY investigative team 2012

Landlord Lawsuit Slapped Tenant Group

City Probe Uncovered Operator’s Power

Corporate Ties Linked Troubled Buildings

Dozens of Properties, Millions of Dollars, No Landlord

Properties Linked to Welfare Scam

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