Eileen Markey, Author at City Limits

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The economic crisis that dominates campaign 2010 began in the housing market. So what are the gubernatorial candidates—especially frontrunner Andrew Cuomo—saying to owners, tenants and landlords?

ByEileen Markey 13 minRead time

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Oct 2010

Housing and Homelessness

HPD Commish 'Shocked' At Buildings In Multimillion-Dollar Deal

The city is cracking down on the owners of Bronx properties at the center of citywide concerns about what will happen to apartment buildings scarred by foreclosure.

ByEileen Markey 6 minRead time

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Sep 2010

Housing and Homelessness

From Haiti To A Housing Crisis: Earthquake Evacuees Struggle

New York’s Haitians opened their doors to those who fled January’s devastating quake. But amid cramped conditions and a lack of resources, the welcome might be wearing out.

ByEileen Markey 13 minRead time

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Sep 2010

Housing and Homelessness

10 Foreclosed Buildings. One Mystery Buyer. $19M In Problems.

As an unnamed buyer closes in on 10 Bronx buildings that fell into foreclosure after an overleveraged private-equity deal, an assessment says they need at least $19 million in repairs.

ByEileen Markey 7 minRead time

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Sep 2010

Uncategorized

Bronx Death Stirs Fears Of Homeless Attacks

Police think Billy Murphy died in an accident. But if the homeless man’s friends are right in suspecting foul play, it’d be one of an increasing number of attacks on…

ByEileen Markey 7 minRead time

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Aug 2010

Housing and Homelessness

Nonprofit Eyeing Distressed Buildings Faces Tenant Resistance

Hope Community LDC wants to purchase 47 East Harlem buildings out of foreclosure. But a tenant organization has raised questions about the would-be buyer’s past record.

ByEileen Markey 10 minRead time

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Aug 2010

Economy Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?

NYCHA’s using community input to plan for what to build after three public housing towers are demolished. But the plan means a loss of public housing, and it confronts deep…

ByEileen Markey 9 minRead time

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Aug 2010

Housing and Homelessness

Pols Warn Foreclosed Buildings' Mystery Buyer

Tenants and elected officials are suspicious of the unnamed buyer eyeing 10 distressed Bronx buildings, but the city’s housing chief wants to give the new owner a chance.

ByEileen Markey 4 minRead time

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Jul 2010

Uncategorized

Overhauling New York City Juvenile Justice

Two city agencies are working to reform the city’s juvenile justice system, partly by putting more troubled kids into community-based programs and counseling.

ByEileen Markey 5 minRead time

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Jun 2010

Uncategorized

City Pulls Back From AIDS Services Cuts

AIDS activists claimed victory Thursday afternoon after the Bloomberg administration scrapped plans to cut $10 million from the HIV/AIDS Services Administration. The budget ax would have eliminated 248 caseworkers who…

ByEileen Markey 2 minRead time

Eileen Markey

Cuomo Housing Plan Praised, Parsed

HPD Commish 'Shocked' At Buildings In Multimillion-Dollar Deal

From Haiti To A Housing Crisis: Earthquake Evacuees Struggle

10 Foreclosed Buildings. One Mystery Buyer. $19M In Problems.

Bronx Death Stirs Fears Of Homeless Attacks

Nonprofit Eyeing Distressed Buildings Faces Tenant Resistance

When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?

Pols Warn Foreclosed Buildings' Mystery Buyer

Overhauling New York City Juvenile Justice

City Pulls Back From AIDS Services Cuts

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