The private company that handles New York City’s billion-dollar property tax collection business tried to make a deal with a landlord–just as he was in court for mismanaging his buildings.
The feds have hired a new contractor to manage the city’s most troubled public housing developments — and the company’s lack of experience and sketchy history are raising questions.
After years of negotiating to get their homes fixed up, hundreds of residents of a Bed-Stuy public housing complex are finally going to see some major improvements.
What will Bloomberg’s ambitious housing plan mean for New York’s poor? For community development groups? For your neighborhood? The lowdown, in five parts.
