Citywide
High Rent District
Matt Pacenza |
In the Bronx’s Crotona Park East, where shopping opportunities are few and far between, residents are hoping for bargains once construction on the New Horizons mall is finished.
Manhattan
DRIVING A SPIKE: COURT LETS LANDLORDS END RENT DISCOUNTS
Matt Pacenza |
A recent decision in Manhattan Supreme Court gives landlords the green light to raise discounted rents to the maximum level allowed under the state’s rent regulation laws, and tenants in neighborhoods in which the housing market is heating up may soon face double the rent bill they have now.
Bronx
A WALK OUT ON SENIOR WALK-INS
Matt Pacenza |
The Department for the Aging has decided advocacy work was not what the city had in mind when it funded the Citizens Advice Bureau in the Bronx, and thousands of seniors may soon lose their social services.
Bronx
CLINICALLY DEPRESSED, CITY PLANS TO SHUT LOCAL HEALTH CENTERS
Matt Pacenza |
If the state gives the go-ahead, the Health and Hospitals Corporation will make its biggest mass closing of community health clinics in recent years as soon as this week.
Bronx
2001, A WELFARE ODYSSEY: CANDIDATES PROMISE CHANGE
Matt Pacenza |
The Democratic mayoral candidates weigh in on welfare for the first time on the campaign trail, and if the winner sticks to his word, things could soon look a lot different.
Stop Payment Order
Matt Pacenza |
Where pickets, court claims and horror stories have failed, neighborhood activists are hoping a proposed law will finally put a stop to predatory lending. Banks, however, have no interest in legislation.
Citywide
In Tenants We Trust
Matt Pacenza |
The twisted tale of two Hamilton Heights apartment buildings–complete with broken boilers and out-of-service elevators, revolving-door landlords and bitter court battles–may finally end happily.
Manhattan
Lending Fences
Matt Pacenza |
Is ACORN nuts? That’s what some neighborhood advocates have been asking…
Sheldon Silver
MANUFACTURING A TAX
Matt Pacenza |
A proposed tax break meant to bring manufacturing jobs to New York could actually cost the state millions of dollars.
Bronx
HOUSING GROUP MALLS BRONX CONSUMERS WITH HIGH RENT
Matt Pacenza |
A Bronx nonprofit is developing a multi-million dollar mall to give local residents better shopping opportunities, but critics sneer at one dubious tenant.
