The city is doubling the fines for landlords who harass tenants and will publicize the names of property owners who get penalized. The only trouble is penalties are rarely imposed…
A planning study sees potential for recreation and residential development along the Harlem River in University Heights. But while the water creates allure, the lay of the land presents challenges…
The administration sees city-owned vacant lots as potential sites for affordable housing. Communities that use—or hope to use—those parcels for gardens see them as something else.
The developer Forest City Ratner and the construction firm Skanska have had a bitter parting of ways over a stalled construction project. But both say they still believe in the…
New York City’s political conversation is all about building affordable housing to offset the impact of the development boom. But at a real estate summit last week, the focus was…
It might just be a nasty business dispute. But the brouhaha between Forest City and Skanksa over delays and alleged design flaws at a planned modular tower could also affect…
University Heights, Morrisania, Highbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Mott Haven are among the 10 city neighborhoods with the highest rate of housing maintenance problems, a new report finds.
In light of a report about the deterioration of conditions during the Bloomberg years, the authority says the picture has changed under Mayor de Blasio.
A city comptroller’s study of housing conditions also detected a distinct racial skew—independent of income or rent-level—to which New Yorkers are most likely to live amid housing deficiencies.
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