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Last month, the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development published new regulations for the program that will give new owners of 7-A buildings a major opportunity to hike rents…

ByKathleen McGowan 0Comments

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Apr 2000

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NO FLOW OF FUNDS

With little money and little connection to political fundraising, residents in New York City’s poor neighborhoods barely register in a survey of campaign contributions.

ByKathleen McGowan 0Comments

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Apr 2000

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800-POUND GREEN GORILLAS BLAST BROWNFIELDS BILL

Despite being written by a wide-ranging coalition that included many envioronmental groups, proposed new brownfield legislation may be undone by green critics.

ByAnnia Ciezadlo 0Comments

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Mar 2000

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ALBANY'S CENSUS WASTE

Downstate Democrats are winning the war of demographics, but don’t expect the state’s balance of power to shift–and other stories from City Limits magazine.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Mar 2000

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MIS-APPROPRIATIONS

What do a new cardiac center in Rochester and upgrades to the cross-country skiing trails at Lake Placid have in common? They’re both funded by federal Community Development Block Grants,…

ByKathleen McGowan 0Comments

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Feb 2000

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JUDGE SAYS YES FOR AIDS HOUSING

Angered by an outsider’s plans, Bed-Stuy’s community board argued that the neighborhood already had its fair share of facilities, but a judge disagreed.

ByJill Grossman 0Comments

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Dec 1999

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MAKING A BUS ABOUT BANKING

The latest front in the war against predatory lenders is the green lawns of Long Island, as busloads of ACORN protesters picket the homes of banking execs.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 1999

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ONLY THE LOAN-LY

According to a new report by ACORN, predatory loans–which are overly expensive and designed to drive a borrower into default–are all too pervasive in low-income communities.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 1999

Housing and Homelessness

REALTORS RAID HARLEM (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE FEDS)

The federal 203(k) program is supposed to help nonprofits buy and rehab run-down properties, but in New York, profiteers have snatched up apartments at bargain prices and bilked the rehabbers…

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Oct 1999

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THE TAXMAN COMETH

Tax deliquent properties in New York also tend to be poorly maintained properties–sometimes dangerously so. After years of letting deadbeats slide, the city has begun to push for changes.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

7-A IT AIN'T SO

NO FLOW OF FUNDS

800-POUND GREEN GORILLAS BLAST BROWNFIELDS BILL

ALBANY'S CENSUS WASTE

MIS-APPROPRIATIONS

JUDGE SAYS YES FOR AIDS HOUSING

MAKING A BUS ABOUT BANKING

ONLY THE LOAN-LY

REALTORS RAID HARLEM (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE FEDS)

THE TAXMAN COMETH

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