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.
Republicans say the federal housing department’s Community Builders program is pure political patronage, defenders say it helps the agency connect with the communities it serves. Either way, it will be…
New Senate Banking Chair Phil Gramm is collecting information on groups that support the Community Reinvestment Act. Material for a witch hunt or just some fact finding?
HSBC has its eyes on Republic National for a monster banking merger, but activists are worried that the more neighborhood-friendly policies of Republic are about to end.
Welfare payments and food stamps are supposedly easier to recieve with a new state-issued electronic card, but a spat between two banking giants has kept many ATMs off-limits.
The clock is ticking. Over the next five years, landlords will be able to leave the federal Section 8 program, threatening the affordability of tens of thousands of New York…