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7A, once a key enforcement tool, is used less often amid a changed real-estate market and new programs. But it’s still needed as a threat. The question is: Can the…

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Jun 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Violations Not the Issue in Beef with Landlord

Tenant complaints usually involve violations of the city’s housing code. Chestnut Holdings buildings posts few of those, but some tenants say there are still serious problems.

ByNaomi Cohen 0Comments

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Apr 2013

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Call for More Regulation of New York City Co-ops

Some 1 million New Yorkers live in co-ops, an affordable ownership option for many families. But some say the companies that sponsor coops are retaining too much control—at residents’ expense.

ByJack Curran 2Comments

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Mar 2013

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Housing Court Crisis Demands Action

With 2,000 cases rolling in every day and 11,000 families losing their housing last year, a survey found that tenants are at a stark disadvantage in Bronx Housing Court.

BySusanna Blankley and Lindsay Cattell 0Comments

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Apr 2012

Uncategorized

For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green

If New York is to meet PlanNYC’s goals, apartment buildings must get greener. While property owners and tenants both benefit from more efficient systems, getting them up and running takes…

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Council Eyes Systemic Remedy for Housing Violations

Tenants may for the first time experience a code enforcement system that rewards their organizing efforts with lasting improvements in their buildings and their lives.

ByEdward Josephson 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Sister to a 'Worst Landlord'

“It doesn’t feel good to see your own brother featured in the news as the year’s worst landlord. It would feel even worse to be doing nothing about it.”

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Properties Linked to Welfare Scam

Two people associated with a notorious portfolio of troubled Bronx buildings took guilty pleas after a welfare fraud investigation involving fake eviction cases.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 1Comment

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Landlord Lawsuit Slapped Tenant Group

The Bronx activist group had targeted landlords and lenders before. This time, however, they were rewarded with a million-dollar lawsuit and a court order to leave the owner alone.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Why Bad Landlords Aren’t Locked Up

Prosecuting property owners for alleged negligence linked to fatal fires is hard to do, experts say. It’s only regularly attempted in high-profile cases involving firefighter victims.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

Program to Take Buildings from Bad Landlords Fades

Housing Violations Not the Issue in Beef with Landlord

Call for More Regulation of New York City Co-ops

Housing Court Crisis Demands Action

For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green

Council Eyes Systemic Remedy for Housing Violations

Sister to a 'Worst Landlord'

Properties Linked to Welfare Scam

Landlord Lawsuit Slapped Tenant Group

Why Bad Landlords Aren’t Locked Up

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