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The mortgages were massive—$36 million here, $32 million there, $19 million a couple years later. But the buildings remained in dismal shape, plagued by lead paint, rats and crime.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Years of Warnings, Then a Boy’s Death

A Housing Court judge ordered repairs to the electrical system at the building on DeKalb Avenue. A year later, the work undone, an eight-year-old resident died in an electrical fire.

ByJordan Moss 1Comment

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Dozens of Properties, Millions of Dollars, No Landlord

One Bronx real estate operator had an interest in more than 100 buildings, most of them severely troubled. But when regulators or tenant advocates tried to push for improvements, they…

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 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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Dec 2011

Housing and Homelessness

Report Slams Housing Court For Tenant Treatment

Access to lawyers, translation services and childcare would make Brooklyn Housing Court a fairer forum, according to a coalition of community groups.

ByMilesska Contreras 0Comments

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Nov 2011

Housing and Homelessness

Affordable Housing 'Maze' Confronts Would-Be Tenants

The city is in the midst of an historic plan to build affordable housing. But people who want to live in those low-income units face enormous difficulty finding and applying…

ByPatrick Clark 0Comments

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Nov 2011

Housing and Homelessness

Crackdown on Conversions Confronts Danger and Necessity

Illegal apartments have figured in several tragic fires, prompting stricter enforcement. But they also play a role in meeting housing demand, leading some experts to wonder if a path to…

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Oct 2011

Housing and Homelessness

Cuts Cripple Housing Assistance Network in Inwood, Washington Heights

Residents looking for help with housing disputes must line up as early as 3 a.m to get assistance from cash-strapped community organizations in particularly vulnerable northern Manhattan neighborhoods.

ByCharu Sudan Kasturi 0Comments

Corporate Ties Linked Troubled Buildings

Years of Warnings, Then a Boy’s Death

Dozens of Properties, Millions of Dollars, No Landlord

Council Eyes Systemic Remedy for Housing Violations

Sister to a 'Worst Landlord'

Properties Linked to Welfare Scam

Report Slams Housing Court For Tenant Treatment

Affordable Housing 'Maze' Confronts Would-Be Tenants

Crackdown on Conversions Confronts Danger and Necessity

Cuts Cripple Housing Assistance Network in Inwood, Washington Heights

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