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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

Time to License Landlords?

Recent experiences with troubled buildings have housing advocates wondering if government needs new tools to protect tenants.

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

A Tragedy in the Bronx

Watch a video interview with the father of an 8-year-old boy killed in a 2002 fire at a Bronx apartment building that was under court order to fix its flawed…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Economy Housing and Homelessness

City Probe Uncovered Operator’s Power

After years of complaints about one Bronx real-estate figure, the city housing department issued an unprecedented subpoena. The records it turned up made for interesting reading.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Corporate Ties Linked Troubled Buildings

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

Call for More Regulation of New York City Co-ops

Housing Court Crisis Demands Action

For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green

Time to License Landlords?

A Tragedy in the Bronx

City Probe Uncovered Operator’s Power

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

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