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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

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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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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

Landlord Lawsuit Slapped Tenant Group

Why Bad Landlords Aren’t Locked Up

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

Report Slams Housing Court For Tenant Treatment

Affordable Housing 'Maze' Confronts Would-Be Tenants

Crackdown on Conversions Confronts Danger and Necessity

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