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News Uncategorized

Housing Costs Devour More Family Budgets

Despite neighborhoods littered with vacant homes and sale prices that dropped dramatically in the past three years, more Americans are spending more of their money on housing expenses than ever…

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Tenant Lawsuit Against Mega-Landlord Gains Steam

When The Pinnacle Group purchased the building where Kim Powell and her family were living in 1997, she and her family hoped their 19 years of housing woes might finally…

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Life in the Towers: 'I'm Tired Of Ducking Bullets'

Ebone Ryals, a resident at the Towers for many decades, helps Janey and Letitia plant. Photo by: Hannah Rappleye A day at River Park Towers reveals a lot about what low-income New…

ByHannah Rappleye 0Comments

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ARTS and CULTURE

Pot Smoke, Dead Elevators & Killer Paint: Life in the Towers

On a warm Saturday morning a few weeks ago, a group of older tenants at the River Park Towers in Morris Heights, a neighborhood in the South Bronx, set up…

ByHannah Rappleye 1Comment

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Housing and Homelessness

HPD: Prevent Cycle Of Foreclosure & Displacement

The city steps in, hoping to rescue 10 Bronx buildings laid low by overambitious investors, potentially establishing a model for rescuing others.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Annual Tenant Lobby Day Wins Short Term Gains

Several pro-tenant bills passed the Assembly Tuesday, but activists fear they will get stuck in the Senate’s housing committee.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Housing Activists Occupy Espada's Albany Office

The senator reportedly stayed in an inner office while the tenants chanted and rallied in the hall outside, “Na-na-na-na. Hey, hey, hey, good bye.”

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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New Legal Push For Foreclosure Victims

Tenants have a message for the bank that holds mortgages on 10 Bronx buildings that have gone into foreclosure and disrepair: You own it, you fix it.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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ARTS and CULTURE

Mentally Ill On Hold After Ruling

The state’s appeal of a federal court decision on housing for the mentally ill has residents and advocates in limbo.

ByJoscelyn Jurich 0Comments

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A New Tool For Tenants

Renters beware: You may be on a blacklist. But now there’s a path to clear your name.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments