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How Much Housing Will Hochul’s New Deal Build?
April 28, 2024
The picture for new development is now brighter, say real estate industry leaders, but much about the future remains cloudy, from getting vacant units back online to building out basement apartments.
Op-ed: After years of inaction, housing deal is critical first step
April 28, 2024
Op-ed: After years of inaction, housing deal is critical first step
Peter Abbate accuses Brooklyn Dem boss of helping Republicans keep NYC Assembly seat: ‘A disgrace’
April 28, 2024
Peter Abbate accuses Brooklyn Dem boss of helping Republicans keep NYC Assembly seat: ‘A disgrace’
Queens ‘Range Rover’ squatter who allegedly took over $1M house cut loose without bail as lawyer blames press for ‘whoop-whooped up’ ordeal
April 21, 2024
Queens ‘Range Rover’ squatter who allegedly took over $1M house cut loose without bail as lawyer blames press for ‘whoop-whooped up’ ordeal
Slow-Motion Real-Estate Collapse
April 21, 2024
New York’s calamitous Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 is making it impossible for landlords to maintain their buildings.
Poughkeepsie now eligible for rent stabilization
April 21, 2024
Housing emergency may be declared as soon as next month
‘Good Cause’ Negotiations Raise Tricky Question: What’s in a Portfolio?
April 21, 2024
Viewed in isolation, a proposal to exempt small residential portfolios from new eviction protections could exclude hundreds of thousands of New York City apartments. Perhaps more significantly, this type of estimate isn’t easy to make.
New York Is Passing a Big Housing Deal. Everyone Is Grumbling.
April 21, 2024
The deal includes ‘good cause’ eviction protections in exchange for more new developer tax breaks
How to Kill New York’s Rental Housing Market
April 8, 2024
Albany’s Good Cause Eviction proposal is universal rent control.
Even a tweaked ‘Good Cause’ rent-control bill will clobber NY housing
April 8, 2024
The "Good Cause Eviction" bill from New York progressive lawmakers would effectively expand rent control. Christopher Sadowski