Renters Evicted – From Civic Group
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If you can’t join ’em, beat ’em.
That’s the mantra of some Manhattan Beach residents after a long-standing community group slammed the door on renters.
Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson led a march to a Laurelton house surrounded by weeds after calling for a new civil rights movement to fight rising foreclosures and high-cost lending that have plagued minorities disproportionately - and southeast Queens, in particular.
“This is the economic crisis of our time,” Jackson said at St. Luke’s Cathedral on 232nd Street.
Whole Latte Love in Riverdale
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Daniel Wright got so tired of Riverdale’s lack of a Starbucks that he recruited one.
As a Riverdale real estate broker, Wright rarely went a workday without a potential client asking the same deflating question: “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?”
He e-mailed. He called. He pleaded.
Wright’s efforts paid off last month when the Bronx’s third Starbucks opened on Johnson Ave. and 235th St.
Chairman of the Board
Vincent Abate may have a Brooklyn playground named after him – but even as he approaches 90, he’s not ready rest on his laurels. The longtime chairman of Williamsburg/Greenpoint Community Board 1, who has seen great change in his lifetime, plans to keep fighting to preserve affordable housing in the ever-transforming neighborhoods.
Marlene Peralta reports.
Tenants, New Landlord Clash
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Several South Bronx tenants say already-poor housing conditions have worsened since a group of private investors assumed control of their buildings nine months ago, even though the new buildings’ manager says a multi-million-dollar rehabilitation of the properties is underway.
NYC’s Rising Real Estate Market
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According to a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Washington, DC-based Urban Land Institute, New York City ranks as the top domestic market to watch in 2008 because of its strength. Although the city continues to have one of the tightest real estate markets in the country, some neighborhoods, such as Jamaica, Queens are being hit hard with foreclosures. More »
Searching for Section 8
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In January 2007, the city reopened the waiting list for Section 8 rental subsidy vouchers for the first time in 13 years, giving many low-income New Yorkers new hopes of finding a place of their own. But, some prospective tenants are finding that having a Section 8 voucher is no guarantee of getting an apartment.
Storm of Trouble for Tenants
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Many New Yorkers were busy plugging leaks during April’s record-breaking rain storm, but for Lydia Vega and her family, the downpour only made a bad situation worse.
“It was like it was raining in the apartment,” said Denise Rivera, 21, who lives with her mother in the problem-plagued Hunts Point I complex on Coster Street in the Bronx.
Leaks are nothing new for Vega, who pointed to three spots where rainwater routinely pours from her ceiling. For months, the sharp odor of mold from a four-foot-wide leak above her kitchen stove has permeated her apartment, overpowering the smell of dinner cooking. More »
