NYC's Rising Real Estate Market
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.
Housing
Searching for Section 8
In January 2007, the city reopened the waiting list for Section 8 rental su…
via The Queens Courier
Tower Plan Ripped as Cell-Out
Maspeth residents are furious over plans to place a 27-foot-plus cell phone antenna – disguised as a flagpole – atop a private home. See story for a link to a map of cell phone towers in the city.
via Mount Hope Monitor
Chavez and Citgo Fuel Bronx Activism
Citgo, controlled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, started a discounted heating oil program for needy Bronx residents two years ago. Now the energy company is backing social programs in the borough.
via Courier Life Publications
Sweet Dreams For Domino's Site
Two NYU students are offering an alternative proposal for the Domino's Sugar refinery: enviromentally friendly housing, complete with solar panels and wind turbines. But plans for a large apartment-and-retail complex already are in the works.
Home Wreck Displaces Tenants
Like many of her neighbors, Ethel Thaim grabbed the bare essentials from her apartment before the Fire Department evacuated her unsafe West Harlem building.
Storm of Trouble for Tenants
Many New Yorkers were busy plugging leaks during April’s record-breaking …
via Brooklyn Rail
Artist's Odd Icon Goes Condo
Almost every day for the past 28 years, Arthur Wood has hoisted himself to …