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Real Estate

A row of commercial and tenement buildings sat along West 36th Street in the Garment District.
Posted inManhattan

Bigger Apartment Buildings on Deck for Midtown South Under Adams-Council Proposal

Oct. 30, 2024, 3:28 p.m.Oct. 30, 2024, 3:28 p.m.
Taking advantage of new flexibility granted by the state, city planners and local reps unveil zoning plans that will allow new housing construction and conversions at a scale that’s been prohibited for years.
Mayor Eric Adams and former State Sen. Jesse Hamilton are seen at separate press conferences in a diptych image.
Posted inAdams World: Investigated

City Officials Open Three Probes Into Secret, Multi-Million-Dollar Leases Overseen by Adams Protege

Oct. 28, 2024, 6:00 p.m.Oct. 29, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
Following reporting by THE CITY, the comptroller and City Council are examining Jesse Hamilton’s role in lucrative deals, including with a billionaire real estate magnate and mayoral backer.
Jesse Hamilton, pictured in 2016 while serving as a Brooklyn state senator.
Posted inAdams World: Investigated

Adams Real Estate Chief Jesse Hamilton at Crux of Big Deals Boosting Struggling Commercial Landlords

Oct. 11, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 11, 2024, 1:13 p.m.
The Manhattan DA took phones from top city officials disembarking from a trip to Japan with a real estate broker involved in multimillion-dollar leases for city agency offices.
Posted inEconomy

Fearing Progressive Alternatives, Business Leaders Stay Loyal to Mayor Adams

Sept. 30, 2024, 1:48 p.m.Oct. 2, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Reluctance to speak out following the mayor’s corruption indictment stems from concerns about possible successors deemed unfriendly to private enterprise.
Manhattan Plaza Tenants’ Association President Aleta LaFargue speaks about zoning procedures at a Community Board 4 meeting.
Posted inManhattan

Tenant Leader Who Once Ripped ‘Predatory’ Roc Nation Casino Bid Was Offered $20,000 Monthly Contract from Jay-Z Owned Company

Sept. 23, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 25, 2024, 2:10 p.m.
Roc Nation’s bid for a casino in Times Square tried to retain an influential tenant leader of the Manhattan Plaza complex, a leaked document shows.
Mae Lee Massey stand in front of her brick row house childhood home in The Bronx.
Posted inImpact

Heirs Gain New Shield From Predatory Real Estate Speculators

July 23, 2024, 2:54 p.m.July 23, 2024, 3:01 p.m.
Changes to New York’s law were prompted by THE CITY’s ‘Deed Finders’ investigation that exposed how speculators ripped off Black families.
Victoria Law stands in the rubble of the former ABC No Rio with construction team and ABC community in the background. Law is the founder of Books through Bars at ABC No Rio.
Posted inLife

ABC No Rio, a Home for Anarchist Artists, Rises Again on the Lower East Side

July 16, 2024, 6:45 p.m.July 16, 2024, 6:45 p.m.
Years after its demolition, ABC No Rio will get a new energy-efficient headquarters on the same site of its famous Rivington Street artists’ hub.
The entrance to a West Harlem Single Residence Occupancy building was boarded up after the Department of Housing Preservation and Development deemed it unsafe.
Posted inReal Estate

How NYC’s Unpaid Property Tax System Has Left Some Harlem Tenants in the Lurch

June 28, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 29, 2024, 7:52 a.m.
Residents of a Sugar Hill rowhouse could lose their home when the derelict and foreclosed property goes to auction. It doesn’t have to be this way, advocates say.
Paul Graziano leads a City Hall Park rally against the mayor’s 'City of Yes' housing rezoning proposal.
Posted inHousing

City of No Way: Meet the Urban Planner Rallying New Yorkers Against Eric Adams’ Housing Agenda

June 13, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 13, 2024, 10:29 a.m.
Paul Graziano says he’s out to save the boroughs’ suburban-style neighborhoods and has a track record of locking out development. Now he’s determined to cut the mayor’s ‘City of Yes’ plan down to size.
Brokers and landlords attend a City Council hearing on a bill that would require whoever hires a broker to pay their fee.
Posted inCity Council

Rental Broker Fee Bill Nears Veto-Proof as Council Hears Raucous Public Reactions

June 12, 2024, 3:56 p.m.June 13, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
The FARE Act has 33 ers in the City Council so far, but Speaker Adrienne Adams has yet to say if she’ll call a vote on the controversial measure to ban forced fees for apartment-hunters.

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