Construction & Design
Trade unions call for Related boss Stephen Ross to resign NFL post
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New York’s building trades unions are not taking a knee in their ongoing dispute with the Related Companies. Thousands of construction workers rallied
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Building Congress bashes commercial rent control bill ahead of hearing
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The New York Building Congress has entered the scrum over a City Council bill that would place rent controls on commercial properties. Carlo Scissura Carlo
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Owners sue over new rent regulations
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Seven New York landlords have joined the Rent Stabilization Association (RSA) and Community Home Improvement Program (CHIP) to sue over new rent regulations
Deals & Dealmakers
Report blasts Cuomo’s real estate donors for connections to ICE
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Where there’s smoke there isn’t always fire but, in this case, there’s definitely ICE. A Buffalo-based non-profit has dragged three prominent New York
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AG creates $8 million restitution fund for former Croman tenants
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Former tenants of jailed slumlord Steven Croman could be in for a share of an $8 million restitution fund just announced by New York Attorney General Barbara D.
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50 landlords can’t collect rent because the law says so
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Tenants of at least 50 buildings in the trendiest neighborhoods of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens have lived rent-free for years and their landlords can’t
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Court shift gives landlords leg up in deregulation rent disputes
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As rent deregulation disputes continue to pile up in state court, many of these cases are being bounced from Supreme Court to the state’s housing agency.
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Tenants win right to live rent-free in Downtown building
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A federal judge has given a group of renegade Downtown tenants the green light to keep living rent-free. The 17 residents of 533 Greenwich Street, a rundown
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Trade Secrets Act invoked for first time in listing dispute
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A dispute over Long Island City listings has been moved to federal court and for Compass, which stands accused of boosting data from a competing firm
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Landlord deportation threat drives immigrant call for help
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City officials and advocacy groups in are expressing concern following reports that landlords are threatening tenants with immigration. Emboldened by a
Construction & Design
Supreme Court ruling secures J-51 tax breaks for mod rehabs
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The state Supreme Court has protected the right for rent-stabilized landlords to get tax benefits in exchange for capital improvements, regardless of their
Construction & Design
Protestors sue to stop SJP supertall 200 Amsterdam
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Upper West Side neighbors have filed a lawsuit to stop SJP Properties’ building at 200 Amsterdam Avenue. The 668-feet tall project was given the go-ahead