Vantage Properties Pays $1 Million to Settle Harassment Allegations »
A New York real estate group has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it harassed tenants as part of a campaign to replace them with people paying higher rents. Vantage Properties owns 9,500...
February 12 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Goldman Sachs Backs Out Of Hudson Rail Yard Deal »
The West Side Rail Yards project will go on, despite the loss of one of its partners. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Monday that financial giant Goldman Sachs has pulled out of the $1 billion deal...
February 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Donald Trump, Others Eyeing Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village »
If Donald Trump has his way, orphaned Manhattan apartment complex Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village could one day be called TrumpTown. The Post has learned that the real estate mogul and TV personality has thrown his hat...
January 29 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Rules Rent Hikes Illegal »
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled Monday that the special minimum increases imposed by the Rent Guidelines Board in 2008 were illegal. The law said tenants paying less than $1,000 a month had to pay an...
January 26 2010 / No comment / Read More »News
Jose Peralta Wins Queens Special Election »
Assemblyman Jose Peralta has won Tuesday’s special election for the 13th State Senate District. He will now represent parts of Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and...
Mar 16 2010 / No comment / Read More »AG Andrew Cuomo Taps Judith Kaye To Oversee Paterson Probe »
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has stepped aside in the ethics investigations of Governor David Paterson. Cuomo has named former State Chief Judge Judith Kaye to...
Mar 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »NY Police Chief Pedro Perez Steps Down As Paterson Scandal Grows »
The state’s top cop is out after just seven days on the job – the fourth victim of the scandals swirling around Gov. Paterson. State...
Mar 10 2010 / No comment / Read More »NY Archbishop Timothy Dolan Visits Scandalized Capitol »
On his first trip to the state’s scandal-scarred Capitol, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan had a message that government isn’t the savior for society’s...
Mar 10 2010 / No comment / Read More »
