New York RealEstateRama
Consumers’ Expectations Rebounded in March
Results from the March 2015 Survey of Consumer Expectations suggest that expectations have rebounded compared to last month. In particular, after a marked decline in February, expectations about home prices, earnings growth and household spending retur...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $27K In Fed Funds For Yates And Wayne County...
Federal Funds Will Help Organizations Provide Financial Counseling Services to New Homebuyers, Homeowners, Renters
Today, U.S. Senators C
SUS, HPD, ENTERPRISE AND PARTNERS ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETION OF THE TRUXTON RESIDENCE, A...
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) joined Services for the UnderServed (SUS), Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise), Bank of America and other project partners to celebrate the housewarming of The Trux...
Reps. Nadler, Lowey and Israel Call for Tax Equity for Cities with High Cost...
Today, close to our nation’s annual tax day, New York Representatives Jerrold Nadler, Nita Lowey and Steve Israel announced the re-introduction of the Tax Equity Act, a forward-thinking piece of tax legislation designed to adjust federal tax brackets...
SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO EXAMINE OUTDATED FLOOD MAPS IN JOHNSTOWN; CURRENT MAPS, WHICH DATE...
Today, at the Johnstown Shopping Center, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to examine the outdated flood maps that have incorrectly placed the Johnstown Shopping Center, as well as up to 50 other prope...
SCHUMER, STANDING WITH HARRIET TUBMAN’S RELATIVES, URGES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO PUT TUBMAN PARK...
Today, at the Tubman Home/Visitor’s Center, standing with Harriet Tubman relatives, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the National Park Service (NPS) to work with Auburn and Harriet Tubman Home officials to finalize details that will formally put...
Lowey, Nadler, and Israel Call for Tax Equity for Areas with High Cost of...
The lawmakers represent districts which, respectively, span the counties of Westchester and Rockland, New York City, and Long Island, and are home to constituents who both pay higher taxes and contend with higher basic living costs than most Americans.
NYS Tax Department Highlights Additional Free Tax Assistance in The Bronx
High numbers of Bronx taxpayers are paying tax preparers rather than using free options.
Governor Cuomo Announces Designation of 12 Brownfield Opportunity Areas
The Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program helps local communities establish revitalization strategies that return dormant and blighted areas into productive areas to spur economic development.
New York Fed Provides Look at Regional Household Debt and Credit
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today launched a series of reports detailing trends in borrowing and indebtedness at the state and local level. The Regional Household Debt and Credit Snapshot includes data about mortgages, student loans, credit ca...
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Lawsuit Against Board Of Directors Alleging Mismanagement Of Two Brooklyn-Based Nonprofits...
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a lawsuit against the board of directors of two Brooklyn-based nonprofits, Brooklyn Child & Family Services, Inc. and Project Teen Aid Housing Development Fund Corp., for alleged gross negligen...
SENATOR HOYLMAN HELPS DOUBLE NY STATE AID FOR HOMELESS KIDS
Last night the New York State Legislature voted to include $4.5 million for homeless youth shelters in the 2015-16 budget, $2.1 million more than previous years and the first appreciable increase in funding for such shelters since 2008.
Mayor de Blasio, Senator Schumer Announce $3 Billion in Federal Funds to Repair and...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced today approximately $3 billion in federal funding to repair and protect 33 public housing developments that sustained severe damage during Hurricane Sandy – the largest FEM...
Center for NYC Neighborhoods Launches Tracker To Alert Homeowners To Tax Lien Sale
The Center for NYC Neighborhoods today launched a new webbased tool that tracks the 16,000 one- to four-family homes on the NYC Department of Finance’s 60-day lien sale list: cnycn.org/taxliensale. Every year, the Department
of Finance sells the lie...
Comptroller Stringer: Billions In Pension Fund Fees Paid To Wall Street Have Failed To...
After fees, manager performance is $2.5 billion below benchmark over 10 years, new analysis of City pension system reveals.
Calls for review of investment fee structure, alignment of pay with performance.
Turner Interiors Delivers Luxury Retail Space in Up-and-Coming Lower Manhattan “It” Spot
Turner's Interiors group in New York recently turned over 120,000 square feet of luxury retail space within Brookfield Property Partners’ 375,000-square-foot retail offering at Brookfield Place.
Funding Available to Build and Expand Solar and Wind Farms, Hydropower Plants and Fuel...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a $160 million investment designed to grow large scale clean energy projects statewide. As part of the State’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) strategy, this funding is being made available to support public...
Governor Cuomo Announces $160 Million Investment in Clean Energy
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a $160 million investment designed to grow large scale clean energy projects statewide. As part of the State’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) strategy, this funding is being made available to support publi...
Former Executive Director of the Village of Hempstead Housing Authority and Three Others Arrested...
Earlier today, federal agents arrested Stacey Stackhouse, the former executive director of Village of Hempstead Housing Authority (VHHA) and James Alimonos, Michael Lambros, and Demetrios Kaouris, who performed construction work for the agency, for the...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $600,000 In Federal Funding For Monroe County
Eastman Business Park Will Use Funding For Manufacturing And Job Creation Opportunities In Rochester.
The project aims to provide technology entrepreneurs with more efficient and economical pathways to develop their businesses.
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and MAX Exchange Announce Mortgage Exchange Platform...
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) and MAX Exchange (MAX), a multi-seller to multi-buyer exchange and clearing house for residential mortgage loans, announced a pilot program that will enable approved FHLBNY members to sell conforming and ...
Defendants Allegedly Stole Over $500,000 in Federal HUD Funds
Earlier today, federal agents arrested Stacey Stackhouse, the former executive director of Village of Hempstead Housing Authority (VHHA) and James Alimonos, Michael Lambros, and Demetrios Kaouris, who performed construction work for the agency, for the...
City of Rochester: Charlotte Street Redevelopment Moves Ahead
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren today announced the selection of Home Leasing as the developer of the Charlotte Street redevelopment project, now known as “Charlotte Square.”
Griffo, Brindisi: 2015-2016 Budget Funds Major Health Care, Transit, and Economic Development Projects in...
State Senator Joseph A. Griffo of Rome and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi of Utica say the state’s approximately $142 billion budget for 2015-2016 includes $300 Million in funding for a new health care facility designed to serve residents of the Mohawk...
Assembly Restores $19.5 Million in Funding for Economic Development Programs that Benefit Local Jobs...
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Local Governments Committee Chair William Magnarelli and Economic Development, Commerce, Industry and Job Creation Committee Chair Robin Schimminger today announced that $19.5 million in funding restorations for economic ...
TROVE Predictive Data Science Invests in Buffalo Niagara Expansion
Empire State Development (ESD), Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE) and TROVE Predictive Data Science today announced a significant expansion that will result in a $3.3 million investment and creation of 36 new high-tech, high-paying jobs.
Media Advisory and Photo Opportunity April 9 – News Conference on Solar Power Installations...
Representatives of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the New York State Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), will be joined by the Superintendent of the Somers Central School District, and local and state officials on April 9, to announc...
B.P. Brewer and 26 Manhattan elected officials urge changes to Mayor’s zoning proposal
Borough President Gale A. Brewer and 26 other Manhattan elected officials-- Members of Congress, State Senators, State Assembly Members, City Council Members-- sent a letter to Carl Weisbrod, Chair of the City Planning Commission, calling for changes t...
Mayor de Blasio, Senator Schumer Announce $3 Billion in Federal Funds to Repair and...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced today approximately $3 billion in federal funding to repair and protect 33 public housing developments that sustained severe damage during Hurricane Sandy – the largest FEM...
Crouch Calls For $500 Property Tax Credit In Final Budget
Assemblyman Clifford W. Crouch (R-Bainbridge) today called for the inclusion of a $500 property tax credit for middle-class families in the Southern Tier in the state’s final budget. Crouch’s call for tax relief comes in the wake of news that New Y...