The mayor and State Attorney General today announce "an aggressive new effort to go after property owners who use illegal tactics to force out tenants paying lower rent... The Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force will take particular aim at landlords...
The Howard Hughes Corp. plan for the Seaport, including that 494-foot condo tower, appears to be going nowhere. The developer hoped Sheldon "Silver would support the project and overcome any local resistance" but in the aftermath of his resignation as...
Developer Gordon Lau has paid $50 million for four properties: 116 Elizabeth St., 132 Bowery, 145 Bowery, 149 Bowery (Real Deal).
Activists recall the failed fight to save the Esperanza Community Garden and look ahead to a new battle to...
Police are looking for a man who fired a gun inside a restaurant on Centre Street during a robbery (Channel 2).
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office is keeping busy with cases on the Lower East Side. Today a federal court...
Activists make a stand against the mayor's plan to build housing on community garden parcels throughout the city (NYT).
A "moment of truth" for the South Street Seaport (Commercial Observer).
Pole dancing with a message: looking in on the New Museum's...
Will a modular construction firm in Poland be responsible for building out the CitizenM Hotel on the Bowery? (Real Estate Weekly)
Newly published data suggests that a large number of Airbnb listings are illegal (Capital).
The United Jewish Federation is under...
NYCHA will face questions at a City Council hearing this morning about a plan to sell a 50% stake in several buildings, including two on the Lower East Side. One of the purchasers is L+M Development (an Essex Crossing...
New Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie tells the mayor that renewing and strengthening New York's rent regulation law is his top priority (NYT).
Columnist: "Sheldon Silver's biggest sin is what he did to his own neighborhood." (New Republic)
Facebook expands its footprint...
Here's your first look at the new building that will soon rise at East Houston and Orchard streets, where the beloved restaurant Bereket was formerly located (NY YIMBY).
The New York Assembly is removing references to "Speaker Silver" as new...
Moving day at 190 Bowery, the longtime home of photographer Jay Maisel. The historic building was sold last year (Curbed).
An affiliate of Icon Realty picks up 57 2nd Avenue for $24.8 million. The buyer plans to "upgrade the vacant...
