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Main Street NYC Returns to Victory Boulevard, Staten Island
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 27, 2009
While financial analysts closely watching the stock market, housing market and consumer consumption are predicting that the recession is likely nearly over, word on the street is mixed. As part of o....
Court Decision Causes Tenants to Cheer and Landlords to Shudder
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 23, 2009
The real estate industry is reeling from a decision that was handed down by the state's highest court, Thursday. It means that the owners of Stuyvesant and Peter Cooper Village may have to pay millio....
Court Finds StuyTown Owners Guilty of Overcharging Tenants
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 22, 2009
A decision by the state's highest court is good news for tenants at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village and a serious blow to their financially struggling landlord Tishman-Speyer. WNYC's Cindy R....
Report: State Juvenile Correctional Facilities Lack Mental Health Services
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 21, 2009
A report on New York's juvenile justice system finds state-run correctional facilities are seriously lacking mental health services, even though about 50 percent of the kids in custody have diagnosed....
Report: Correctional Facilities Lack Adequate Mental Health Services
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 20, 2009
A report on New York's juvenile justice system finds state run correctional facilities are seriously lacking mental health services, even though about 50 percent of the kids in custody have diagnosed....
StuyTown Tenants Fear Inspections
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 19, 2009
Tenants at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village say landlord Tishman Speyer is conducting massive complex-wide apartment inspections and then threatening them with possible evictions. Letters to....
Report: New Yorkers Without Paid Sick Leave Increasing
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 16, 2009
More than a million New Yorkers lack paid sick leave, and the number of low-wage workers with the benefit is declining. That’s according to a report by the Community Service Society which shows 43 ....
ACORN Funds Drop, Members Scramble to Fill Gap
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 15, 2009
New York Acorn prides itself on standing up for some of the poorest people in the city. But a recent scandal has threatened to bring it down. Now, roles have changed and the large powerful organizati....
New Yorkers Attend National Equality March
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 11, 2009
With a bill that would give lesbians and gays the right to marry stalled in the state senate, gay rights advocates from New York are taking part in Sunday's National Equality March in Washington. RE....
Thompson, Finance Dept Disagree Over Lost Taxes
by Cindy Rodriguez
October 07, 2009
Comptroller Bill Thompson says the city is mismanaging a program that provides tax exemptions to certain developers. But with four weeks to go until the election the city Department of Finance is sha....
NYC Report Shows Mixed Results in Child Abuse Cases
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 30, 2009
The Administration for Children's Services is showing mixed results when it comes to handling child-abuse-and-neglect reports. That's according to the Mayor's Management report. WNYC's Cindy Rodrigue....
Produce Program for Poor Expands
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 27, 2009
Local farmers are linking up with food pantries through a program that's supposed to help keep them in business, but also provides fresh produce to poor communities. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports. ....
Woman Charged in Housing Scams
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 23, 2009
Nearly two dozen low-income residents from Manhattan and the Bronx say an unscrupulous realtor swindled them out of their life savings. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports: REPORTER: Mario Rodriguez say....
Two Housing Developments to Get Surveillance Cameras
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 18, 2009
Two public housing developments are about to get surveillance cameras installed at 14 buildings. Tenants at the Tilden and Brownsville Houses in Brooklyn say crime in their developments is getting ou....
ACORN Promises Reforms
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 17, 2009
The advocacy group ACORN is promising serious reform in light of an outrageous video that shows a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute and workers advising them on how to account for their illegal ....
Number of Homeless Families Multiplies
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 16, 2009
In 2004, Mayor Bloomberg made the bold pledge to dramatically reduce homelessness in five years. It was well received by a crowd of business, non-profit and public sector leaders who gathered to hear....
Public Housing Units Converted to Low-Income Co-ops
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 13, 2009
More than a hundred low-income families in the Bronx recently got the chance to buy apartments once owned by the New York City Housing Authority. REPORTER: The authority says it used federal money t....
Legal Test on Rent Regulation for Landlords
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 10, 2009
The state's highest court will hear arguments today in a case that could result in hundreds of landlords owing thousands of tenants back rent. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports. REPORTER: At issue is w....
Stuytown and Peter Cooper Village Owners Risk Default on Loans
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 09, 2009
The owners of Stuytown and Peter Cooper Village are running out of money, and are at risk of defaulting on $4.4 billion in loans. Tishman Speyer bought the apartment complex in 2006, at the height o....
Tenants Greet a "Slumlord" Watch List
by Cindy Rodriguez
September 01, 2009
The landlord of a dilapidated building in Washington Heights is coming under fire for seriously neglecting his building. The property is on a new so-called slumlord watchlist created by Public Advoca....
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