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By Matt Chaban 8/22/12 5:41pm

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Housing hope. (Brownstoner)

HUD’s Up: Feds Reviewing NYCHA Following Critical Reports

All the local scrutiny of the city’s Housing Authoirty this summer has caught Washington’s attention, as well, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development is reviewing the public housing agency’s books to make sure everything is in order, according to a spokesman.

The review began earlier this month, HUD public affairs officer Jerrod Brown said, and was prompted by reports in the Daily News of mismanaged funds. Mr. Brown stressed that the review was still in its earlier stages and was not a condemnation or confirmation any wrongdoing of NYCHA. Instead, the review is a matter of practice. Read More

By Pamela Engel 6/15/11 10:41am

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Hell's Kitchen

Empty Tables in Hell’s Kitchen

An unanswered door at a Hell’s Kitchen open house set the tone for the rest of the afternoon.

Nobody showed up this past Sunday afternoon for three open houses in two Hell’s Kitchen buildings—at least as far as we could tell. Despite a posh lobby and modest prices in the first building, it was slim pickings for the brokers.

“This apartment has been on the market about two months,” said Bryan Tomczuk, a broker for one of the co-ops, adding that at previous open houses he’s seen between three to five prospective buyers.

The studio apartment, located at 430 West 34th Street, was asking only $275,000 and although it was not exactly spacious—the kitchen probably could not fit more than one person at a time—it seemed like a steal considering its surroundings. Read More

By Dan Duray 7/26/10 2:46pm

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The Observer Hires Online Editor

The New York Observer has hired a new online managing editor.

Aaron Gell will come to Observer.com from a stint as editor-in-chief of Hemispheres, the inflight magazine for United Airlines, which he relaunched in 2009 to glowing reviews. Previously, he was the online features editor for Radaronline.com, and served as executive editor of Radar‘s third Read More

By Dan Duray 7/14/10 1:31am

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So Long, 915 Broadway!

Mere days after the 2004 election, The Observer left the white-marbled-stepped townhouse on East 64th Street it had occupied for 17 years (as former editor in chief Peter Kaplan wrote in the Nov. 7, 2004, issue of the newspaper: “We worked in a home. Four floors, a giant alimentary center-hall staircase, caked moldings, brass chandeliers, Read More

By Dan Duray 6/28/10 4:36pm

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The Observer Hires New Politics Writer

The Observer has a new politics writer.

David Freedlander, currently the managing editor of City Hall and The Capitol, starts July 8.

According to Observer editor Kyle Pope, Freedlander will blog aggressively about politics for Observer.com, and will join staff writer Reid Pillifant in covering state and local politics.

“David Freedlander knows New York politics Read More