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By Kim Velsey 8/06/12 2:02pm

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Bachelor Pad Profiled in The Times Breaks New York Roommate Law

It turns out that the confederacy of bachelors written about in The New York Times is not only violating social norms with their fun-loving Astoria bachelor pad—they’re also violating the city’s housing laws.

As it happens, more than three unrelated people are prohibited from “occupying a dwelling unit and maintaining a common household.” Hey, the men may feel like brothers, but the housing maintenance code doesn’t truck in feelings, only formal blood relationships. Read More

By Daniel Edward Rosen 1/31/12 10:12am

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Eric Schneiderman.

Offering Plans Will Go Digital: AG

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced yesterday a new policy that will require developers to give potential buyers the chance to view offering plans in digital format.

The new plan, which will become mandatory April 1, is part of the Attorney General’s strategy to digitize his office’s real estate oversight capabilities while also helping the flow of transactions, it announced. Read More

By Emily Witt 11/29/11 9:13am

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Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup.

Judge Rakoff Gives the S.E.C. a Stern Talking To in Citigroup Smackdown

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff blocked a settlement between the S.E.C. and Citigroup, criticizing the S.E.C. for settling a case without proving the factual nature of its allegations and allowing the bank to pay a fine and admit no wrongdoing. His published opinion, which might provide some satisfactory morning reading to some of those New Yorkers enjoying “passive recreation” in Zuccotti Park, is scathing. Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 11/16/11 12:15pm

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Village Voice Has the Best 'Best Of New York' List in New York, Lawsuit Claims

Starbucks red cups are here! The commercial holiday season has begun. Speaking of which, you know that gag in the best holiday movie of the 21st century so far, Elf, where Will Ferrell blows into a nondescript New York City diner to congratulate them on having, as the storefront advertised, the “World’s Best Cup of Coffee”? And then later, on an adventurous date, a blindfolded Zooey Deschanel tries the purported “world’s best” but finds it “crappy”? Read More