What happens when your brother tops the list of the worst landlords in Manhattan? You grab those lemon buildings and make lemon-aid, obviously!
City Limits published a letter from Amy Neustein, the upset sister of Josh Neustein, the owner of 1071 Home Corp who recently ranked first in Bill de Blasio’s “Worst Landlords in New York.” Read More
We were inside the West Ballroom at The Hilton New York, on the hunt for available seats when a large and friendly man sitting dead center in the front row waved us over and asked us to sit with him.
That friendly man was Bruce Ratner, head of Forest City Ratner Companies, who had no idea that he had just invited two reporters from The Commercial Observer to join him. Read More
At some level, it’s not exactly a huge surprise to learn that there are people in New York who can make certain kinds of tickets disappear. Doesn’t everyone know somebody who claims to know somebody who can take care of these annoyances?
It shouldn’t be that way, because it’s not fair–most of the time, anyway. Read More
By now we’ve grown so used to bedbugs and the odd cockroach in our apartments, we’ve practically adopted them as house pets. But imagine waking up one morning to a snake in your toilet.
“Yikes! Snakes in the can!” begins the
Today there’s word that our two forthcoming ballparks, the Mets’ Citi Field and the new Yankee Stadium, will open within a couple of days of each other this coming spring. The Mets stadium will host its first game April 14th, while the inaugural game at the House that Ruth Did Not Build will happen Read More
The Bronx was one of only two U.S. counties in 2007 outside of the West and the South with a majority Hispanic population, according to new census estimates culled from counties with at least 10,000 residents each.
Of the 46 majority Hispanic counties nationwide, only the Bronx and Sweard, Kan., were outside of Florida, California, Read More
The Bronx cottage where Edgar Allan Poe and his wife lived in the late 1840′s is getting its first full restoration, plus a visitors center.
The restoration’s slated to start next spring and last a year, during which time the cottage, at 2460 Grand Concourse, will be closed. Construction of the visitors center is Read More
Brooklyn is the seventh-largest county in the United States, according to new census estimates. The County of Kings has 2,528,050 residents. Queens was No. 10 with 2,270,338; and Manhattan was No. 19 with 1,620,867 residents. The census’ estimates run through July 1, 2007.
Although all three experienced population gains over previous years’ estimates going Read More
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development has rejected developer Mark Karasick’s bid for the Mitchell Lama housing development in the western Bronx that many consider to be the birthplace of hip-hop, after an investigation determined that the sale price is not supportable under current rent restrictions.
The decision allows for Read More
Bronx borough president and one-time mayoral hopeful Adolfo Carrion Jr. said in his annual development report, released today, that $1.5 billion was invested in residential, commercial and institutional development projects in the Bronx from November 2006 through November 2007. During that period, 914 new addresses were added and over $1.3 billion invested in the borough, Read More
