The mayor has discovered what we’ve known all along: There’s no stopping slumlords.
Michael Bloomberg doesn’t like paying millions of dollars in rent to landlords who have thousands of unaddressed housing violations. But he says the law makes him do it.
The Observer kvetched yesterday about David Bistricer, a Brooklyn landlord who’s trying to Read More
A note to slumlords: Don’t try to evict old people.
When the news broke recently that David Bistricer, a managing member of Berkshire Capital, was collecting millions in rent from the city — some of it because he owns none other than the Kings County Housing Court — it made barely a ripple. But Read More
Friday morning’s New York Times seemed to suggest that David Bistricer’s (and Bruce Teitelbaum’s) second bid for Starrett City might have a chance. Indeed, it was all about how Mr. Bistricer was enlisting the help of ministers to take his case to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which holds the Read More
New York Utopia: Less Traffic, a Park on Every Corner
City Hall reports that, so far, 45 percent of the responses to its online PlaNYC survey call for “reducing traffic congestion and ensuring that every New Yorker lives within 10 minutes of a park.” One person suggested an “invention to eliminate double-parked cars.”
New Yorkers Read More
So, a big-deal news conference takes place involving the nation’s housing secretary, a U.S. senator, several state and local pols, and numerous housing activists regarding one of the hottest populist issues in the city. Just who is going to steal tomorrow’s headlines?
Andrew Cuomo is taking the early lead, according to Web sites and blogs, Read More
At 3 a.m. on Thursday, the Times reports, Sam Levinson and David Bistricer of Berkshire Equities agreed to buy Starrett City for $1.3 billion.
“A spokesman for Starrett City Associates said this morning that the sellers were just waiting for the cash deposit.”
Just how many brown paper bags was that?
This morning, Read More
