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Your tax money went to more than $117 million in police and prosecutorial misconduct payouts last year.
The Union of Pinnacle Tenants says it wants the City's help in getting Pinnacle eviction cases thrown out, as the slumlord sells 93 of its buildings in April.
The residents of Hayes Court are taking the rare step of asking a housing court judge to appoint a new entity to manage their buildings—which have racked up 505 open housing violations for gas, heat and hot water outages, filthy common areas, and water leaks.
The sale came after a marathon bankruptcy court hearing Thursday.
The administration has again asked a judge to delay the sale of 93 buildings owned by the real estate behemoth Pinnacle.
Landlords, reactionary tabloids, and a high-stakes auction for rent-stabilized buildings.
Not a single New Yorker has had a broker fee refunded so far.
And other housing ideas for the new administration's first 100 days.
Michael Lohan is one of the Peak Capital Advisor principals named in a lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General.
The mayor could make moves to stack the Rent Guidelines Board against him, but a Mayor Mamdani would have some options to fight it.
The real estate behemoth apparently isn't paying the power bills for at least 11 of its properties, and Con Ed cut power to some of them.
The plight of the Ramos family reveals the weaknesses in the City's system to protect tenants from unlivable conditions—and from being put out on the street.
Austrian Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler had some advice for New York lawmakers after seeing the city's rent-stabilized apartments up close.