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New York State Real Estate Board will hold a public hearing, Tuesday, October 7
ALBANY, NY - September 23, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The New York State Real Estate Board will hold a public hearing on general real estate...
House Financial Services Committee votes to pass Maloney bill increasing available funding for a...
September 16, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Today the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 6642, the National Consumer Cooperative Bank (NCB) Act Amendments of...
SL Green Embarks on a $160 Million Redevelopment Program at 1515 Broadway
New York, NY - September 16, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) announced today it has embarked upon an ambitious...
Star Rebate Check Mailing Starts September 29 No Applications This Year For Most Homeowners
Albany, NY - September 12, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner Robert L. Megna announced today that...
SL Green Realty Corp. Announces $0.7875 Common Stock Dividend for Third Quarter 2008
New York, NY - September 15, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) today reported that its Board of Directors has...
DHCR Announces the Availability of $6.4 Million in NY Main Street Funds to Revitalize...
Municipalities May Now Apply
The 2008-2009 State Budget included historic increases in funding for New York's housing and community development programs. As a result, $6.4...
Harvard University’s Ash Institute Recognizes New York City’s Acquisition Fund as National Model for...
Cambridge, Mass., - September 9, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School today announced the New York...
Governor Paterson Announces Grants As Part Of New York’s Continuing Efforts In Fighting Foreclosure...
$4.2 Million in Grants Provided by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal and Banking Department
Albany, NY - September 10, 2008 - (RealEstateRama)...
$4.2 Million in Grants Provided by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal and...
New York, NY - September 10, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor David A. Paterson today announced a total of $4,175,500 in grants as part of...
Schumer, Clinton Welcome Efforts By HUD To Ensure Bidding Process For Eljay Apartments Addresses...
Washington, D.C. – September 5, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton today welcomed an announcement by the Department...
Governor Paterson announces hearings statewide on property tax relief
Albany, NY - September 04, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor David A. Paterson and Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi today announced a series...
Debt Obligations Were Backed by Fixed-Income Assets, Including Subprime Mortgages
Brooklyn, NY - September 3, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — A superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging JULIAN TZOLOV and...
SEC Charges Two Wall Street Brokers in $1 Billion Subprime-Related Auction Rate Securities Fraud
September 3, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two Wall Street brokers with defrauding their customers when making more...
MIDYEAR ROUNDUP: SL GREEN SIGNS NEARLY ONE MILLION SQ FT OF LEASES IN MANHATTAN...
New York, NY - September 2, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) signed a total of 103 lease agreements covering 975,578-square...
Long Island Board of Realtors Launches Voter Registration Drive
West Babylon, NY - September 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR) has announced plans to increase voter registration throughout Queens,...
Summer housing market building momentum
Albany, NY - September 2, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Sales of existing single-family homes in New York State in July outpaced the June sales total by...
“Circuit Breaker” Legislation Provides $1.7 Billion In Property Tax Relief
New York, NY - August 19, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Taking strong action to address a flagging state economy and impending budget deficits, Assembly...
LMDC OPENS NEW $70 MILLION DOLLAR PARK IN LOWER MANHATTAN
New York, NY - August 30, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) along with the Hudson River Park Trust were...
New York State Agencies to kick off Innovative Planning and Housing initiative for older...
WHO: The New York State Office for the Aging and the Department of State are launching an innovative new project called "Planning and Zoning...
Banking Department Issues Industry Letter Detailing Components of New Subprime Legislation
New York, NY - August 27, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The New York State Banking Department today issued an industry letter providing an overview...
Statement on SONYMA Section 8 Voucher Homeownership Mortgage Program
New York, NY - August 29, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The State of New York Mortgage Agency has announced several changes in its Section...
Clinton Welcomes $3 Million in Community Development Funding for New York Community Development Organizations
WASHINGTON, DC - August 27, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today welcomed the announcement of three awards of $1,000,000 from the...
Affordable Senior Housing Complex Celebrated in Patchogue
Patchogue, NY - August 25, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Assistant DHCR Commissioner Greg Watson, director of the NYC Regional Office, attended a ribbon cutting...
Forest City Closes $167 Million Financing for Downtown Brooklyn Residential Building
BROOKLYN, NY - August 20, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB) announced today that it's New York-based subsidiary, Forest City...
Grand Showroom at 595 Fifth Avenue is Available
New York, NY - August 23, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Fifth Avenue near Rockefeller Center has always been a magnet for jewelers and other...
