ELEVEN DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN $14 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
NEW YORK – May 21, 2008 - An indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., charging 11 defendants for their...
New York Superintendent of Banks, Richard H. Neiman, Revokes JMF Funding Inc.’s Mortgage Broker...
New York, NY - May 6, 2008 - New York Superintendent of Banks, Richard H. Neiman, today disclosed that after notice and hearing an...
Senator Clinton Hails Approval Of Property Tax Relief by Key Senate Committee
Joined Senator Bayh in Calling for Help for Homeowners
Washington, DC – April 2, 2008 - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) today hailed approval of...
Attorney General Cuomo Shuts Down Buffalo Home Builder Who Repeatedly Defrauded Consumers
Used customers’ payments for personal expenses, failed to build homes for multiple families throughout Western New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. - April 3, 2008 - Attorney General...
New York State Issues 2007 Housing Report to Document Housing Resources and Spending
NEW YORK, March 27, 2008 - New York State today issued its first annual Housing Report that documents where the State spends its housing resources...
Forty-Three Counties Receiving Grants To Streamline Property Tax Administration
March 19, 2008 - Governor David A. Paterson today announced that 43 counties will receive a total of $3.6 million in grants to study...
OFHEO, NY ATTORNEY GENERAL, FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC SIGN AGREEMENTS TO COMBAT APPRAISAL...
Washington, DC – OFHEO Director James B. Lockhart announced agreements with OFHEO, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Tax-Exempt Bond Financing for New York City Multifamily Developments
NEW YORK - January 24, 2008 - The New York State Housing Finance Agency (HFA) today issued its revised 2008 allocation criteria for developers...
Governor’s tax proposals may hurt homeownership in the Empire State
Albany – January 22, 2008 – Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s budget proposal sends mixed messages to thousands of New Yorkers who will be seeking to...
Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit with Albany, New York, Developers
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 18, 2008 - The Justice Department today reached a Fair Housing Act settlement with New York developers Bruce Tanski, the Bruce...
Senate Majority Unveils Multibillion Dollar Property Tax Relief Plan As Top Priority For 2008
Plan doubles STAR rebates for most homeowners and triples rebates for seniors next year;
Includes long-term reforms to relieve property tax burden
The New York State Senate...
Attorney General Cuomo Sues Buffalo Heating Contractor For Defrauding Homeowners Out Of Thousands Of...
AG’s suit seeks $20,000 performance bond; Judge signs temporary restraining order barring contractor from taking any new jobs
BUFFALO, N.Y. (January 3, 2008) - Attorney...
Property Tax Rebates, Consumer Rights Legislation, And Greater Accountability In The Lending Industry Highlight...
Additional property tax relief totaling $1.3 billion for New York families, a consumer bill of rights for airline passengers, and legislation to improve oversight...
Six Charged In Multimillion Dollar “Foreclosure Rescue” Scheme
New York - December 3, 2007 - MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, ANDREW CUOMO, the Attorney...
You are now able to search for properties that have J-51 exemptions in all...
The J-51 Program is administered by the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to encourage the renovation of residential properties by granting...
As Starrett Heads Back to the Auction Block, Elected Officials, Tenants and Advocates Call...
New York City, November 28, 2007 – Calling on the owners of Starrett City to do right by the taxpayers that subsidized the complex...
State Provides Property Tax Relief To Flood-Ravaged Southern Tier
New York, November 16, 2007 -- Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that more than 600 Southern Tier property owners who suffered catastrophic property damage during the...
Senator Clinton Urges Property Tax Relief for Middle Class Homeowners
Property Taxes Have Skyrocketed While Median Household Income Has Decreased
Washington, DC, November 9, 2007 - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton joined several of her colleagues in...
Ten Years In Prison For Westchester Real Estate Lawyer Who Stole Over $20 Million...
New York, NY, Nov. 13, 2007 -- MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that real estate lawyer ANTHONY BELLETTIERI,...
Law Firm Gersten Savage Completes $1 Million Renovation, Adds to Modern Art Collection
NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Gersten Savage LLP, one of New York's top five independent law firms, has renewed its 10-year lease for...
STAR Rebate Check Application Deadline Extended
November 02, 2007 - Acting New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Barbara G. Billet announced that Gov. Eliot Spitzer recently signed legislation...
Senator Flanagan Successfully Extends Tax Relief Deadline For Homeowners
November 5, 2007 - Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) announced today that the deadline to apply for property tax rebate checks has been...
Assembly Approves Star Application Deadline Extension
October 23, 2007 -- Speaker Sheldon Silver said today that the Assembly approved legislation to extend the application deadline for the Middle Class STAR...
Levinson Warns Of New Identity Fraud Scam with STAR Rebate Checks
Mineola, NY, October 18, 2007 -- Board of Assessors Chairman Harvey Levinson today warned homeowners not to respond to e-mails or telephone calls requesting...
Lawrence Plotkin Joins Chadbourne & Parke as Real Estate Partner
Brings Broad Experience in Range of Commercial Real Estate Transactions
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP...
