Albany, NY - July 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michael Skrebutenas, Executive Deputy Commissioner of the NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal, joined Yonkers Mayor Philip A. Amicone and other state and local officials at a groundbreaking Wednesday, July 7, for two affordable rental projects to be located at the site of the historic Mulford Gardens Public Housing Complex in Yonkers.

Buffalo, NY - July 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced today the award of a $104,500 grant to People United for Sustainable Housing

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) commended the City of New York, particularly the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), for working to restore Section 8 vouchers to 2,600 needy families.

Albany, NY - July 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently helped celebrate the grand opening of Opportunity for Broome, Inc.’s new Liberty Street Apartments in Binghamton. The new facility will provide 12 units of permanent housing for homeless families and individuals.

New York, NY - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Senator Charles E. Schumer and Governor David A. Paterson today announced a $32 million plan to resolve New York City’s Section 8 rent voucher crisis.

Washington D.C. - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that the Hornell YMCA has been awarded a $400,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Washington, DC - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Rep. Michael E. McMahon continued a fight he has been championing since early 2009 – extending the $8,000 first-time homebuyers’ tax credit.

New York, NY - June 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purchase and development of two adjacent parcels of land within the Bronxchester Urban Renewal Area of the Mott Haven neighborhood in the Bronx.

BUFFALO, NY - June 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John J. Fischer, Jr., 50, of Getzville, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to a felony charge of extortion by color of official right.

New York, NY - June 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, GEORGE VENIZELOS, the Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), NEIL BAROFSKY, the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("SIGTARP"), RICHARD H. NEIMAN,

BROOKLYN, NY - June 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Edolphus "Ed" Towns will be joined by more than 45 grateful low to moderate income families outside of the MeadowWood at Gateway complex who were in danger of losing Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans to purchase their dream homes --but the much-need mortgage option was saved, thanks to the intervention of Rep.

NEW YORK, NY - June 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York State's major housing agencies, "nyhomes" and the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), held their first joint board meeting today to approve grant awards.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today voted in favor of reforms to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) which will protect homeowners from mortgage fraud and save tax dollars.

NEW YORK, NY - June 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez today announced she has deemed parts of northeast Bronx and eastern Queens cease-and-desist zones in order to prevent real estate agents from repeatedly soliciting homeowners in those neighborhoods to place their property for sale.

New York, NY - June 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Banking Department today announced that more than 57,256 90-day pre-foreclosure notices were sent to New York homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments since Feb. 13, 2010.

New York, NY - June 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Wednesday, June 2, 2010, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero, Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Seth Diamond, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., and Common Ground

New York City, NY - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of the New York City Capital Resource Corporation (NYCCRC) today gave preliminary approval for ESmith Legacy Harlem LLC to receive an allocation of up to $19.7 million in Recovery Zone Facility Bonds to assist in the development and construction of an approximately 100,000-square-foot hotel on a 32,500-square-foot vacant parcel of land located at 100 West 125th Street in Harlem.

New York NY - June 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purchase and development of an approximately 109,000-square-foot vacant industrial property located in the Bathgate section of the Bronx.

New York, NY - June 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chairman John B....

BRONX, NY - May 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Staff members of "nyhomes," New York State's affordable housing lender, are rolling up their sleeves today and helping Habitat for Humanity - New York City build the Prospect-Macy Co-op Apartments in the Longwood section of the South Bronx.

New York, NY - May 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), in consultation with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purchase and development of the Mart 125 site in Harlem.

New York, NY - May 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney joined with elected officials, community leaders, and affordable housing advocates at a news conference outside Stuyvesant Town to announce her introduction of legislation in Congress, H.R. 5361, that will sharply curtail the ability of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to invest in future transactions that reduce the availability of affordable housing both in New York and nationwide.

New York, NY - May 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) in cooperation with the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) announced the installation of the first new storefront improvements through the Fulton Nassau Crossroads Program this week.

Albany, NY - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ezra Prentice Homes in Albany's South End neighborhood is undergoing a major rehabilitation that will...

Washington, DC - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- As families across New York and across the country struggle to find work after losing their jobs for no fault of their own, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is advancing legislation to provide temporary mortgage relief for struggling families to stave off the threat of foreclosure.