New York RealEstateRama

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.

Albany, NY - June 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Statewide sales of existing single-family homes in New York State increased nearly 5 percent in May from April and nearly 13 percent compared to May 2009, according to preliminary single-family sales data accumulated by the New York State Association of REALTORS.

SPRING VALLEY, NY - June 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives from The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and Rockland Housing Action Coalition joined with state, county and local officials today to celebrate the groundbreaking for Hyenga Lake Senior Housing, a new affordable senior housing project in the Village of Spring Valley.

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,

Bronx, NY - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Back at work after a weeklong lockout, Co-Op City workers and management returned to the negotiating table today for the first time in two weeks. Workers, supported by 32BJ SEIU, are seeking a multi-year agreement that maintains their family health care coverage and provides cost of living wage increases.

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 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) presented its 2009 Retail Deal of the Year Awards, which recognize the most creative and significant retail deals, at the Retail Committee’s annual cocktail party at the 101 Club Tuesday night.

New York, NY- June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) today announced that senior management will make a presentation at the NAREIT REIT Week 2010 Investor Forum on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. EDT (8:15 a.m. CDT).

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 - June 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Public Advocate Bill de Blasio will join locked-out Co-op City workers, tenants and union officials today, Thursday June 3, to call on RiverBay Corporation to end the lockout of members of 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union. The lockout, which began on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m., affects more than 500 workers and 55,000 tenants

New York, NY - June 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Locked-out Co-Op City apartment building workers will be joined by hundreds of New York City building workers, elected officials and supporters to march and rally through the streets of Co-op City to demand an end to the worker lock out and a fair contract from RiverBay Corporation, the managing firm at Co-op City

New York, NY - June 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Co-Op City apartment building workers were locked-out by their employers at Midnight on Tuesday, effectively preventing them from performing their jobs, as their contract expired with Riverbay. The employer action took place hours before a planned worker strike was set to take effect. The contract, which expired at 12:01am Tuesday, covers the 500 porters, handymen, maintenance men, garbage attendants and groundskeepers who maintain the massive complex that is home to 55,000 New Yorkers.

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.

Condominiums in West Harlem Feature Modern Design and Spacious Layouts. NEW YORK, NY - May 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced a price reduction at The Ellison, a newly constructed residential development in the heart of West 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.

Albany, NY - May 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York state housing market continued to improve as April 2010 sales jumped nearly 20 percent compared to April 2009, according to preliminary single-family sales data accumulated by the New York State Association of REALTORS. The statewide median sales price also rose by more than 8 percent compared to April 2009.