New York RealEstateRama

New York, NY - April 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing and RGS Holdings, LLC, in conjunction with Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and JP Morgan Chase Community Development, today announced the opening of three on-site model apartments at 2280 FDB in Harlem

Buffalo, NY - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Word that the State is even considering hiking fees on homes and new cars does not sit well with Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul. Both transactions occur within the County Clerk's Office.

Albany, NY - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is encouraging New Yorkers to buy green to save green this Earth Day.

New York, NY - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand announced today that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has granted Long Island’s request for disaster loans for the March 12-30 storms that walloped the area.

New York, NY - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- 30,000 New York City apartment building workers won a tentative four-year agreement early this morning that provides nearly 10% in wage increases, maintains fully employer-paid family health care coverage and keeps pension benefits secure.

Albany, NY - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently helped SAFE, Inc. break ground on its new project to expand SAFE House, an emergency housing facility for runaway and homeless youth and pregnant and parenting teens, at an event in Schenectady.

New York, NY - April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the appointment of Seth Diamond to head the City's Department of Homeless Services.

New York, NY - April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced the Solis, a new condominium development at 174 Clermont Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn is 67% sold after only one month on the market, with only three units remaining.

New York, NY - April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- RAB With only one day remaining before the contract expiration for 30,000 doormen and other apartment building workers, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and tenant rights activists will voice concerns about a potential strike. The officials will call on the Realty Advisory Board (RAB), an industry association representing most building owners, to settle a fair contract with the workers. The contract, which covers 30,000 doormen, superintendents, resident managers, porters, handymen and concierges, expires at 12:01 a.m., April 21. In the event of a strike, more than one million New Yorkers living in apartments, co-ops and condominiums would be directly affected.

New York, NY - April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Contract talks between the Realty Advisory Board and 32BJ for New York City apartment building workers resume today at the Sheraton Hotel in midtown Manhattan. The contract, covering 30,000 doormen, handymen, resident managers, porters, superintendents and concierges, is set to expire at 12:01 a.m., April 21st. Negotiations began on March 9

WASHINGTON, DC - April 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles B. Rangel on Friday praised the recent decision by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to award close to $23.5 million in funding for New York City's Section 8 voucher program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Congressional Oversight Panel today released its April oversight report, "Evaluating Progress of TARP Foreclosure Mitigation Programs."

New York, NY - April 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Strike preparations for city's apartment building workers have intensified this week with nearly 1,000 strike captains meeting at key sites throughout the city. The meetings, which began on Wednesday, provide strike captains with information on picket line rules, signage and a host of legal issues.

New York, NY - April 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 600 Lexington Avenue in New York City for $193.0 million, or approximately $636 per square foot, from a joint venture led by Hines US Core Office Fund.

NEW YORK, NY - April 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Public Advocate Bill de Blasio today launched a tenant, condo and co-op owner assistance webpage and hotline designed to help the over one million New Yorkers who could be impacted by a possible strike next week if the Realty Assistance Board (RAB) and building service workers do not reach a deal.

Albany, NY - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) today announced that owners of rent regulated apartments in New York State can now fulfill their Annual Rent Registration requirement completely online, avoiding time-consuming errors and eliminating paperwork and the need to mail forms or disks to DHCR

Citibank Sponsored Event United Seven Upper Manhattan Small Business Support Groups. New York, NY - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — The Harlem Community Development Corporation (Harlem CDC), in partnership with leading small business development organizations, hosted a small business conference at the Gospel Uptown Supper Club on Saturday, April 10th.

New York, NY - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thousands of New York City doormen, apartment building workers and supporters marched and rallied on Park Avenue today to demand a fair contract from the Realty Advisory Board (RAB), an industry association representing most building owners. With only seven days left until a possible citywide strike, 32BJ SEIU and the RAB remain far apart on any new agreement.

New York, NY - April 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With only seven days left until a possible citywide strike, thousands of New York City doormen and other apartment building workers will march and rally through the streets of the Upper East Side to demand a fair contract from the Realty Advisory Board, an industry association representing most building owners

West Babylon, NY - April 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. released the March 2010 housing statistics for Long Island reporting a closed median home price of $350,000, which represents a 1.9% decrease from March 2009, and represents a 1.2% decrease from February 2010.

1,230-Home Rental Complex is Harlem Landmark. New York, NY - April 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rose Associates, Inc. announced today that it has been named the exclusive managing agent of Riverton Square, a complex of seven, 13-story buildings with a total of 1,230 residential units in Harlem.

NEW YORK, NY - April 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The boards of the New York State Housing Finance Agency (HFA) and the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) today approved $2.27 million in funding to build and renovate 181 affordable housing units across the state.

Harlem Community Development Corporation (HCDC) and Citibank are hosting "Doing Business Uptown,"a Small Business Conference aimed at introducing entrepreneurs to small business resource providers with a proven track record of developing firms in Upper Manhattan.

NEW YORK, NY - April 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- LCOR has announced the grand opening of North Williamsburg's newest rental development, 34 Berry Street — a 142-unit apartment building located at the corner of North 12th and Berry Streets in Brooklyn.

Albany, NY - April 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) received the 2010 ENERGY STAR...