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Thompson Launches “Save Our Homes” Initiative To Address Subprime Crisis In New York City

October 30, 2007 -- Flanked by several of the city’s top labor and religious leaders, New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. today...

MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. Announces Public Offering of Common Stock

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) announced today it plans to make a public offering of 15,000,000 shares...

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...

Governor Spitzer Announces Increased Home Heating Financial Support For Working Families

New York, November 1, 2007 -- Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced the annual launch of the home heating assistance program, which this year includes...

Governor Spitzer Announces Financing For More Than 1,180 Housing Units Across New York State

New York, November 2, 2007 -- Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced $510 million in financing for the construction and renovation of 1,182 affordable housing...

NYS Housing Finance Agency Approves $15.5 Million in Financing to Renovate West Village Apartments...

NYS Affordable Housing Corporation Approves $300,000 to Help Western New York Seniors Renovate Homes NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2007 -- The board of the New York...

NYS Housing Finance Agency Approves $451 Million in Financing for Affordable Housing in New...

470 New Affordable Units Include 150 Units of Supportive Housing NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2007 -- The board of the New York State Housing Finance...

Senator Flanagan Celebrates First Home Purchased Through Senate Program

New York, November 2, 2007 - Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) joined with his colleagues in the Senate majority, the Long Island Housing...

NY Attorney General Sues First American and its Subsidiary for Conspiring with Washington Mutual...

Washington Mutual (WaMu) Demanded Appraisers Who Inflated Property Values NEW YORK, NY (November 1, 2007) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he...

City Announces Development Team to Build Affordable Housing on NYCHA Properties in East Harlem

Phipps Houses and Urban Builders Collaborative to Develop Over 300 Affordable Apartments November 1, 2007 -- New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development...

Amicos Plead Guilty in Connection With $60 Million Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy Case

ROCHESTER, N.Y., OCTOBER 4, 2007-- Robert J. Amico, age 45, and brother Richard N. Amico, age 36, pled guilty yesterday to charges in connection...

HUD’s Assisted Living Conversion Program Grants For NEW YORK

Bernardine Apartments, Phase VII to receive $3,754,850 WASHINGTON, October 31, 2007 - The Assisted Living Conversion Program grant funds will be used to continue the conversion of elderly...

Senator Clinton Urges HUD to Extend Asset Control Area Agreement for City of Rochester

Contract Allows City of Rochester to Address Community Development Strategies to Reflect Local Housing Needs Washington, DC, October 24, 2007 – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today...

Mayor Bloomberg Discusses Executive Order for City Agencies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in...

The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg's weekly radio address as prepared for delivery on 1010 WINS News Radio for Sunday, October 28,...

‘It’s Our Armory,’ Declares Bronx Community

Elected Officials, Labor, Community and Religious Leaders Demand Armory Developer Sign Community Benefits Agreement KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS, N.Y., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday, October 27,...

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...

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Fall Sharply on Housing and Economic Worries

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mortgage rates dropped notably this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate now 6.31 percent. According...

Construction Market Will Continue to Weaken in 2008, According to McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook

Expected 2% Decline Will Follow 8% Drop in 2007 as Credit Crunch Fallout Continues NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The...

Arbor Realty Trust Receives $39 Million in Cash Proceeds from Recapitalization of 1107 Broadway...

UNIONDALE, N.Y., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ABR), a real estate investment trust focused on the business of investing in...

New York housing market slows down in September

Albany, October 22, 2007 – Sales of existing single-family homes in New York state in September dropped to pre-boom levels for the month, posting...

JPMorgan Chase and GE Commercial Finance Offer Global Accounts Receivable Purchasing Program

GE Commercial Finance Capability Positions JPMorgan Chase's Trade and Logistics Offering as Most Comprehensive in Trade Bank Field New York, October 17, 2007 - JPMorgan...

NYS Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) President, Staff Help Build Habitat for Humanity Homes...

Housing Agency Staff to Work Alongside New Homeowners to Build Agency-Funded “Green” Homes BROOKLYN, NY, OCT. 19—Top officials from the New York State Affordable Housing...

Commitment by Fortune 400 Company Continues the Revitalization of Lower Manhattan

Governor Spitzer Announces World Trade Center Lease  October 16, 2007 -- Governor Eliot Spitzer and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced that NCR Corporation, a global...

$700 Million Project Will Create 1,800 Construction Jobs and House More than 2,000 Bioscience...

Bioscience Park will Include 1.1 Million Square Feet of Commercial and Lab Space for Bio and Life Science Companies based in New York City...