New York RealEstateRama

NEW YORK, NY - November 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- David Shavolian, New York City real estate developer purchases a New York City residential building that saves the deed owner from a potential foreclosure and building from lethal health hazards.

New York, NY - November 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Yorkers recognize the value of switching from incandescent light bulbs to more energy-efficient options, according to a recent survey conducted for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Bronx, NY - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and The New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) joined CPC Resources, Inc. (CPCR), L+M Development Partners, Lemle & Wolff, The New York Housing Partnership, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and partners to celebrate the groundbreaking of Soundview Family Housing, located in the Soundview section of the Bronx. Immediately adjacent to Soundview Park, one of the Bronx’s largest parks, the eight-story building will house 120 low-income families and is the first in a multi-phase development.

New York, NY - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Friday, November 22, 2013 at 9:30 AM, the New York State Tenants & Neighbors Coalition, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, allied elected officials, and rent controlled tenants from across New York City will hold a rally and press conference outside 22 Reade Street before a hearing on a proposed 8.3% increase to the ceiling rent for rent controlled tenants. The event and the testimonies at the hearing will focus on the need for rents to be kept affordable for rent controlled tenants, many of whom are elderly and are living on fixed incomes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Excerpt: I urge the Senate to vote on the president’s nominees to judicial courts, Jeh Johnson to be Secretary of Homeland Security, and Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC) to head Federal Housing Finance Authority.

Albany, NY - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a $1 million award to the Disaster Recovery Clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University to help families and small businesses in Nassau and Suffolk Counties affected by Superstorm Sandy. The award will expand the pro bono counseling services at the clinic to an additional 250 homeowners and businesses.

Albany, NY - November 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that National Grid will invest approximately $4.2 million in infrastructure upgrades to the Ohio Street corridor in Buffalo with the potential for another $10 to $12 million in the next several years. This investment will ensure that the corridor from Michigan Avenue to the Ohio Street lift-bridge is shovel-ready in order to attract mixed-use development. National Grid’s contribution complements the more than $10 million investment being made by state, city and federal governments to turn Ohio Street into a tree-lined parkway linking Buffalo’s inner and outer harbors. Ground was also broken today on the City of Buffalo’s recently approved streetscape project, which includes the reconstruction

New York, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than a thousand building service workers came out to support their union brothers and sisters at 286 and 295 Madison Avenue, who struck Wednesday afternoon to protest their employers’ unfair labor practice charges.

New York, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Hudson River Estuary Program in partnership with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) has awarded the team of Milone & MacBroom, Inc., Hudson & Pacific Designs and EarthRise Designs a grant of $75,000 to design a sustainable shorelines demonstration project at the Dockside property in the village of Cold Spring (Putnam County), DEC Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. The site is part of the Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve.

New York, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $4.8 million in awards for projects that explore new technologies to make buildings in New York State more energy efficient while helping to expand the building sector economy

Brooklyn, N.Y. - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke announced today that she has become a co-sponsor of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which will protect homeowners from substantial increases in the cost of flood insurance as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

Albany, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State housing market continued to impress by showing gains in closed sales, pending sales and median sales price in October compared to the same time last year. According to the housing market report released today by the New York State Association of REALTORS, closed sales were up 17.1 percent, pending sales rose 23.9 percent, and median sales price was up 12.3 percent compared to October 2012

Albany, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is deploying the Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Mobile Command Center (MCC) to Central New York to help provide foreclosure prevention assistance to struggling homeowners.

New York, NY - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than a thousand building service workers will come out support their union brothers and sisters at 286 and 295 Madison Avenue, who will strike Wednesday afternoon to protest their employers’ unfair labor practice charges.

New York, NY - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Warburg Realty, one of Manhattan’s leading residential real estate companies, announced broker Marc Palermo has been profiled by Haute Living, a leading network of luxury lifestyle publications

Albany, NY - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that homeowners in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood on Staten Island will now be eligible for buyout assistance under the NY Rising Housing Recovery Programs. Under the buyout program, properties purchased will be maintained as open space or transformed into coastal buffer zones, parks or other non-residential uses that will help protect nearby communities from the impact of extreme weather. With today's announcement, up to 129 properties in Ocean Breeze will now be eligible for buyouts (map of neighborhood with eligible properties available here.) Participation in the program is completely voluntary and state officials were on hand at today's event to assist interested homeowners apply for the program

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel’s office at 3655 Johnson Avenue will collect toys for the homeless boys and girls as part of a drive by the Coalition for the Homeless to get toys to children in the City’s homeless shelters for the holidays

New York, NY - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE), hosted a roundtable today at Baruch College in Manhattan to discuss proposed changes to federal housing and mortgage finance laws with national leaders in the real estate and mortgage industries, as well as housing experts. The panelists weighed on in the national implications of completely removing the federal government’s financial backing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – a current proposal in Congress that could result in mortgages becoming far too expensive for many Americans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)announced today that it is charging the East River Housing Corporation in New York, NY,with violating the Fair Housing Act by denying a request from a tenant with disabilities to reside in her apartment with a medically-prescribed support animal. HUD’s charge alleges that East River employees ignored the woman’s many requests to keep her emotional support dog in her apartment and moved to evict her when she refused to get rid of the dog.

STATEN ISLAND, NY - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Rep. Michael G. Grimm (R,C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) issued the following statement: “Today marks one year since President Obama came to Staten Island and toured the damage in New Dorp Beach. On that day, promises were made by our President, our Governor, and our Mayor. While the State’s housing recovery program seems to be in full swing, far less can be said about the City’s Build-it-Back Program.

WASHINGTON, DC - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Michael G. Grimm (R,C-SI/Brooklyn) sent a stern letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg calling on the City to reprioritize its CDBG funding plan to better meet the recovery needs of homeowners. Currently, the City spreads its funding across housing, resiliency, and mitigation. With so many people out of their homes or lacking the funds to repair their home, Rep. Grimm is calling on the City to put the people first and make them the top priority.

Albany, NY - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the next step in the transformation of downtown Niagara Falls, as two major businesses have been selected to propose comprehensive plans for the redevelopment of the remaining 200,000 square feet of the former Rainbow Centre Mall.

Washington - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Tim Bishop has been appointed to the House-Senate Conference Committee charged with producing consensus legislation to strengthen our nation’s port and inland waterway infrastructure and spur job creation

Long Island City, Queens - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hosted a roundtable today at the United Nations Federal Credit Union in Long Island City to discuss proposed reforms to federal housing and mortgage finance laws with members of Queens’ real estate and mortgage industries, as well as housing experts.

New York, NY - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On a press conference call, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced bipartisan legislation, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which will protect up to 11,000 Upstate New York homeowners from facing potentially huge flood insurance premium rate hikes, and over 20,000 more from seeing their property values decimated – as a result of higher premiums facing any new buyer – when they try to sell. Schumer’s legislation would require FEMA to complete an affordability study and propose real solutions to address affordability issues before flood insurance premiums can be raised for most homeowners.