New York RealEstateRama

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), after today’s Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on “Examining the IRS’s Role in Implementing and Enforcing ObamaCare” assailed the Committee majority’s obsession with the IRS and the House majority’s obsession with the Affordable Care Act

New York, NY - October 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Excerpt: During the financial crisis, Ms. Yellen was a strong advocate for urgent financial reforms to address the systemic weaknesses and reckless practices that devastated our financial markets and lead to 10 million Americans losing their homes

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, today wrote the Federal Housing Finance Agency opposing further cuts to the multifamily businesses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the guarantors of $63 billion of loans backing multifamily apartment buildings per year nationwide

Albany, NY - October 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is deploying the Department of Financial Services (DFS) Mobile Command Center (MCC) to Rochester to help provide foreclosure prevention assistance to struggling homeowners.

New York, NY - October 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced two new programs developed as part of Blueprint to Success, NYCEDC’s capacity building program for minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprise (M/W/DBE) construction firms. In partnership with the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen and its Mechanic’s Institute, NYCEDC is launching the Building Information Modeling (BIM) program, a course offered to engineers, architects and other design professionals to teach them how to use the groundbreaking BIM platforms.

New York, NY - October 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has given popular web rental service AirBed and Breakfast an ultimatum: provide user data on all 225,000 New Yorkers using the site by the end of the day, or risk legal action. As cities continue to crack down on unlicensed Airbnb sublet rentals, renters are taking a new tactic: maintaining their apartments but purchasing homes specifically to use as legal Airbnb rentals.

Brooklyn, NY - October 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas, Senior Vice President & Head of CPC Resources, Inc. Thomas McGrath, Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn Nicholas DiMarzio, Monsignor Alfred LoPinto, Vicar for Human Services for the Diocese of Brooklyn on behalf of the Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) Commissioner and CEO Darryl C. Towns, Richman Housing Resources President William Traylor, and residents today celebrated the completion of Catholic Charities Monsignor Anthony J. Barretta Apartments, a new $18 million development featuring 64 units of low-income housing in the Ocean Hill section of Brooklyn.

New York, NY - October 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Greenhill Contracting of New Paltz held a ribbon-cutting today at The Preserve at Mountain Vista, its new development of competitively priced net-zero energy homes in New Paltz. The developer used cost-efficient, standardized construction methods honed in part through participation in the New York ENERGY STAR® Certified Homes program, administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Albany, NY - October 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that, after just six weeks, more than one million homeowners have registered with New York State for their Basic STAR exemptions. Basic STAR saves New York homeowners $700 every year on average, but is only available on the primary residence of owners with incomes below $500,000. A study by the Department of Taxation and Finance last year found that thousands of individuals with multiple properties were receiving more than one STAR exemption. This registration will ensure that homeowners only receive one STAR exemption for their primary residence.

New York, NY - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Village of Skaneateles and NYSERDA today announced the grand opening of the first municipal net-zero energy building in New York State. The Skaneateles Village Hall, formerly a vacant fire station, will house new village offices and a police station and is expected to produce more energy than it consumes. Officials met at the site today to announce the grand opening.

New York, NY- October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As students return to school, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced that energy efficiency and renewable energy training courses are available this fall in Malta to help current workers move ahead in clean-energy careers and unemployed workers gain clean-energy skills and professional credentials

Albany, NY - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the New York State Tax Relief Commission that will identify way to reduce the State’s property and business taxes to provide relief to New York’s homeowners and businesses. The Commission’s recommendations for tax relief build off of three years of responsible budgeting, including holding state spending to 2%, ending automatic budget inflators in Medicaid and education spending, pension reform that will save taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, and a downsized state labor force. The Commission’s recommendations will be due by December 6, 2013 for inclusion in the Governor’s 2014 State of the State message

New York, NY - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As students return to school, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced that energy efficiency and renewable energy training courses are available this fall in Alfred, Rochester and Tonawanda to help current workers move ahead in clean-energy careers and unemployed workers gain clean-energy skills and professional credentials

ALBANY - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York Department of State will host a public meeting of the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.at the Department of State, 99 Washington Avenue in Albany, 123 William Street in NYC, and 65 Court Street in Buffalo. The Department’s Division of Code Enforcement and Administration oversees the enforcement practices of local governments in matters pertaining to building construction, fire prevention, and energy conservation. The meeting will be held via Videoconferencing.

New York, NY - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., Empire State Development (ESD) and Triangle Equities, in partnership with the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group (Goldman Sachs), today announced the groundbreaking of the Triangle Plaza Hub in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx

Albany, NY - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State’s Housing Recovery Program will fully compensate homeowners affected by Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee, and Superstorm Sandy for the repair costs of damage to their homes due to ‘earth movement.’ Under FEMA’s existing National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations, damage caused by the movement of soil or earth – even if the movement is the result of flooding – is not eligible for coverage. In comparison, physical damage to a building caused directly by flood waters is covered under NFIP.

Hauppauge, NY - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that Suffolk County’s public land auction conducted by the Division of Real Property Acquisition & Management under the Department of Economic Development & Planning yielded record revenues.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the House passed H.R. 2600, the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, sponsored by Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). The bill’s language removes ambiguities in the Interstate Land Sales Disclosure Act (known colloquially as the “Land Under Water Act” when it was enacted in 1969) which have caused it to be applied to contracts to purchase condominium units in addition to sales of raw land

New York, N.Y. - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has selected the Hudson River Foundation as the new host for the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program. The Harbor & Estuary Program, which has worked to protect and restore waterways throughout the New York-New Jersey Harbor for over 25 years, had been located at the EPA Region 2 office in New York City. The EPA determined that having the program hosted by an outside non-federal organization would enhance the program’s visibility, increase the opportunities for public-private partnerships and align the program with the vast majority of estuary programs throughout the country, which are hosted by external organizations. Funding for each of the 28 National Estuary Programs was $512,000 last year

New York, NY - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced a new continuing education program with LaGuardia Community College to provide training in green building operations and maintenance practices taught in Spanish and to connect training graduates with jobs in the industry

NEW YORK - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Designating large swaths of Manhattan as landmarked districts has stifled the creation of affordable housing in New York City, according to an analysis issued by the Real Estate Board of New York.

WHITE PLAINS, NY - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, today announced a $360,000 federal grant for Westchester County’s “Westchester Building Futures: Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative,” which will help identify the best strategies for fighting homelessness.

New York, NY - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today appointed a new board of the New York City Housing Authority, following legislative changes – proposed by the Administration – that allow the Mayor to reconstitute the board as a body of six part-time members, as opposed to three salaried positions, with a full-time chairman. The members of the new board are Diahann Billings-Burford, Beatrice Byrd, Victor A. González, Kyle Kimball, Willie Mae Lewis and Emily Youssouf. As initial members of the new board, they are appointed for fixed terms of one, two or three years. After the initial terms, all appointees will serve three years.

New York, NY - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding $4,264,061 in grant money to Yonkers, to improve housing in the city and expand economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents

New York, NY - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Housing Authority has initiated another feature to improve customer service for public housing applicants and Section 8 voucher holders so that they can access their application status and update basic information online In April 2013, NYCHA launched its Self Service Portal, an Internet-based site that gives applicants easy access to view basic information about their public housing or Section 8 application without needing to visit in-person or call the Customer Contact Center. New York City residents can also now apply for public housing online, as well, with applications available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Russian.