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Real Estate

New York real estate: the housing market, tenants and landlords, development and closings.

May 12, 2023

Real Estate: NYC Empty Office Uptick

The economic hardship New York City (and State) businesses were forced to endure due to COVID restrictions are still resonating in the commercial real…

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Mar 17, 2023

New York Attorney General Settles Real Estate Discrimination Legal Fight

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced settlement after investigation determined Coldwell Banker in Long Island was using discriminatory…

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Jan 20, 2023

Mayor Adams Benefitting From NY Real Estate Cash

The real estate market in New York is looking very good to at least one New Yorker. The Mayor. Mayor Eric Adams pointedly dropped his predecessor’s…

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Nov 07, 2022

Affordable Housing Grows In Brooklyn

Housing developer Breaking Ground has converted a former Jehovah’s Witness building into affordable housing in DUMBO section of Brooklyn. Of the 491 units…

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Oct 27, 2022

Brooklyn Developers Allegedly Defraud Affordable Housing Program

Brooklyn real estate developers are in hot water with New York prosecutors after they apparently sought to defraud the New York State tax exemption for…

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Sep 19, 2022

Real Estate Law Meets… Family Law?!

When your in-laws buy the apartment next to you do you worry about boundaries being crossed and turning r_eal estate law into family law?_ Well, that is…

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Jul 18, 2022

NYC Real Estate Market Roller Coaster

Some things you need to know when it comes to the _real estate market in New York_. The Fed keeps raising the mortgage interest rates. Inventory is…

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Jul 15, 2022

Real Estate Worries About Enforcing New York Gun Laws

The question for many New York real estate players and property owners and managers is how feasible it will be to _enforce New York’s new gun laws_. The…

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Jun 03, 2022

Brooklyn Real Estate Potpourri

A few new stories in Brooklyn real estate news from this week… Bklyner.com covers stories including: Mayor Adams proposing make housing and other…

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Apr 25, 2022

Dearth Of Public Defenders Leaving Tenants Defenseless

Tenants facing eviction in Manhattan and Brooklyn are finding it tough sledding as there are no lawyers left to represent them as public defender shortage…

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Apr 07, 2022

Brooklyn Tenants Fight For Legal Control Of Building

A notorious bad building owner in Brooklyn who skimps on maintenance while draining the building of its equity? While it sounds like some co-op boards in…

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Apr 01, 2022

City Targets “Worst Landlord” List

_New York Mayor Eric Adams has his most wanted list_. It’s not FBI Most Wanted territory but you don’t want to be on this list either. The Worst Landlord…

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Mar 31, 2022

The Story Of A Brooklynite Property Owner

A story of one Brooklyn man’s lifetime owning and renovating property in Brooklyn It’s the story of Redhook fixture H.L. Lopes and his passion for his…

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Mar 29, 2022

Homes Are Hot In Brooklyn

If you are selling a home in New York right now, hopefully it’s in Brooklyn. The _borough is red hot for home sales_. With inventory down, homes on the…

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Mar 09, 2022

Brooklyn Pol Goes Door To Door To Help Tenants

Brooklyn Council member Lincoln Restler joined the Greenbrook Tenants Councilin alerting community of what they deemed as unfair business practices from a…

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Mar 04, 2022

Real Estate Spotlight: As Good As It Gets In Brooklyn

While we practice real estate law at our firm it is only once in awhile where we will spotlight or comment on real estate offerings. This is an exception.…

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Feb 24, 2022

New York City, State Team Up For Brooklyn Tenants Save

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York State Attorney General Letitia James combined forces to rescue Brooklyn tenants from a slumlord who was…

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Jan 31, 2022

Real Estate: Brooklyn Prices Climb Despite Pandemic

The 4th quarter of 2021 saw sales continued to rise for homes in Brooklyn – houses or apartments – and forecasters calling for strong 2022 numbers as…

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Jan 13, 2022

Real Estate Co Sues NYC For Vax Mandate

Staten Island real estate firm Cornerstone Realty is suing New York City for their vaccine mandates positioning it as a violation of employers rights.

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Dec 09, 2021

Brooklyn To Brokers: Cease & Desist!

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into legislation a recent proposal that would help protect Brooklyn homeownersfrom unwelcome and ever increasing…

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Dec 06, 2021

Biden Admin Wants In On Real Estate Closings

Like the proposed bank account oversight, the Biden Administration also wants to have increased oversight in real estate deals involving mostly or all…

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Nov 29, 2021

Governor Passes Law Combating Aggressive Real Estate Brokers

“New” New York Governor Hochul passeslaw aimed at protecting New York homeowners from over-aggressive real estate brokers pestering and nagging homeowners…

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Oct 28, 2021

Brooklyn’s Tallest Skyscraper At Full Height

The 93 story, 1,066 foot skyscraper at 9 DeKalb – named “Brooklyn Tower” – is officially done climbing as of today and is scraping some sky in downtown…

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Oct 27, 2021

Scaling A Skyscraper

The liability waiver must be a doozy. From the New York activities nobody needs to do department…

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Oct 18, 2021

New York Senator Attacks Real Estate Company

Senator Chuck Schumer attacked real estate developer Greenbrook Propertiesin Park Slope for business tactics he does not approve of, even labeling their…

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Oct 14, 2021

Gowanus Rezoning Testimony Begins

The City Council has begun listening to arguments in the rezoning of Gowanus neighborhood.

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Oct 05, 2021

New York: Land Of The Co-ops

New York is a unique place of real estate realms, much of it occupied by beasts unknown to most parts of the country. Here There Be Co-ops (and Condos).…

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Oct 04, 2021

Retail Rent Down Over Summer

The retail rent market in Brooklyn saw a decline this summer – except in some residential heavy neighborhoods such as Park Slope. The big neighborhood on…

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Sep 20, 2021

NYC Considering Capping Commercial Rent

A controversial new bill proposal has government officials, community leaders and businesses big and small at odds. The proposed limit to what landlords…

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Sep 13, 2021

New York Real Estate Tea Leaves Spell Resurgence

Real Estate professionals and insiders are analyzing data and crunching numbers and monitoring upcoming projects – especially in commercial/office space –…

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Sep 02, 2021

Brooklyn Real Estate Rising

New building projects, more space, and adding 230,000 new residents in last 10 years has led to areal estate surge in the country’s favorite borough –…

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Sep 01, 2021

Brooklyn Economic & Real Estate Selling Point: Covid Proof?

At least in terms of real estate and ease of working from home. This story contends Brooklyn has blossomed with private sector jobs whereas Manhattan has…

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Aug 05, 2021

Is Recent Housing Boom Over?

The boom – not bubble – in the housing market may be ending according to some experts monitoring the real estate industry. New home sales dropped last…

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Aug 04, 2021

CDC Decides Evictions On Hold

CDC announces 60 day freeze on evictions in communities seeing higher Covid-19 rates.

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Jul 27, 2021

Housing Boom Heat In Florida

The suburban migration and housing boom spurred by Washington and Corporate America sending everyone to their rooms may be slowing in some areas and still…

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Jul 21, 2021

Brooklyn’s Tallest Skyscraper

Brooklyn gets a new 93 story skyscraper in 9 DeKalb that is going to turn some heads after the building and “air rights” were bought in 2016 for $95…

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Jul 07, 2021

What Is The Direction Of New York Real Estate?

As New York reopens and recovers from Covid one sector above all else may be seeing some good news. Inventory is up in some areas and low in others but it…

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