Pratt Area Community Council Executive Director Deb Howard and construction at Atlantic Yards
Sick of the constant litigation surrounding Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn activists are appealing to a higher power: Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Patch reported the Pratt Area Community Council wants Cuomo to step in “and get this project to deliver on its promises” of bringing affordable housing and jobs to the neighborhood, quoting Deb Howard, the council’s executive director. [more]
As thousands of demonstrators rallied at the Occupy Wall Street protests yesterday, they were joined by hundreds of affordable housing advocates, tenants organizations and even tenants’ lawyers, who hold the big commercial banks and wealthy investors directly responsible for an ongoing housing crisis.
“I have been very excited about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the fact that its growing and the fact that these kids have been able to spark something that we’ve been waiting for years,” said Michael McKee, treasurer of Tenants Political Action Committee, a statewide organization that works to elect pro-tenant politicians to higher office. [more]
A Brooklyn community group has filed a motion to halt work on the multi-billion dollar Atlantic Yards project in Prospect Heights, where construction has begun for an NBA basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets, the Brooklyn Eagle reported. The motion was filed last week in Manhattan Supreme Court, by community groups Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and BrooklynSpeaks, in response to a judge granting a motion to reargue a previous ruling against petitioners’ claims that the project would take longer than the proposed 10 years. The next court date is set for Dec. 22. [more]
From left: Food critic Mark Bittman and his co-op at 17 West 71st StreetA New York Times food writer bought an Upper West Side co-op. Also, Aptsandlofts.com announced the opening of a new Federal Housing Administration-approved building in North Williamsburg. And, the Pratt Area Community Council announced the opening of a green affordable co-op building in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Click here for the full version. TRD [more]
L Haus tacks on more buyer incentives: Three months after announcing buyer incentives, the Long Island City
condo L Haus just started offering 90 percent financing in addition to its rent-to-own and price protection incentives to
potential buyers. L Haus is also offering brokers 2.5 percent
commission on first deals, 4 percent commission on second deals and 5
percent on third deals. The Park Slope condo at 500 Fourth Avenue is
also offering a broker promotion. If three deals are done from one
brokerage office, the condo will raise the co-broke fee to 4 percent
from 3.5 percent. TRD [more]
