From left: a screenshot from doomsday thriller “The Day After Tomorrow” and Blue Hill Plaza, a data center space in Rockland County

Before Hurricane Sandy, signing an office lease meant considering cost, size, condition, landlord, maybe the neighborhood. Today, storm-wary tenants are asking another question, a powerful one, if you will: What electrical grid is the building on? [more]

A Valley Cottage, NY apartment complex is the target of a discrimination suit, according to the U.S. Attorney Southern District of New York, which announced the suit today. The federal civil rights lawsuit against the Rockland County landlord alleges that management at the 96-unit rental complex Burgundy Gardens acted in a deliberately discriminatory manner against African-American applicants. The landlord, Burgundy Gardens LLC, allegedly failed to inform potential African-American tenants of available units in the rental complex and led applicants to believe that some units were occupied when they were, in fact, vacant. TRD… [more]