National
Texas Realtor faces criminal charges for role in Capitol attack
A Texas real estate agent is facing criminal charges for her participation in last week’s attack on the U.S....
Politics
Council bill favoring nonprofits for affordable housing will hurt minority-led firms: developers
For many minority developers, building the necessary capacity and experience to win a steady stream of work in New York City has been an...
NYC loses $2.5B in property taxes, gets $1B from FEMA
Property tax revenue did not plunge with the city’s economy last year because assessments preceded the pandemic. This year,...
National
Real estate trade groups reconsider donations after Capitol unrest
Last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol Building has led many banks and corporations to rethink their approach to...
Cuomo adds housing to $51B Midtown West project
The state’s massive development plans for the area surrounding Penn Station now includes affordable housing. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced...
Rent-stabilized tenants owe landlords more than $1B
Pressure is mounting on New York City’s renters. According to a new survey from the Community Housing Improvement Program,...
Three Trump Org contracts de Blasio canceled were about to expire anyway
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement that the city was terminating contracts with the Trump Organization may need an asterisk....
These are the companies dumping the Trump Organization
The fallout for President Donald Trump and his family business after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has...
The Closing: Ray McGuire
Ray McGuire’s path from “the streets to the suites” is made-for-movie stuff. Growing up poor and fatherless in Dayton, Ohio, he worked his way into the elite boarding school Hotchkiss, then Harvard for undergraduate,...
Socialist notches key NY Senate appointment
The Democratic Socialists of America just got another seat at the table where New York state housing laws are decided. Sen. Jabari Brisport, a newly elected Democrat from Crown Heights, was named to the...