rafael cestero

Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat who wants to govern New York City, will be more like outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg on real estate...

Two Trees Management is in talks to purchase the Domino Sugar Factory site on the Williamsburg waterfront for $160 million, the New York Daily...

The site of a stalled Prospect-Lefferts Garden condominium is set to become a city-subsidized middle-income housing project in the first deal to close since...

The city may extend the deadline for developers of multi-family buildings aiming to qualify for the coveted 421-a property tax break in an attempt...

New York housing officials have identified 200 buildings they say are the most poorly maintained in the city, racking up more than 20,000 hazardous...

Rafael Cestero, the commissioner of the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, will be leaving his position to pursue an opportunity in the...

Rafael Cestero With mounting numbers of buildings in foreclosure and others in disrepair, city officials and housing advocates say that corrupt investors are trying...

While Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village owners Tishman Speyer and BlackRock Realty said they’d transfer control of the residential complex to creditors two...

The effort to increase affordable housing in the city is remaining in high gear despite recurring budget cuts elsewhere. By the end of the...

Approximately 20,000 affordable homes have been lost in New York City from 2002 to 2008, due to rent deregulations and an increase of market-rate...

Housing advocates say that while the Obama administration’s mortgage modification program could help thousands of New Yorkers, it has been slow to get off...

The city is tracking potentially troubled rent-stabilized apartment buildings with an eye toward influencing how they are transferred following a foreclosure, said Housing Preservation...