Lopez girlfriend likely to be replaced on City Planning
Angela Battaglia, a member of the City Planning Commission and longtime girlfriend of embattled former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, will...
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Affordable housing advocate Vito Lopez weighs passing his torch
Assembly member Vito Lopez was forced to give up his housing committee chairmanship and resign as the head of Brooklyn’s Democratic...
Lopez steered perks, including housing, to allies
Vito Lopez, the embattled Brooklyn Assemblyman and former head of the Assembly’s housing committee, gained both power and loyalty...
Landlord claims Loft Law tenants got special provision from Albany
The owner of a Chelsea loft building is claiming that two long-time tenants won a special provision that altered...
Judge to rule on motion to block Broadway Triangle rezoning
A State Supreme Court judge starting tomorrow is scheduled to rule on a motion to block the city from...
Financing for counsel to distressed New York homeowners runs low
Funding has run dry for more than 120 legal aid agencies across New York state that provide counsel to...
Silver releases report on the rent-regulation “emergency”
With New York’s rent-regulation laws set to expire June 15, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has released a new report...
Rent regulation laws up for renewal again
The laws that cap rent increases on 1 million city apartments expire in June, and landlord groups, tenant advocates and politicians all agree that they should be extended, according to the Daily News. Last...
Pfizer sells W’burg plant to Queens firm
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has unloaded eight of 13 acres at its shuttered Flushing Avenue manufacturing plant in South Williamsburg...
City loses bid to lift hold on Broadway Triangle projects
A State Supreme Court judge ruled against the city in the controversial Broadway Triangle rezoning case in which a...