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    Schneiderman Announces $500,000 Settlement with Harassing Management Company

    Tenant Harassment  •  Manhattan & Brooklyn

    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaking at New York Law School. Image credit: CityLaw

    Schneiderman announces settlement with New York City landlord accused of harassing rent-stabilized tenants across two boroughs. On September 27, 2017, New York State Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman announced that a settlement had been reached between the State and ICON Realty Management. ICON owns several rent-regulated buildings in the East Village, the Lower East Side, and Brooklyn. The Attorney General alleged that ICON had engaged in illegal methods to harass rent-regulated tenants, including dangerous construction work and failing to provide essential services. (read more…)

    Tags : Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, East Village/Lower East Side, Tenant Harassmen, Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force
    Date:09/29/2017
    Category : New York State Attorney General
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    Attorney General Reaches $225,000 Settlement with Harassing Landlords

    NYC Landlords  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan

    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaking at New York Law School, March 18, 2014. Image credit: CityLaw

    Schneiderman announces settlement with New York City landlord accused of harassing rent-stabilized tenants. On May 4, 2017, New York State Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman announced that a settlement had been reached between the State and several companies controlled by Sassan “Sami” Mahfar and Sina Mahfar. The companies owned four residential buildings on Manhattan’s Lower East Side—22 Spring Street, 102 Norfold Street, 113 Stanton Street, and 210 Rivington Street. The Attorney General alleged that the companies and their principals the Mahfars had engaged in illegal methods to harass rent-regulated tenants, including dangerous construction work, failing to provide essential services, and hiring a relocation company that used illegal tactics to coerce buyouts. (read more…)

    Tags : Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, East Village/Lower East Side, Tenant Harassment
    Date:05/11/2017
    Category : NY Attorney General
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    City’s Failure to Preserve Deed Restrictions on the Rivington House Explored [City Council Passes Tougher Oversight]

    Government Operations and Oversight  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan
    The Rivington House. Image credit: edenpictures/Flickr

    The Rivington House. Image credit: edenpictures/Flickr

    UPDATE: On December 6, 2016, the New York City Council voted 42-0 to approve Introduction 1182-2016 which requires the Department for Citywide Administrative Services to conduct an extensive review of a request to remove a deed restriction on a property managed by DCAS, including a public hearing, to determine whether the request removal furthers the best interests of the City.

    The legislation is a response the controversial sale of the Rivington House to a luxury condo developer after DCAS removed deed restrictions that prevented such a development. “The City Council can assure that this will never happen again to any other community,” said the bill’s sponsor Manhattan Council Member Margaret Chin.

    The bill will now go to the Mayor for his signature. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Margaret Chin, Council Member Rory Lancman, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Department of Investigation, East Village/Lower East Side, First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, Mayor's Office of Contract Services, New York City Law Department, Rivington House, Zachary Carter
    Date:12/07/2016
    Category : City Council
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    City Planning Commission Holds Hearing on East Houston Street Rezoning

    ULURP  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan
    City Planning Commission hearing testimony at the June 8th hearing. Image credit: CityLand

    City Planning Commission hearing testimony at the June 8th hearing. Image credit: CityLand

    The proposed rezoning would facilitate the development of a mixed-use building where an unoccupied, deteriorating building currently stands. On June 8th, 2016, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application to amend the City’s zoning map to facilitate the construction of a 13-story mixed-use building at 255 Houston Street, located on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.

    (read more…)

    Tags : East Houston Rezoning, East Village/Lower East Side, East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 3, ULURP
    Date:06/10/2016
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    HDC Identifies Six Preservation Priorities for 2013

    Historic Preservation  •  Citywide

    Advocacy group selects areas in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island as meriting preservation attention in 2013. The Historic Districts Council announced its “Six to Celebrate” list of preservation priorities on January 3, 2013. The areas identified by HDC consist of the Bronx Parks System, Manhattan’s East Village/Lower East Side and Tribeca neighborhoods, Brooklyn’s Greenpoint and Sunset Park neighborhoods, and Harrison Street in Staten Island.

    The six areas were chosen from applications submitted by neighborhood groups around the city. The selected preservation targets will be commemorated at an event held by HDC on January 29, 2013. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Park System, East Village/Lower East Side, Greenpoint, Harrison Street Historic District, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Sunset Park, Tribeca
    Date:01/10/2013
    Category : Historic Districts Council
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    Landmarks Hears Mixed Testimony on Proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District

    Designation Hearing  •  East Village, Manhattan

    Proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. Credit: LPC

    New district would encompass more than 300 buildings in an area that was home to successive waves of immigrant groups. On June 26, 2012, Landmarks heard extensive testimony on the proposed designation of the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. The proposed district would encompass approximately 330 buildings located primarily along Second Avenue between St. Marks Place and East 2nd Street and adjacent side streets. A portion of the district would extend along East 6th and East 7th Streets, reaching Avenue A.

    The area is largely characterized by multi-family 19th century tenement buildings that housed various immigrant groups newly arrived to the country. The area became home to German and Irish immigrants as wealthier New Yorkers moved uptown, and in time became known as Kleindeutschland (Little Germany). Later, the area became home to Jewish and Eastern European immigrants, and Second Avenue became a focal point for lower Manhattan’s Jewish community, gaining the title of the “Yiddish Rialto.” After World War II, the neighborhood came to be dominated by Latin American immigrants. Realtors began calling the neighborhood the “East Village” shortly after the removal of the elevated Third Avenue subway line in 1955. The area has a rich legacy in the arts, and in social activism. Landmarks calendared the district on June 28, 2011.

    (read more…)

    Tags : East Village/Lower East Side, Greenwich Village for Historic Preservation, historic district, Real Estate Board of New York
    Date:06/28/2012
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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