Co-ops are infamous for the sometimes-byzantine nature of their rules, regulations and prohibitions. This is particularly true when it comes to pet or no-pet policies. Some buildings restrict pets altogether, others permit only home-bound p…
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Thanks to rising home prices a decade after the foreclosure crisis, it has become harder for most New York families to buy a home, the New York Post reported. According to the non-profit Center for NYC Neighborhoods (CNYCN) study, …
From the rollicking days of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Stone Pony to the desolate boardwalk scenes in Darren Aronofsky's 2008 film The Wrestler , to today's thriving beachfront escape with a vibrant LGBTQ scene,…
Things got somewhat contentious at City Hall earlier this week over proposed legislation that would impact both the city’s commercial tenants and landlords , amid the ongoing trend of small and beloved neighborhood businesses closing dow…
From now on, an Upper West Side condo building will no longer be called 'Trump Place.' The New York Times reported last week that the name was removed from the facade of 200 Riverside Boulevard following a battle involving the cond…
Manhattan's Billionaire's Row is going to get a little bit crowded. Curbed reported this past Monday that developer Extell Development Company announced that it has officially launched sales for the supertall Central Park Tower developm…
A neighborhood group opposed to a condo development project on Manhattan's East Side is still making some noise after it filed a lawsuit over the summer. As reported in amNY , the East River Fifties Alliance organization was repres…
On Thursday, October 11th, thousands of board members, managers, building owners and co-op, condo, and HOA residents will gather at the Jacob K. Javits Center at 655 West 34th Street in Manhattan, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the second…
Talk about an education in real estate: recent condo developments on the Upper East and Upper West sides have coincidentally both involved the displacements of two schools at their respective construction sites. At East 85 th Street and…
If you're looking to buy a new condo in New York City, perhaps now is the time to do so. According to a Wall Street Journal report published yesterday, sales for new condominiums fell during third quarter 2018—a drop of 30 percen…