More than a year after a court ordered the sale of five dilapidated Brooklyn buildings tied to NEBHDCo, red tape keeps frustrated residents on ice.
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Another ‘Worst Landlord’ Nod for Troubled Housing Group
For the second year in a row, the No. 2 spot on the public advocate’s “Worst Landlord Watchlist” has gone to leaders of a troubled Brooklyn nonprofit mired in tenant and financial woes. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams identified Nathaniel Montgomery, Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corp.’s chief operating officer, as the private landlord with more serious […]
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Troubled Nonprofit Gets Payout in Flip of Bed-Stuy Landmark to Upscale Developer
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Luxury development wasn’t what state officials envisioned when they sold an ornate, century-old office building in Bedford-Stuyvesant to an arm of a local anti-poverty nonprofit, seeking to create jobs with “neighborhood-oriented focus.” But upscale […]
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Rockaway Developer Gets Tax Breaks Via Troubled Nonprofit Partner
Additional reporting by Christine Chung Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. A massive Queens real estate project up for a City Council vote is slated for a site owned by a nonprofit landlord under fire from tenants and city housing […]
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Bed-Stuy Tenants Bid to Evict Nonprofit Landlord Over Dire Conditions
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Some Brooklyn tenants battling to oust their troubled nonprofit landlord have reached a deal that could bring some relief — while others in buildings run by the group say they remain plagued by rats, […]