Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. The shrill squeaking begins in Junie Harrington’s apartment early each morning, persisting through the day and late into the evening. The unsettling sound is the siren call of the rotating cast of rats that’s […]
Third Party Transfer
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City Task Force to Take Fresh Look at Feared Foreclosure Program
Following lawsuits from former property owners and backlash from elected officials, the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on Thursday said that is has put together a task force to modernize its controversial Third Party Transfer program. The announcement comes ahead of a City Council hearing on Monday about Third Party Transfer, under […]
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Brooklyn Foreclosures Must Stick, City Lawyers Argue
Residents of six Brooklyn apartment buildings were jubilant in late March when a judge tossed out “unconscionable” foreclosures pursued by the city that turned them from homeowners to tenants. Now city attorneys are challenging that decision, arguing that owners were given plenty of time to pay back taxes. The ongoing case turns up the heat […]