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Photo Credit: Nick NormalToday, northern Brooklyn Council Member Stephen Levin and Flatbush Council Member Jumaane Williams introduced two bills that would put checks and balances on buildings receiving the 421-a tax abatement. Williams’ Int.1366 bill [http://on.nyc.gov/2g2ubVf] would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development
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187 23rd Street. (Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6613304,-73.9964052,3a,90y,36.06h,94.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sm93-o1jjdhXMGv2DJCpATg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )The developer of the building at 187 23rd Street — 187 23rd Street LLC — has agreed to pay $10,
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The building at 2801 Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)An Emmons Avenue developer has agreed to pay $124,000 and place all of its building’s apartments under rent stabilization after an investigation by the state Attorney General determined the property had been improperly benefiting from a lucrative
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Neighbors traveled to Albany last week to advocate for stronger rent regulations. Photo via the Flatbush Tenant CoalitionThe state’s laws regulating rent increases and eviction policies for the more than two million New Yorkers who live in rent-regulated housing — including thousands of our neighbors — expired Monday night after Albany
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This June, state lawmakers are expected to vote on renewing a 40-year-old tax exemption program, called 421-a [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/property/421a.shtml], that tenants and some local legislators have slammed [/golden-backs-bill-that-provides-massive-tax-breaks-for-developers-of-luxury-manhattan-apartment-buildings/] as a complete debacle that has helped to line the pockets of large developers
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State Senator Marty Golden (Source: Senator Golden’s offices)Subpoenas were issued to huge real estate firms that scored a windfall in tax breaks in legislation crafted by Republican State Senator Marty Golden and signed by Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo. The Wall Street Journal is reporting [http://online.wsj.com/