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2012 December Too Hot to Handle By Anne Childers
The discovery of fire is considered a major turning point in man's evolution from cave dweller to outer space explorer. Control of fire allowed early man warmth for his habitat, a way to cook his meals, and light for his surroundings. …
2012 December Staying Safe By Liz Lent
For most people, nothing is more important than knowing that they and their families are safe and secure in the place they call home. Boards, management and security firms all must work together seamlessly and cohesively to create that…
2012 December A Private Matter By W.B. King
The issue of intellectual property and an individual's right to privacy has become a greater concern since more and more people conduct their lives online—whether for banking, social media or dating. While the aforementioned generally h…
2012 December By the Book By Steven Cutler
Unless you have a degree in accounting, your first board meeting could come as a bit of a shock. You probably knew board members oversee the finances of the corporation, but who knew there were so many records to produce and filing dea…
2012 December Disaster Relief By Jonathan Barnes
When Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast at the end of October, hurling a record breaking 13 plus-foot water surge at New York City, knocking out power to millions of residents and devastating parts of Queens and Staten Island,…
2012 December What the Future Holds By Raanan Geberer
The worst of the recession—big-time failures of investment banks and mortgage companies, huge banks in trouble, companies laying people off in the thousands—may be over. There are some signs of hope, and residential buildings that were …
2012 December Getting to Know You By Lisa Iannucci
Valerie Smaldone lives in a lovely, well-kept, prewar building in the Midtown East area, known as the Beekman area. Her building was built in the late 1920's and, among other amenities, has an extraordinary rooftop garden where she occ…
2012 December Q&A: Park at Your Own Risk? By Jeffrey S. Reich, Esq.
Q My car was vandalized four times on the co-op's property. We pay to park there each month. I have paid three times now for the repairs and I think the co-op should pay. There are no signs in the lot saying they are not responsible. …
Tue, Jan 28, 9:00pm – 12:00am
NYC DOB: Homeowners Night
Tue, Jan 28, 9:00pm – 12:00am add to calendar 28-01-2020 21:00 29-01-2020 00:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page.
Tue, Feb 4, 9:00pm – 12:00am
Tue, Feb 4, 9:00pm – 12:00am add to calendar 04-02-2020 21:00 05-02-2020 00:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
Tue, Feb 11, 9:00pm – 12:00am
Tue, Feb 11, 9:00pm – 12:00am add to calendar 11-02-2020 21:00 12-02-2020 00:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
Tue, Mar 3, 9:00pm – 12:00am
Tue, Mar 3, 9:00pm – 12:00am add to calendar 03-03-2020 21:00 04-03-2020 00:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
Tue, Mar 10, 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Tue, Mar 10, 8:00pm – 11:00pm add to calendar 10-03-2020 20:00 10-03-2020 23:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
Tue, Apr 7, 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Tue, Apr 7, 8:00pm – 11:00pm add to calendar 07-04-2020 20:00 07-04-2020 23:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
Tue, Apr 14, 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Tue, Apr 14, 8:00pm – 11:00pm add to calendar 14-04-2020 20:00 14-04-2020 23:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
Tue, May 5, 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Tue, May 5, 8:00pm – 11:00pm add to calendar 05-05-2020 20:00 05-05-2020 23:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
Tue, May 12, 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Tue, May 12, 8:00pm – 11:00pm add to calendar 12-05-2020 20:00 12-05-2020 23:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
Tue, Jun 2, 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Tue, Jun 2, 8:00pm – 11:00pm add to calendar 02-06-2020 20:00 02-06-2020 23:00 America/New_York NYC DOB: Homeowners Night If you are a homeowner, tenant, small business owner or building manager, we encourage you to visit your local borough office where Department of Buildings staff can answer your questions and provide the information you need.Permits, construction codes, zoning regulations, sign offs, certificates of occupancy, place of assembly, equipment installations, violations and civil penalties are just a few of the things we can assist you with. Our plan examiners, inspectors and staff are here to help you build and live safely in New York City – no appointment needed. For information, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/homeowner/homeowner.page. MM/DD/YYYY
1/22/2020 Meryl Streep's Tribeca Penthouse Sells for $15.8 Million—The Wall Street Journal
Actress Meryl Streep has sold her New York apartment for $15.8 million. The downtown condo first came on the market for $24.6 million in August 2018, then underwent several price cuts. It was most recently relisted for $18.25 million last August, The Wall Street Journal reported.
1/22/2020 Here's Why Robert A.M. Stern's Buildings Are Some of the Most Coveted in New York—Yahoo! Lifestyle
While Manhattan's luxury market splutters and shudders like an old car on a cold morning, one architect has never been busier or in more demand—Robert A.M. Stern.
1/22/2020 Opinion: City's Fair Housing Report Is A Start, But We Must Go Further—City Limits
This month, the City of New York released a thorough plan that outlines strategies to advance fair housing in New York over the next five years. The draft plan is the result of a two-year process called Where We Live NYC (WWL), led by the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).
1/21/2020 Queens jazz legend Jimmy Heath dead at 93—Queens Chronicle
Jimmy Heath, the saxophonist, composer and arranger who launched the jazz studies program at Queens College in the early 1990s and then went on to form the unique Queens Jazz Orchestra, died Sunday at age 93.
1/21/2020 Top 2019 legal developments affecting New York real estate—NYREJ
Among the numerous legal developments affecting New York's real estate industry during 2019, the industry-rocking changes to the rent stabilization rules and several other notable developments stand out.
1/21/2020 Permits Filed For 136-18 Maple Avenue In Flushing, Queens—New York YIMBY
Permits have been filed for a 14-story mixed-use building at 136-18 Maple Avenue in Flushing, Queens. Located at the intersection of Main Street and Maple Avenue, the lot is a few blocks south of the Main Street subway station, serviced by the 7 train. Vicki Zhi under the Main Street LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
1/21/2020 January Slowdown Continues for Manhattan's High-End Real Estate—Mansion Global
Manhattan's luxury housing segment logged another slow week marked by major price discounts, according to a round-up from Olshan Realty released Monday.
1/17/2020 How Motorized Window Treatments Help Fight Sun Glare—Residential Tech Today
It was a co-op apartment upgrade that sounded great on paper. Our 58-year-old building in New York City was finally getting a window overhaul: full-pane windows to replace legacy double-hung units that sometimes wouldn't open and other times wouldn't close. But as the installation date approached, we were so focused on the upheaval of the window frame removal that we didn't anticipate the shade situation.
1/17/2020 You're Never Too Old to Apply for a Mortgage—Mansion Global
Mary Babinski, a senior loan officer with Motto Mortgage Champions in Trinity, Fla., recently wrote a 30-year loan for a retiree buying a home in New Port Richey. He had no problem qualifying, but he was surprised he could nonetheless.
1/16/2020 Why Manhattan's Skyscrapers Are Empty—The Atlantic
In Manhattan, the homeless shelters are full, and the luxury skyscrapers are vacant.
1/16/2020 The woman influencing the face of luxury real estate—Thrive Global
Meet Janine Yorio, the CEO and founder of Compound, a new app that is reimagining how the world invests in urban residential real estate.
1/16/2020 Tour the Bespoke NYC Co-Op of Two Art-World Maestros—Architectural Digest
Manhattan-based Richard Rabel founded his interiors and art-advising firm eight years ago, but his passion for design first revealed itself decades prior, when, as a child, he would sketch stools and other furnishings.
1/15/2020 REBNY fighting to keep New York City strong—Real Estate Weekly
Throughout 2019, REBNY educated policymakers and the broader New York public about misguided City Council proposals to impose commercial rent control on the city's commercial real estate market, as well an idea by the Mayor to implement a vacancy tax.
1/15/2020 De Blasio administration, NYC Council poised to backtrack on penalties to affordable co-ops—New York Daily News
Mayor de Blasio's administration voiced support Monday for measures that would exempt affordable co-ops from a law that requires owners register them with the city.
1/15/2020 Yet Another Zoning Fight That's All about Protecting the Rich—New York Post
Not in my backyard — NIMBY — never dies. More than that, it doesn't even change its tune.
1/14/2020 New York Seeks Cause of Water-Main Break That Unleashed Flooding—The Wall Street Journal
Investigators were working to determine the cause of a water-main break in Manhattan that flooded streets and crippled subway service during the Monday morning rush hour, with the weekend's unseasonably warm weather being explored as a factor, New York City officials said.
1/14/2020 Unsold Manhattan Condos Get New Year's Makeovers—Crain's
For a Manhattan condo developer in a slowing sales market, the request from an international travel website was irresistible: Let us furnish 20 of your unsold units and offer our users a two-night stay.
1/14/2020 How the Rise and Fall of the Luxury Condo Building Boom Transformed Brooklyn—Brownstoner
In the last decade, more than 250 luxury condo buildings went up in Brooklyn, bringing thousands of units to the borough and dramatically altering its character.
1/10/2020 Jonathan Rose Companies acquires Astoria building from Goodwill—QNS.com
Johnathan Rose Companies acquired Goodwill Terrace Apartments, a 202-unit property in Astoria, for about $35 million, the company announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
1/10/2020 Est4te Four gets $74M inventory loan for Red Hook condo—The Real Deal
Italian developer Est4te Four closed a $74 million inventory loan for its stalled, 70-unit condominium in Red Hook.
Linda Sperling on DOB Expedites New Façade Inspection Rules:
While I believe better inspections are a good thing, once violations are found, the City must be more pro-active in making sure they are cor…
janice flanagan on Is Your View a Property Right?:
these rocks are not on Broadway, but cooper st between 204 th and 207th
Coppertop on Is Your View a Property Right?:
Article confuses two addresses. 60 Cooper St is just south of 207th not 184th which I think might have its own rock cropping story. If edito…
Inwoodite on Is Your View a Property Right?:
Further complicated by the R7A rezoning having been overturned, reverting to the old R7-2 zoning. Will this last or also be overturned on a…
Jean Schumski on Sharing Spaces:
I live in a 2 family co-op and my neighbor upstairs never used the porch outside. Now that I moved in 4 years ago he put chairs outside that…
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