Tenants: "Let J-51 "R.I.P."
J-51 is on life support. The 56 year-old abatement program, which began as an incentive to help landlords transition from cold to hot water pipes, officially died on December 31, 2011, when its legal enactment expired.
New York landlords reacted in disbelief and began lobbying Albany with the organized support of The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) to reinstate the costly giveback. On Thursday, January 20, landlords and members of REBNY gathered inside the Hilton Hotel for their lavish annual meeting.
Central Harlem and grassroots leadership in the age of Obama
Submitted by anhdwebguru on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 14:56By: Lydgia Pass
Lydgia Pass works at Community Pride – Harlem Children’s Zone and recently completed a fellowship with ANHD’s Center for Neighborhood Leadership. The CNL Fellowship provides peer learning, enhanced training, and resources to experienced community organizers to enable them to remain and thrive in this field.
Watchdog Unleashed: What consumer financial protection looks like
Submitted by anhdwebguru on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 14:47On Thursday, January 5, President Obama enabled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take two giant and bold steps forward when he appointed Richard Cordray as the CFPB’s first director and launched the nation’s first federal nonbank supervision program.
After almost a year of partisan resistance to the appointment of its director, the CFPB is now fully staffed and ready to protect consumers. Its first target? Non-Banks.
