Jul 12th 2011 6:00AM
This enormous $12 million Colonial in Sands Point, Long Island, exudes prestige to passing yachts piloted by New York hedge fund barons and bankers on weekend booze cruises. Stretching along its three-acre share of the "Gold Coast," the 7,700 square-foot Colonial mansion, 40 minutes or so west of Wall Street, offers... Continue Reading »
Aug 3rd 2010 3:29PM
You might not notice it while cruising down the Long Island Expressway on the Hampton Jitney, but Long Island, N.Y. -- once the epitome of the suburban dream -- is having something of a midlife crisis as politicians, civic organizations and developers debate how to create more affordable housing. Yes, the place that... Continue Reading »
Mar 1st 2010 1:29PM
Imagine plunking down $195,000 for a six-week rental only to find it was a dump? That's what happened to New York real estate executive Keith Rubenstein when he rented what he thought was a luxury Southampton beach house on New York's Long Island last summer for six weeks. Or so he alleges. The oceanfront estate turned out... Continue Reading »
Jan 27th 2010 8:30AM
There's a way to ease the housing shortage on New York's Long Island without building on its few remaining open spaces. Researchers have found enough room on parking lots and near train stations to fit 90,000 new townhomes and apartments into the older, sometimes scruffy downtowns of Long Island, according to a new... Continue Reading »
Dec 15th 2009 10:00AM
A 45-year-old man, posing as a real estate agent, signed an unsuspecting tenant to a lease for $2,200 in rent per month for a boarded-up, Baldwin, Long Island home he didn't even own. Eventually, the tenant stopped paying the "rent" after Ozell Neely didn't follow through on some of the repairs he had promised her. Mr.... Continue Reading »
