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New York Tenants Take Over Buildings With Small Downpayments

Tenants: have you ever thought you could do a better job keeping up your building than your landlord does? With help from a tireless advocate, some New York City renters are about to get the chance to do just that. The familiar story -- a building stays full despite questionable maintenance, a landlord fails to pay... Continue Reading »

NYU Gobbles Greenwich Village

It's hard to wander through Greenwich Village without feeling New York University's presence. Towering over the South Side of Washington Square Park, for instance, is Furman Law School, an enormous building on the site of what was, until 2000, Edgar Allen Poe's modest home; they quashed it to erect their new creation,... Continue Reading »

The Dog Beater Next Door

Dog may be man's best friend. But video has the dog's back. Video surveillance captured two cases of extreme dog abuse in the same Manhattan public housing building- oneof them this past weekend. The perp in that incident, heartless and cruel Tiara Davis, was arrested Monday. Sunday's incident left Sparky, a 4-year-old... Continue Reading »

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