As New York City prepares to elect a new mayor, Queens is set for a new chapter, courtesy of the outgoing hizzoner. On Wednesday, the City Council advanced the Long Island City rezoning, expected to create 14,700 new homes over the next decade. The City Council Committee on Land Use and the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted in favor of the rezoning after the Adams administration promised to invest $1.5 billion in the neighborhood. The rezoning project is expected to net 4,300 affo...| Latest New York Real Estate News
When a process doesn’t work, people find a way around it — legal or not. Housing court is an example, but first, another one. Trigger warning: It’s about immigration. For some desperate people, the benefits of moving to the U.S. are great, but the chances of immigrating legally are small, and it takes years just to get an answer. So they sneak in, or overstay their visa. For the same reason, some New York landlords change the locks rather than go to housing court to evict someone — es...| Latest New York Real Estate News