Delinquent owners shamed in council for snowy obstacles for the disabled
March 2, 2026
“The question is not how the streets were plowed,” one official said. “It was whether they could leave their homes at all.”
“The question is not how the streets were plowed,” one official said. “It was whether they could leave their homes at all.”
CITY COUNCILMEMBER SUSAN Zhuang is hosting a session this Saturday, Feb. 21, for smaller-building homeowners.
LOCAL PROPERTY AND HOME OWNERS CAN OBTAIN REDUCTIONS ON THEIR SCHOOL TAX LIABILITY through the STAR real estate tax credit or exemptions.
New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of attorneys general to warn against the Trump’s efforts to defund the CFPB.
On Wednesday, July 17, Access Justice Brooklyn held a free workshop for homeowners at IMPACCT Brooklyn’s main office in Prospect Heights. The event addressed critical
Energy efficiency can save homeowners and renters hundreds of dollars a year, and the new Inflation Reduction Act includes a wealth of home improvement rebates
Trisha Ocona has removed most of the “We Buy Houses” signs she’s seen in her East Flatbush neighborhood. The ones that remain are out of
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Finance Commissioner Jacques Jiha announced on Friday the postponement of the annual tax lien sale until Sept. 25, 2020 to give New Yorkers additional
It’s urgent that the city delay or cancel altogether this Friday’s planned water and tax lien sale, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Wednesday. If Mayor Bill de
The New York City legal community is very well represented among its local bar associations, whether those be citywide, boroughwide, supportive of a particular legal field or affinity. However, for
The foreclosure crisis of 2008 hit Brooklyn so hard that there were nearly 15,000 cases involving foreclosure brought in the Kings County Supreme Court, and just under 5,000 related cases
Homeowners united with housing advocates and local officials on the steps of Brooklyn Supreme Court this week to unveil a set of principles aimed at preserving affordable homeownership, including a
Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week: iTunes Spotify Stitcher Homes throughout the borough — mainly in black and brown communities — are increasingly being stolen through a number of predatory schemes.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called for the city to return seized small properties to their original owners after they were foreclosed upon through a program of the city’s Department
Carl Esposito’s property tax bill is going to be $9,600 this year. And he’s not happy about it. “It went up $1,200 from last year,” he said. Esposito, a resident
No one is happy with their property taxes, it would seem. The New York City Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform came to Brooklyn on Oct. 15 to hold a