Housing

Moshe Piller: How a New York Landlord Works the System

After 18 months of rehabilitation for a broken hip, all that Eta Eckstein wanted was to go back home to her Brooklyn apartment. The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor had lived at 8750 Bay Parkway for 40 years, but when her son visited her apartment while she was still at the Shore View Rehabilitation Center, he found a red eviction notice on the door.

Water Rates Increase has Bronxites Irate

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection heard from angry Bronxites last night who reject a proposed 12.9 percent increase in their water bill.

Put Some Cork in it!

The world according to Ken Bollella, cork manufacturer.

Tenants Speak Out on Canceled Section 8 Vouchers

South Bronx resident Lachonnz Morton fears losing her home of 33 years, after the city cancels Section 8 housing vouchers.

New Landlord for Troubled Building but Tenants Are Skeptical

Repairs have started in the building left by previous owner with more than 200 violations.

U-Haul Declares Bronx America’s Fastest Growing City

But Demographers and the U.S. Census Bureau aren’t so sure…
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Bronx man falls to his death

A 35-year-old man fell to his death in an elevator shaft, while moving into an apartment building with his wife.

Open Vacant Buildings to Low-Income Families, Housing Advocates Urge

Community activists want the city to reconsider what it calls affordable housing.

The Soundview Tenants Who Fell Through the Cracks

In Soundview, a group of former Ocelot tenants are suing their new landlord.

Hope for the “Ocelot” Tenants?

Manida Street tenants gained new hope after a rehab company bought their buildings’ debt.

A Squatter’s Paradise?

Will the housing crisis in the Bronx lead to a rise in squatting?

Bronx Residents Protest Poor Living Conditions

Residents from six Ocelot buildings wage a protest at Dime Savings Bank.

1585-1589 E. 172nd St.

A company connected to Hunter Property Management purchased the two buildings, along with four other Ocelot properties, in May 2009. Since then, residents have been rebelling against their new landlords.

1744 Clay Ave.

by Sarah Omar Wali and Mustafa Mehdi Vural

Workmen with blue shirts labeled “JLP Home Imp. Inc” were a welcome sight for the tenants of 1744 Clay Ave. in East Tremont one fall week in October. Their 73-year-old building has been collapsing rapidly into disrepair for the last two years.  For many, the conditions have become unbearable.
The [...]

1528 Bryant Ave.

This 21-unit apartment building on Bryant Avenue in the South Bronx is one of several buildings formerly owned by Ocelot Capital Group and is in decrepit condition.

1269-1271 Morris Ave

Ocelot made 1269 and 1271 Morris Ave. in Morrisania virtually unlivable.

1512-1524 Leland Ave.

by Shefali Kulkarni and Leslie Minora
The super at four decrepit Leland Avenue apartment buildings is looking for a new job. Management gives him barely enough garbage bags to keep the residences tidy, he said, let alone materials to make even the simplest repairs.
“It’s like a captain and you give him a ship with a big [...]

422 East 178th St

By Fred Dreier
The facade of the four-story apartment building at 422 East 178th St. in the East Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx showcases recently painted brick and robust-looking windows that appear to be straight out of the box. The aesthetic improvements, however, hide a structure that racked up nearly 100 building code violations when a [...]

806 E. 175th St.

by Alec Johnson and Amanda Staab

Serious repairs are underway at the notoriously rundown apartment buildings at 806-808 E. 175th Street in the Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx. Earlier this year, a group of tenants convinced a Bronx judge to replace their negligent landlord with a new manager who would finally make the improvements.
The two adjoining brick structures [...]

1350 Martin Luther King Blvd

By Jose Leyva
The residents at 1350 Martin Luther King Blvd. in the South Bronx, are forming a tenants’ association to ensure that their landlord, Hunter Management, makes comprehensive improvements to the building.
More than anything, the tenants do not want to live through another winter without heat or hot water. Last year, tenants in the 13-unit [...]