Housing

A report by the Council of New York Cooperatives & Condominiums recommends ways to help reduce costs for what it says is one of the last strongholds of affordable homeownership.

Spigro Management must also reimburse the tenants at least $1,000 each.

Seven limited liability companies sued the board on Tuesday to try to stop an unprecedented two-year rent freeze.

A transgender woman alleges the city repeatedly placed her in men’s shelters and failed to address her complaints of discrimination and abuse.

A review shows the city has reviewed at least 8 projects handled by the company Barone Steel Fabricators since the near-collapse of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

County officials have a plan to turn old parking lots in Jersey City into affordable housing.

Engineer Christopher Behan said reinforcing steel was never installed, despite plans that explicitly called for it.

A Gothamist review of city-approved plans show that columns below a major expansion of the existing structure were to be reinforced.

Councilmembers Julie Won and Harvey Epstein called on the Queens District Attorney to act after a Gothamist investigation found a pattern of fraud accusations.

The 37-story office conversion project was too small to meet structural review requirements under the city’s buildings code.