• Section 8 ruling throws NYC landlords, tenants into
limbo,
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    Section 8 ruling throws NYC landlords, tenants into limbo

    A New York state appeals court struck down a law barring landlords from discriminating against tenants who use federal housing vouchers — but city and state officials, along with landlord and tenant attorneys, are split on whether the ruling applies in the five boroughs. The decision has opened a le

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  • Art dealer trades Greenwich Village townhouse for
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    Art dealer trades Greenwich Village townhouse for $18M

    Art dealer Gordon VeneKlasen sold his townhouse in Greenwich Village for $18 million.  VeneKlasen, who owns the Michael Werner Gallery, sold his home at 7 MacDougal Alley to a buyer whose identity is shielded by a shell company, according to public records. The deal, which appears to be off-market,

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  • CIM Group pursues mixed-use development at Watchtower
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    CIM Group pursues mixed-use development at Watchtower site

    All along the former Watchtower site, CIM Group is eyeing hundreds of housing units, including a large patch of the affordable kind. CIM is proposing turning the former Jehovah’s Witnesses headquarters site in Brooklyn Heights into a 661-unit complex, Gothamist reported. Details of the proposed rezo

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