Jared Kushner’s real estate firm is tied up in a legal fight with a Brooklyn Italian eatery that claims the company has failed to upkeep the property and cost the restaurant business. The owners of La Nonna, located on 184 Kent Avenue in hipster Williamsburg, started withholding their rent to Kushner Co. back in February…
Jared Kushner basically used the time-honored “I forgot” excuse when it came to a few pesky meetings with Russian operatiives. Kushner Companies, the real estate firm linked to the presidential son-in-law has encountered some paperwork difficulties of its own – running afoul for having failed to register as rent-stabilized units that the corporation got a…
In the all-purpose room of the Swinging Sixties Senior Center, in Williamsburg, members of Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 met in mid-June to begin deciding the fate of two empty lots. Would the board vote to rezone the lots so that they could become the site of a massive, high-end housing development, or would the lots…
Bernie Sanders shot back at the FBI’s investigation of his wife Tuesday evening on CNN. “My wife is about the most honest person I know,” Sanders told Erin Burnett. Sanders did not confirm or deny if his wife was under FBI investigation. “I think it’s fairly pathetic that when people are involved in public life,…
The plans for a 1,146-unit apartment complex in South Williamsburg have reopened a debate within the neighborhood’s diverse community over who gets the best affordable housing. Some residents fear that the Rabsky Group’s eight-building development will have a sizable number of multi-bedroom apartments — a layout that they say privileges large ultra-Orthodox families over smaller…
Sarah Jessica Parker and her family may soon call one of the largest mansions in New York home. Plans are in the works to combine two West Village townhouses, which were purchased by Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick for $35 million in 2016, according to the New York Post. A representative for Parker said…
David Greenfield, who chairs the New York City Council’s powerful Committee on Land Use, has a separate campaign account that allows him to skirt city rules and accept contributions from real estate companies, the New York Observer reported Monday. The account in question has received $308,641.71 –- much of it from city developers – and…
With its gleaming headquarters on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue and a bevy of luxury apartment complexes, Kushner Companies has a decidedly upscale feel. But the real estate firm – once headed by President Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner – owns thousands of low-income units. According to a report in The New York Times, these aren’t the happiest…
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