Homeowner Hotline Representative Brian Cruz The Center for NYC Neighborhoods‘ Homeowner Hotline is an integral part of the Center’s work to provide high quality assistance to homeowners. The Hotline is a joint effort with the Attorney General’s Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP), and is available to all New York State residents. Homeowners can reach the […]
Last Friday, a group of us from the Center headed up to the Bronx County Supreme Court to attend a press conference led by Senator Jeffrey Klein and State Assembly Member Helene Weinstein on a topic that affects many New York homeowners facing foreclosure: settlement conferences. Settlement conferences are an important tool for foreclosure prevention […]
On May 16th, thousands of New York City homeowners whose budgets are already stretched thin could face an additional financial burden. Homeowners who are behind on their property taxes or water/sewer payments, or those who’ve had emergency repairs made by the City, may see those debts sold to a third-party collection agency. Once a tax […]
This past weekend, the Center partnered with the Canarsie Coalition to host a Homeowner Assistance Day. Canarsie homeowners have been among the hardest hit in the city, having faced the challenges of both the foreclosure crisis and Hurricane Sandy. In 2013, there were over 500 new foreclosure filings in Canarsie’s 11236 zip code, the most […]
New York City homeowners continue to recover from the foreclosure crisis, but scammers remain a persistent and worrisome roadblock. Scammers (like the one profiled in this New York Times article) make promises to homeowners they can’t possibly keep, like guaranteeing a refinance, in order to trick people into paying for services up-front. That’s against the […]
This weekend, I was lucky to be invited to moderate a panel on homeownership at Chhaya CDC’s Fifth Annual Home Buyer Fair. Many of the questions that attendees asked the panelists brought home the issues that Mireya Navarro raised in her article last week on Mayor de Blasio’s goals for affordable housing. Reading Ms. Navarro’s article […]
Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of East Flatbush recently highlighted the Center and our MAP program in their Winter 2013 newsletter. NHS client and homeowner, Shonvelle Douglas, provides a moving testimony detailing her foreclosure experience and how MAP funds helped her and her family in their time of need. You can check out Shonvelle’s story and the […]
Wall Street Journal: Sandy Forced Poor to Leave Illegal Units New York Daily News: Mortgage break, but also tax hike City & State: Save the 30-Year Mortgage Gotham Gazette: Experts Warn Of Foreclosure Crisis As Floodwaters’ Toll Persists NYC.gov: Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City Release One-Year Update on Hurricane Sandy Relief and […]
Meredith Nissenbaum, this post’s author, is completing her internship at the Center for New York City Neighborhoods today. We wish her the best of luck with the rest of her school year at Dartmouth College! The Center for NYC Neighborhoods strives to promote and protect affordable homeownership in neighborhoods across New York City. In […]
Center for New York City Neighborhoods Executive Director Christie Peale stands with New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman at the November press conference announcing a $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase. The Center for New York City Neighborhoods was proud to stand with Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Jennifer Ching, Project […]
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