Paved, but Still Alive Michael Kimmelman, of the New York Times, advocates for a more thoughtful, public-minded approach to the design of parking lots, which includes designating the space as multi-functional and a design able to adapt to a community’s changing needs.  Pays tribute to this idea already in action, such as Parking Day and [...]

Bed Stuy homeowners charge city and developer tried to jack up price, then moved them into shoddy homes  Back in 2005, HPD and a developer partnered to create an affordable housing lottery, giving the six winners the opportunity to purchase supposedly affordable homes.  However, the winning homeowners now claim that there are many costly defects in [...]

Tenants Trying Again to Buy Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village According to the NY Times, the tenants at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village are again seeking to buy the financially troubled complexes in order to maintain the developments’ history of providing affordable housing for the middle class.  If the sale goes through, the [...]

 City Pledges $4M More for Local Green Projects  Property owners, businesses and non-profit organizations may apply for grants to implement “green” projects to reduce sewer overflow.  New York City’s Green Infrastructure Program will give out up to $4 million more in grants to build green roofs, rain gardens, rainwater harvesting, and other projects to reduce [...]

Crackdown on Conversions Confronts Danger and Necessity:  After several fires in illegally converted apartments, the city responded by stepping up enforcement and announcing the formation of a task force to study where regulations could be updated to allow for alternative housing types.  There are an estimated 100,000 illegal apartments in New York City, however some [...]

Title: CLE: Enhancing your Practice: Fundamentals of Elder Law (part III) Date: Thursday November 17, 2011 Time: 6:15 pm – 9:15 pm Location: CUNY School of Law – Room 340 Street: 65-21 Main Street – Room 340 City State Zip: Flushing, NY 11367 Phone: 718-340-4451 Notes: CUNY School of Law’s CLRN Presents: Enhancing your Practice: Fundamentals of Elder Law (part III) [...]

I want to take this opportunity to welcome in the 2011 Class of LaunchPad for Justice Fellows. The LaunchPad for Justice is an exciting initiative of the Community Legal Resource Network developed with the Honorable Fern A. Fisher, the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge of the New York City Courts, a good friend to CUNY Law [...]

CUNY School of Law’s Community Legal Resource Network   (CLRN) Presents: Enhancing your Practice: Fundamentals of Elder Law Presenter(s): Joe Rosenberg, Esq. (Supervising Attorney, CUNY Elder Law Clinic Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011 Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm Location: CUNY School of Law 65-21 Main Street  Flushing, NY 11367 3CLE credits/ 1Ethics, 1Skills and 1Professional Practice (Traditional [...]

     An operating agreement is a contract between the members of a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) that defines, among other things, the nature of their relationship, the division of revenue, the membership interests, the decision making processes of the company, and how disputes are resolved between the members.  This agreement is a significant legal [...]

Public Policy of Debt              In September 1999 the New York Times reported on a federal program involving 24 banks in 15 markets that would encourage the banks to extend mortgages to individuals normally shut out from conventional loans because of poor credit[1].  Under pressure from the Clinton administration to [...]