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• THE RENT WARS RETURN

  POLS THREATEN HOUSING MARKET

  June 19, 2008 - THE Rent Guidelines Board votes today on what in creases it will allow for lease renewals in rent-regulated city apartments. But this year, New Yorkers should wonder why they even need the protection...more >

• THE MTA'S CONSTRUCTION CRISIS

  May 15, 2008 - THE MTA-Tishman Speyer deal is dead.The real-estate devel oper Tishman Speyer won't be paying the MTA $1 billion to build a bunch of big buildings atop the West Side railyards. This collapse...more >

• FORECLOSURE FIX

  BEANTOWN'S LESSONS FOR NYC

  May 6, 2008 - NEW York's foreclosure rate remains well below the national average. One in every 1,631 households here faced foreclosure in March, compared to one in 538 nationwide, reports RealtyTrac. But that...more >

• MTA BUDGET BLUES

  HOW TO AVOID TRANSIT DECAY

  April 16, 2008 - AS the economy flails, New Yorkers should worry that the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority will try to bridge its huge deficits by neglecting the physical assets of downstate's...more >

• BE BRAVE, DAVE, AND JUST CUT IT OUTA

  April 13, 2008 - THE old governor is ousted in a sex scandal, and the new governor cuts through the old partisan politics to say what the voters need to hear: Change is imperative. "The days of spending like...more >

• A HORRIBLE HOUSING 'FIX'

  FEDS' BAILOUT FIXES NOTHING, ADDS RISK

  April 8, 2008 - THE Senate worked speedily last week to cook up a bipartisan rescue package for the nation's housing market. This $15 billion to $20 billion package may be just a downpayment on what...more >

• WEATHERING WALL STREET WOES

  BEST BETS FOR NEW YORK'S BUDGET

  March 18, 2008 - DEAR Gov. Paterson: As you took office yester day, you referred to Wall Street's continuing meltdown and noted that "our economy appears to be headed toward crisis," adding that you'...more >