Lilah Burke

Despite efforts by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, Summit Properties is slated to take over more than 5,000 mostly rent-stabilized New York apartments from Joel Wiener’s Pinnacle Group. The final auction price was not immediately clear after the fi... See more

New York’s CityFHEPS voucher program has a $1.2 billion price tag. Now, the state comptroller wants less of that money going to “bad” landlords. In an audit of the program released Friday, the comptroller’s office found that the city approved units with i... See more

A bankruptcy judge has rejected the city’s bid to pause the auction of more than 5,000 mostly rent-stabilized New York apartments, clearing the way for a possible takeover by Summit Properties. The apartments were put up for sale as part of a bankruptcy s... See more

The law firm representing embattled developer Meyer Chetrit wants out. Baron Samson has accused members of the Chetrit family of failing to cooperate with counsel and not paying legal bills, with the law firm allegedly no longer able to trust information ... See more

New Yorkers love to complain. Now they’ll have one more place to do it. Newly-inaugurated Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order mandating “rental ripoff” hearings in all five boroughs. The hearings invite tenants to complain about their landlords... See more