Assuming the buildings that fall under this legislation are already owned by "pernicious predatory flippers", what stops them from just riding out the waiting period and selling to a fellow predator?
Progress isn’t inevitable. It’s fought for and earned.
New York City will now give community organizations the first shot at buying eligible homes — not flippers who are just looking to extract a profit.
This is the largest Opportunity to Purchase program in the nation.
Thank you @CMSandyNurse for your leadership on the COPA bill. Our city’s tenants are stronger because of it.
On Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior on the Canadian side.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, including the Canadian captain, and was immortalized by Gordon Lightfoot.
This is the story.
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