Saturday, April 21 marks a new Record Store Day, an annual celebration of the independently owned music sotre. One of New York City's best shops is Breakdown Records, located in Bayside, Queens. Over the years, Breakdown has established... »
From Bayside Patch:When tax assessments of some Queens co-ops jumped as much as 147 percent last year, there was at first sticker shock.The tax increases were so staggering that many hoped the figures were simple mistakes which could be corrected.But n... »
From the Times Ledger:Bayrock Group, a Manhattan-based developer, was the last owner of the site and performed remediation on the toxic soil.Bayrock still has a rendering on its website from 2005 showing the 52 homes and public park it planned to build... »
Times Ledger: U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) said last week he was leading a bipartisan effort in Congress to stabilize the housing market in Queens and other high-cost areas by raising the limit on mortgages the government is allowed to guarantee... »
From the Wall Street Journal:City officials say that they are still committed to finishing the park, as well as two smaller ones, but that they simply do not have the money to buy all the land in the neighborhood. Prices there have climbed over the yea... »
The Dept. of Finance misapplied their own tax formulas to as many as 10 percent of Queens co-ops, Comptroller John Liu recently reported. But how did the agency fair with the mathematics of tax assessment for single family homes or businesses? The comp... »
