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UES NYCHA Tenants Sue City To Demand Repairs
Tenants at the Holmes and Isaacs developments on the Upper East Side hope their lawsuit is followed by NYCHA tenants throughout the city.

Tenants at the Holmes and Isaacs developments on the Upper East Side hope their lawsuit is followed by NYCHA tenants throughout the city.

Upper East Siders are petitioning elected officials to oppose the plan, which hasn't even been submitted for review.

The billionaire sex offender's Upper East Side mansion could hit the market as one of the city's most desirable townhouses.
The "Hunger Games" star will end up selling the East 67th Street penthouse — bought in 2016 — at a loss.
Apartments for the two towers, located on Second Avenue between East 81st and 80th streets, range from $2 million to $20 million.
The main group opposing the hospital's planned expansion want a firm commitment from local politicians to resist the project.
The hospital revealed plans to build New York City's tallest hospital and finance it with the construction of a 500-foot apartment tower.
Extell Development's First Avenue building site is unsafe, dark and infested with rats, State Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright said.
The Madison Avenue residents claims the development going up across the block violates city zoning codes.
The new development will rise 270-feet-tall on the corner of Second Avenue and East 88th Street.
The award-winning entertainer's Upper East Side home features perfect views of the Central Park reservoir.
The median price of 41 home sales in the zip code 10028 was $2,500,000 during the first six months of 2019.
In addition to boasting the most expensive rental in the city, the neighborhood had three of the five priciest rentals in Manhattan.
Late heiress Gloria Vanderbilt's family lived in the East 72nd Street home when she was born.
The disgraced governor's father developed the East 72nd Street apartment building in the 1970s. New owners plan to modernize it.
Designer Vera Wang lived in the East 63rd Street penthouse from 2015 to 2017.
Gale Brewer will continue a legal fight to require the city go through a full public review for private development plans at Holmes Towers.
The new facility, which will have about 130 units, will replace six buildings on York Avenue between East 85th and 86th streets.
The city is going back to the drawing board on a plan to develop part of the Holmes Towers complex on East 93rd Street.
Items up for sale include antique fireplaces, stair railings, marble mantelpieces and entire windows.
The double-wide townhouse on East 67th Street sold for nearly double it was bought for in 2008.
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer argues that the Third Avenue tower is five stories taller than legally allowed.
Developers plan to build an 800-foot residential tower on East 58th Street despite newly-passed zoning restrictions.
The 13-story retail and residential building will replace a Giorgio Armani store on Madison Avenue.
Extell Development is demolishing two full-block sites on First Avenue, but has few details to share about plans for new buildings.
Extell Development will meet with Community Board 8's housing committee Tuesday to discuss two full-block developments on First Avenue.
Two development firms bought the East 83rd Street and Third Avenue site last year for $167 million.
A city lottery for the units got 68,000 applications for just 28 apartments, developers said.
The apartment building will replace five existing low-rise buildings on East 79th Street between Park and Lexington avenues.
The lawsuit seeks to block a planned 50-story private development from being built at the Upper East Side's Holmes Towers NYCHA complex.
Two Upper East Side residents are suing the city to block a development going up near their buildings.
The man, who schemed investors in projects on the Upper East Side and the Hamptons, will serve six years in prison, prosecutors said.
The new development will rise on East 86th Street between First and Second avenues.
Developers must get written approval from the FDNY to continue building a Rafael Viñoly-designed tower on East 62nd Street.
The new development will replace a four-story retail building and contain 19 large apartment units.
The apartments are located in a new development on Second Avenue and East 92nd Street.
The Inspīr Carnegie Hill development, currently in construction on Second Avenue and East 93rd Street, is expected to open in 2020.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt lived in the East 62nd Street townhouse between 1953 and 1958.
Extell Development is putting together a huge building site on First Avenue between East 85th and 86th streets.
NYCHA claims an unpopular 50-story development on Holmes Towers land will fund renovations, but skeptics say the money won't make a dent.