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Investigators Dressed As Plumbers Spied On Pro-Lucerne Campaigner
An attorney for opponents of The Lucerne homeless shelter sent the spies to the apartment of a former resident known as "Da Homeless Hero."

An attorney for opponents of The Lucerne homeless shelter sent the spies to the apartment of a former resident known as "Da Homeless Hero."

When a person posing as a prospective renter for an UWS home asked about using her Section 8 voucher — she was told — "not a hope in hell."

Hattie Kolp posted an apartment tour of her 2-bedroom, pre-war, rent-controlled UWS home on TikTok. Its price is blowing people away.
Developers who built 20-floors of a controversial UWS tower without permission were told by a court Tuesday they don't have to tear it down.
The new year has brought few changes to the neighborhood's real estate market, as January rents dropped further below last year's.
The UWS ranked near the top of Manhattan neighborhoods that added the most housing in the past decade, according to a new city report.
A new study from Property Club ranks the 50 most expensive neighborhoods in NYC. The Upper West Side made the list, but where?
The Emerald Equity Group recently filed for bankruptcy for multiple buildings on the Upper West Side.
New York City rents have fallen more this year than they did during the Great Recession, according to a StreetEasy study.
Here are the buildings on the Upper West Side that made the Public Advocate's annual Worst Landlords List.
A stretch of the UWS has the fourth most drops in home prices of any New York City neighborhood last month, according to a new study.
No ZIP code had a bigger increase in the median home sale price during 2020 than one ZIP code on the UWS, according to a new report.
Sara Lind, a candidate for Helen Rosenthal's District 6 City Council seat, released a proposal Thursday to rezone parts of the UWS.
A study looking at home sales from March 13 to Sept. 7 identified the Upper West Side's 10069 as the second priciest ZIP code in NYC.
The Upper West Side ranked eighth in a recent study out of 30 NYC neighborhoods for the most significant drop in a one-bedroom rent price.
More and more discounts in upscale Manhattan neighborhoods amid the coronavirus crisis means a drop in rent prices is likely, a study found.
The Amsterdam Ave tower a judge ordered to cut its height shouldn't keep building as developers and the city appeal the decision, pols say.
The city is challenging a court ruling that ordered developers to shave already-built floors from a controversial Amsterdam Avenue tower.
Developers of a UWS tower that had its building permit revoked say the ruling creates a conundrum for 30 other buildings across the city.
Even with rent hikes, Upper West Siders will save more than $4,000 a year if they don't have to pay broker fees, a study found.
The Queen of Pop has an offer for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The Riverside Church bell tower is reopening for the first time since 9/11.
The city will sell a vacant building to developer Fetner Properties in exchange for below-market housing units in the new development.
A lottery will be held to fill spots on the waiting list for below-market units at the West End Towers development.
Extell, currently fighting opposition to a project at another UWS site, is buying the New York Institute of Technology building on W 61st.
The city Board of Standards and Appeals sided with Extell Development over challenges to its planned West 66th Street tower.
Condo owners voiced frustration this summer that Trump's association with the building diminished the value of their homes.
Preservation groups and local elected officials have been fighting the Upper West Side's tallest development for years.
The 668-foot-talll luxury apartment development is the tallest building on the Upper West Side.
The previous owner filed plans to demolish portions of the Broadway and West 103rd Street building earlier this year.
The new Article 78 lawsuit argues that the Board of Standards and Appeals failed to properly re-evaluate building permits for the UWS tower.
The New York Institute of Technology is getting ready to offload its building on Broadway and West 61st Street.
The city Board of Standards and Appeals upheld its original ruling in favor of 200 Amsterdam Ave. developers.
A last-ditch effort to landmark the Shaare Zedek synagogue to block its redevelopment failed in 2017.
The Board of Standards and Appeals' 2018 ruling in favor of 200 Amsterdam Ave. developers was vacated in March by a state judge.
Many apartments in the West 82nd Street building are newly renovated.
The planned 668-foot tower at 200 Amsterdam is in the middle of a legal challenge brought by neighborhood preservationists.
The 18-story building will be located on the corner of Broadway and West 85th Street and contain 162 apartment units.
Extell Development's planned tower will rise 775-feet-tall on West 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.
Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, State Senator Brian Benjamin and tenants make their voices heard as Albany considers rent control laws.