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by Stephen Smith The Weekly Standard has a comprehensive and compelling piece of investigative reporting on Columbia University’s attempt to acquire 17 acres in the heart of the Manhattanville section, north of its Morningside campus. The tale is a classic example of eminent domain abuse – the university worked hand-in-glove with the government [...] December 4th, 2008 | Tags: blight, eminent domain, Euclid, Kelo, nyc, Stephen Smith | Category: corruption | 3 comments |
 printable viewDemocratic Congressman Charlie Rangel has announced that he will vacate the rent controlled apartment he has been using as a campaign office. This apartment is just one of four rent controlled apartments he is hoarding in the Lenox Terrace apartment building in Harlem. NY Times – Rangel to Relinquish Apartment Used [...] July 15th, 2008 | Tags: Charlie Rangel, Harlem, housing, Lennox Terrace, nyc, rent control, rent stabilization | Category: corruption, housing, rent control | Leave a comment |
printable view[update! Rangel Now Only Hoards Three Rent Controlled Apartments] In case you missed it, powerful New York Congressman Charlie Rangel has been hoarding four apartments in Harlem’s Lenox Terrace. Coincidently (perhaps not so coincidently) Lennox Terrace is the same building where New York’s Governor Patterson, Patterson’s father, former Manhattan Borough President, Percy E. [...] July 14th, 2008 | Tags: Charlie Rangel, Governor Paterson, Harlem, housing, Lennox Terrace, nyc, rent control, rent stabilization | Category: corruption, housing, rent control | 9 comments |
printable viewAssociated Press – Senior NYC crane inspector accused of corruption: A senior city buildings official took bribes in exchange for falsely reporting that cranes had been inspected and that crane operators had been certified, but his actions did not appear to be connected to two recent crane collapses that killed nine people, [...] June 7th, 2008 | Tags: bribery, corruption, crane, crane collapses, nyc | Category: corruption | Leave a comment |
printable viewIt’s easier to look at the symptom: corruption, than treat the disease: government over-regulation: Chicago Tribune: Role of expediters under scrutiny as federal probe targets City Hall corruption The unsung and highly specialized role these private individuals play in the workings of city government gained notoriety last week when investigators revealed that for [...] May 28th, 2008 | Tags: bribery, bureaucracy, Chicago, construction, corruption, zoning | Category: corruption, zoning | 4 comments |
printable viewNBC5 has an update listing the people involved and video here: New Corruption Charges Hit Building, Zoning Departments Chicago Tribune: U.S. to announce charges against 15 in city bribe-taking probe (thanks to Dan M. for the tip) Federal authorities are set to announce charges Thursday against 15 people, including seven City of Chicago [...] May 22nd, 2008 | Tags: Chicago, corruption, development, downzoning, NIMBY, politics, property rights, Tony Rezko, zoning | Category: corruption, zoning | 14 comments |
printable viewNY Sun: Paterson Pays A Stabilized Rate of Rent The governor of New York pays about $1,250 a month for a two-bedroom, rent-stabilized apartment in central Harlem, even while owning a home upstate in Guilderland and having unfettered access to the 40-room Governor’s Mansion in Albany. Governor Paterson and his wife, Michelle, made [...] May 16th, 2008 | Tags: apartments, Governor Paterson, Harlem, hoarding, housing, new york, nyc, rent control, rent stabilization, rent-regulated | Category: corruption, rent control | 16 comments |
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