June 13, 2017
Goldstein Hall participates on NPCNYS podcast, talking about the JOE, Joint Ownership Enitity

As part of the NPCNYS Professional Development Series: David A. Goldstein, Managing Partner at Goldstein Hall PLLC; Peter Madden, Executive Director of the Joint Ownership Entity (JOE); Harry DeRienzo, Executive Director at Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, and; Mark Jahr, working with Forsyth Street, discuss the future of the JOE and how it may be […]

April 4, 2017
Habitat NYC Brings Affordability to Brooklyn

New York—Habitat for Humanity New York City acquired land at the intersections of Park Place, Thomas S. Boyland Street and East New York Avenue in the Brownville neighborhood of Brooklyn, for a new $11 million, three-building affordable development dubbed SEED. Latent Productions is co-developer, while New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), New York City […]

October 27, 2016
Goldstein Hall represented HANAC in new Affordable Housing project in Queens

Goldstein Hall proudly represented HANAC in the acquisition, construction and syndication loan closing for New York City’s first passive house senior housing project in over 30 years. HANAC Senior Residence at 54-17 101st St. near Chrystie Avenue in Corona will consist of 68 apartments for the borough’s seniors, as well as social programs and a […]

October 24, 2016
Goldstein Hall represents Boys & Girls Club of Harlem on Affordable Housing project in New York’s Hamilton Heights neighborhood

Our team of attorneys from Goldstein Hall, provided counsel to Boys & Girls Club of Harlem on the development and transformation of P.S 186, a historic school building into affordable housing for low and middle income New Yorkers. Please visited Curbed, New York for more information about the project.

June 2, 2016
Congratulations to Mastermind on their ground-breaking at Tremont Renaissance!

Officials joined Bronx Developer, Mastermind Ltd., New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on May 25, 2016 to celebrate the groundbreaking of Tremont Renaissance, a new affordable housing development in the Bronx. Upon completion, the project will serve to provide quality affordable housing low to moderate-income individuals. […]

February 25, 2016
Where to Find Affordable Housing in NYC

Affordable apartments certainly aren’t easy to come by in New York City, but there’s at least one source for those looking for less expensive housing: NYC Housing Connect, the city’s one-stop-shop for all of the different affordable units (some in all-affordable buildings, others in luxury ones) coming onto the market. The site is updated regularly […]

January 13, 2016
U.S. Will Track Secret Buyers of Luxury Real Estate

Concerned about illicit money flowing into luxury real estate, the Treasury Department said Wednesday that it would begin identifying and tracking secret buyers of high-end properties. The initiative will start in two of the nation’s major destinations for global wealth: Manhattan and Miami-Dade County. It will shine a light on the darkest corner of the […]

January 13, 2016
Want to help the middle class? More houses, please

America’s future is happening first here, in Seattle. Just this year, Seattle technology jobs increased 21 percent. Housing prices rose 12 percent. And all the people who built this city out of coffee, lumber and airplanes have struggled to keep up. Only a third of Seattle homebuyers outside of technology now report being confident they’ll […]

January 4, 2016
Cuomo Orders That Homeless Be Taken to Shelter in Freezing Weather

As an arctic front barreled toward the New York City region, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order on Sunday requiring local governments across the state to take homeless people off the streets to shelters in freezing temperatures. The order, which goes into effect early Tuesday, requires local governments to remove homeless people by […]

December 28, 2015
Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness

While Mayor Bill de Blasio works on the details of a 15-year, $2.6 billion supportive housing program to address homelessness, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is creating a statewide plan to reduce homelessness. New York should draw on approaches that have helped in the past as well as those that seem promising, especially supportive housing, which offers […]