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2007 

FIRST-EVER CITYWIDE SURVEY TO LEARN ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS More Than 1.8 Million Parents, Teachers, and Students were sent surveys this month to Weigh In On Schools' Performance and Environment. Each school is going to be graded and the surveys are being factored in to each schools progress report....
05/31/2007
(photo Edward Reed) Mayor Bloomberg: Taxi Fleet to Be Fully Hybrid by 2012 PlaNYC Goal for Greener Taxis Will Reduce Emissions from Cabs By 50% in the Next DecadeYahoo! Donates 10 Hybrid Taxis Which Will Replace Existing Gas-only Powered Cabs Mayor Bloomberg announced the other day as part of Pla...
05/27/2007
Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navy ships will participate in Fleet Week NYC this week. Seven ships sailed up the Hudson River this morning to moorings in Manhattan and Staten Island. All, ships paid honor to the world trade ce...
05/23/2007
REBNY Issues  New York City Wide Five-Bourough Residential Sales Report In a five-borough residential report released by the Real Estate Board of New York, the average price of an apartment jumped 23 percent, while each borough recorded a higher average price for one- to three-family dwellings in...
05/15/2007
I recently had lunch with a friend and former colleague Pat Rod Jennings. Pat and I both worked at The Hollywood Reporter for many years. Pat was Director of International Editions and I was the New York Manager and Director of East Coast Sales and Marketing. Pat has always loved real estate, lo...
05/14/2007
  REBNY  to Launch ResidentialNYC.com in September     A new web portal for REBNY (Real Estate Board of New York) members to market exclusive listings directly to the public will be launched in September. According to REBNY the purpose is to drive consumer traffic directly to the broker. Inclusi...
05/10/2007
Manhattan Residential Architecture from the 19th Century to the 21st Century: New Yorkers lived in townhouses during the 19th century.  19th Century Single Family Townhouses were made of Brownstone and Limestone.   The luxury apartment house was actually invented in New York in the late 19th cent...
05/06/2007
               To reinforce spring as the home buying and selling season, Coldwell Banker has declared May as Coldwell Banker® Open House Month. As part of its Open House Month, Coldwell Banker will partner with Drexel Heritage to host an Open House Month sweepstakes throughout May. The grand-pri...
05/03/2007