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Bronx Diner Owner and Accomplice Arrested For Arson

January 29, 2010

A Bronx diner owner and the man he allegedly paid to set his establishment on fire last month have been arrested and now face arson and other charges, according to fire officials.
Mohammed Abdul Quadir, 52, the owner of the American Diner on Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood and Christopher Gooding, 53, were arrested by fire marshals [...]

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Government probes 15 FHA lenders

January 29, 2010

Federal housing officials on Tuesday served subpoenas on 15 mortgage companies with suspiciously high default rates for loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration. The actions are part of a broad crackdown on dubious lenders as the agency tries to stem losses.
After the housing market went bust, the FHA became the major source of funding [...]

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NY Unemployment Rate Climbs to 9% in December

January 29, 2010

New York State’s adjusted unemployment rate climbed over the month from 8.6 percent in November to 9.0 percent in December 2009, matching a 26-year high, the State Labor Department reported recently.
The number of unemployed state residents increased from 832,200 to 868,600 over the same period.
In December 2009, New York State’s seasonally adjusted private sector [...]

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City Immigration Firms Charged With Fraud

January 29, 2010

Two firms offering services for immigrants in Manhattan and the Bronx have been charged with fraud.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing two non-profits — International Immigrants Foundation and International Professional Association — for allegedly scamming immigrants by making false promises of citizenship and charging exorbitant fees.

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Wyclef gets $250,000 to perform at his own charity’s fundraiser

January 29, 2010

The Haiti earthquake has already triggered hundreds of thousands of donations to musician Wyclef Jean’s charitable foundation, which expects to raise upwards of $1 million a day in the disaster’s wake.
However, Internal Revenue Service records show the group has a lackluster history of accounting for its [...]

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New York Foreclosure Activity Increased in Second Quarter

October 3, 2009

 
The New York State Banking Department and RealtyTrac® released New York county- level foreclosure statistics for the second quarter ending June 30, 2009. According to RealtyTrac there were foreclosure filings on 13,664 properties in New York during the second quarter, representing a 15 percent decrease compared to the second quarter of last year and a [...]