Monthly Archives: April 2016

We are grateful that the State Attorney General will open an investigation on Rivington House. We all need a resolution to this mess.

There are important questions for the State of New York. What was the finding from the mandated oversight in this transaction?

Have the funding structures for nursing homes led us here –  is it no longer financially possible for nursing homes to be run by not-for-profit entities?

Has the Medicaid Redesign insured we will be ill prepared for the looming Alzheimer’s epidemic of the baby boomer generation?

Meanwhile, the taxpayer dollars (a $70 million NY State bond) that went for improvements to make this facility code-compliant are lying in ruin. Have the loans been repaid?

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/04/state-attorney-general-opens-rivington-house-investigation.html

Hello all,

A press conference:

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, City Council member Margaret Chin and Community Board 3 Chairperson Gigi Li will be holding a news conference tomorrow in front of the former Rivington House nursing home. 11am tomorrow, Wednesday April 6, 2016 at 45 Rivington Street (near Forsyth Street and Sara Roosevelt Park)

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/04/news-conference-scheduled-at-rivington-house-tomorrow.html

and an op – ed by K.

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/04/opinion-dear-mayor-find-a-way-to-make-things-right-at-rivington-house.html

A few more articles on the Rivington House situation.

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/04/lobbyist-james-capalino-speaks-out-on-rivington-house-scandal.html

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160404/real_estate/160409975

http://www.wsj.com/articles/firm-denies-wrongdoing-in-new-york-city-deed-controversy-1459816460

Thanks everyone who has fought for this building and the neighbors who used to live there and the ones who would have.

WNYC The Brian Lehrer Show: Ed Litvak of the Lo-Down on Rivington House

10am Monday April 4, 2016

Tune in!

We thank the Lo-Down for the original and ongoing investigative reporting.

News articles on Rivington House:

http://nypost.com/2016/04/03/shady-firm-dupes-city-to-profit-72m-in-luxury-condo-deal/

http://evgrieve.com/2016/04/the-growing-scandal-over-45-rivington-st.html

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2016/04/1/amid-affordable-housing-push–mayor-slams-luxury-condo-that-deal-shuttered-a-health-care-center-on-the-lower-east-side.html

http://www.progressqueens.com/news/2016/4/1/city-hall-issues-another-denial-as-rivington-house-deed-change-deal-worries-de-blasios-aides-reports

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/nyregion/city-began-inquiry-into-sale-of-nursing-home-to-developer-before-mayor-de-blasio-knew-of-deal.html?_r=0

http://www.wsj.com/articles/lobbyist-with-tie-to-land-deal-is-worry-to-de-blasio-aides-1459555977

http://nypost.com/2016/03/31/doi-subpoenas-city-workers-over-72m-nursing-home-flip/

http://nypost.com/2016/03/31/doi-subpoenas-city-workers-over-72m-nursing-home-flip/

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2016/04/8595573/lobbyist-capalino-seeks-clear-his-name-rivington-deal?top-featured-3

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/03/more-details-emerge-regarding-those-mysterious-rivington-house-emails.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/city-subpoenas-records-condos-built-nursing-home-article-1.2584636

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160330/REAL_ESTATE/160339988/two-pols-demand-info-on-deal-to-turn-lower-east-side-nursing-home-into-condos

http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14127:money-trail-emerges-in-citys-lifting-of-deed-restrictions-on-les-nursing-home&catid=112:new-york&Itemid=295

TOT Jewish consultants http://www.totpi.com/de-blasio-claims-his-administration-unwittingly-signed-off-on-shady-land-deal-for-lower-east-side-property/

http://www.mingtiandi.com/real-estate/outbound-investment/vankes-116m-manhattan-acquisition-now-centre-of-nyc-investigation/?utm_source=Mingtiandi+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=3f4ca25720-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_34ef0efbcc-3f4ca25720-56473589

http://www.wsj.com/articles/developer-faces-more-questions-on-land-deals-1459387754?mod=rss_newyork_news

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2016/03/8595322/nursing-home-deal-and-city-hall-response-raises-questions

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/nyregion/nursing-homes-sale-to-condo-developer-raises-questions-for-city.html?_r=0

http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/03/mayor-received-cb3s-rivington-house-plea-jan-27.html

http://nypost.com/2016/03/29/why-isnt-the-mayor-furious-at-this-rancid-deal/

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/catch-thief-solution-needed-de-blasio-whodunit-article-1.2580512

http://nypost.com/2016/03/29/im-not-happy-de-blasio-admits-fault-in-72m-nursing-home-flip/

Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/de-blasio-lobbyist-helped-turn-nursing-home-condos-article-1.2578230

Lo-Down: http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2016/03/spin-city-de-blasio-administrations-bungling-of-rivington-house-sale.html

WSJ; http://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattan-land-deal-is-examined-1458694201

NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/nyregion/new-york-city-turns-over-files-on-building-sale-subpoenaed-by-comptroller.html?_r=0

Politico: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2016/03/8594873/de-blasio-administration-complies-stringer-subpoena

http://therealdeal.com/2016/03/23/stringer-examining-deal-that-led-to-vankes-116m-purchase-of-les-dev-site/

http://www.habitatmag.com/Publication-Content/Legal-Financial/2016/2016-March/Nursing-Probe

https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/TDJNDN_2016032214173/manhattan-land-deal-is-examined.html

http://www.boweryboogie.com/2016/03/de-blasio-lobbyist-implicated-controversial-rivington-house-condo-conversion/

http://www.boweryboogie.com/2016/03/comptroller-stringer-scrutinizes-116m-sale-rivington-house-condo-conversion/