New York State and New York City can agree on one thing: how to upgrade the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the state's largest such plant, to comply with environmental laws. According to a press release yesterday, NYC will complete

The main mortgage lenders have started to respond to the government's demand that they should cut their mortgage rates.

Earlier this week, we reported tough times at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, since the bulk of buyers there were Wall Street types. Well, even if you're not in the market to buy, a couple of units are for rent there,

Gowanus Lounge noted the new sign going up on 5th and President where Lookout Hill was most recently in residence; before that it was Biscuit, and before that Night & Day, if we're getting the chronology correct. Now, it shall

656 5th Avenue will be home to Under Minerva, a gallery and events space in the South Slope/Greenwood Heights vicinity. Part of the space will be available as studios known as the Artists' Den. Here's a description from their Web

After last weekend's Marathon-related hiatus, The Flea is back full-throttle this Sunday. We've got a full house of vendors again, with old-time favorites and a bunch of first-timers. We've even got on new dealer coming all the way from Chicago!

In April, a two-story home on 19th between 5th and 6th Avenues was demolished to make way for a four-story, nine-family dwelling instead. The architect is Nataliya Donskoy, whose work we're not familiar with a graduate of the Scarano School

From Bed Stuy (left) to PLG (middle) to Bushwick (right), the building boom's bottom-of-the-barrel are looking like particularly tough sells now. Who's going to buy one of these places now? Hard to imagine.$549000 2 fm, Short Sale [Craigslist]$729000 / 7br

Check out this new photoblog called Re-Brooklyn. Photographer Zach van Schouwen has been restaging old photos from the early 20th century to illustrate the change, or lack thereof, that's occurred in the borough. Two recent posts include a 1910 photo

That didn't take long!Minsky Out At Corcoran? [Brownstoner]

Remember back in August when we told you that Chase was taking over three storefronts at the corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt Avenues on the Clinton Hill/Fort Greene border? Well, it's definitely happening. Witness the white-and-blue signage that now adorns

Comment: Not too encouraging!Open House Picks 5/02/08 [Brownstoner]Six Months Later: 4/25/08 [Brownstoner]Six Months Later: 4/18/08 [Brownstoner]Six Months Later: 4/11/08 [Brownstoner]Six Months Later: 3/28/08 [Brownstoner]Six Months Later: 4/11/08 [Brownstoner]Six Months Later: 3/14/08 [Brownstoner]

Carroll Gardens28 2nd PlaceBrooklyn Bridge RealtySunday 12-1:30$3,100,000 (was $3,900,000)GMAP P*SharkPark Slope394 6th AvenueHeights BerkeleySunday 12:30-3:30$1,950,000GMAP P*SharkProspect Heights136 Underhill AvenueFirst Champion RealtySunday 12-2:30$1,200,000 (formerly in foreclosure)GMAP P*SharkBedford Stuyvesant242 Clifton PlaceQuality Home SalesSat 12-3, Sun 12-3$589,000GMAP P*Shark

The last piece of the puzzle is falling into place on Union Avenue, reports Curbed. This part of W'burg just east of the BQE is undergoing quite a boom, with a cluster of Karl Fischer buildings rising along with this

The Internet has opened up new possibilities for growth in insurance. The tradeoff, however, comes in the area of security, where insurers now have more data subject to greater privacy risk than ever before.

Technology has allowed for growth in insurance, but it has created new risks that require a specific management plan.

Institutional ignorance represents one of the largest hurdles for insurers who need to deal with data privacy.

Evaluating potential for loss and magitude of harm helps establish risk categorization, a central piece of any insurer's security program.

SAN FRANCISCO (Moscone Center), Nov 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, today launches a series of new integrated capabilities designed to simplify marketing automation for Salesforce CRM customers. The new

NEW YORK, Nov 07, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: LNET) and Control4, the leader in IP-based control systems, today announced the ultimate personalized guest experience in the hotel room. Through a single advanced remote control, guests