Monday Links
City May Get $3.4 Billion in Federal Aid [NY Times] Tenants Encouraged to Socialize, but Not Criticize [NY Times] Safeguarding Against Loan Discrimination [NY Times] Old Fire Escapes In Need of TLC [NY Times] Subway Crime Down 3 Percent in 2008 [NY Post] City Landlords Skipped Out on Big Fines [NY Daily News] 30-year Fixed…

City May Get $3.4 Billion in Federal Aid [NY Times]
Tenants Encouraged to Socialize, but Not Criticize [NY Times]
Safeguarding Against Loan Discrimination [NY Times]
Old Fire Escapes In Need of TLC [NY Times]
Subway Crime Down 3 Percent in 2008 [NY Post]
City Landlords Skipped Out on Big Fines [NY Daily News]
30-year Fixed Rates Back Above 5% [CNN]
Man Stabbed to Death in Prospect Place Apartment [Newsday]
Herb Kaufman, Heights Preservationist, Dies [Brooklyn Paper]
Who Does Ratner Want to Succeed Ed Towns? [AY Report]
Close-Up on E. Williamsburg Block [Metro]
Crown Heights Storefront photo by atomische
Nice story, Pete.
I was hoping you would have highlighted this column from NYTimes yesterday – to balance all the crime/fear articles you seem to be featuring of late. I thought very telling of the mentality of outsider/suburban folks who move to our neighborhoods.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/nyregion/thecity/25wall.html?ref=thecity