(02/13/12) State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the $25 billion national settlement on the foreclosure crisis reached last week is a "down payment," on what he believes banks owe foreclosed homeowners. And he says there's a lot still to do, including civil and criminal prosecutions.
Schneiderman says New York mortgage-holders could see their debt cut by more than $700 million less, under the settlement.
The deal applies to Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citibank and Ally Financial. Martha Foley has more. more
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We’ve got to make sure...we get a much more significant package of relief for homeowners when that investigation is concluded.
(02/10/12) New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says mortgage-holders in the state could end up owing more than $700 million less, under the terms of a new $25 billion settlement between states and five of the nation's biggest lenders. Nora Flaherty has more: more
They know there’s contamination and the people who own it have just stopped paying taxes on it and just let it go.
(08/01/11) St. Lawrence County officials say they're owed nearly $600,000 in unpaid property taxes, mostly from old gas stations. The county wants the money, or the property.
But there's a hitch. As Julie Grant reports, the county doesn't want to be on the hook for a major environmental clean-up. more brownfields ·
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(03/12/09) The North Country has managed to dodge the worst parts of the home-mortgage crisis that has devastated the country's economy. Foreclosures in this region haven't spiked as they have in other parts of the country. But some real estate experts say the souring economy and the growing number of lay-offs has begun to hit more homeowners. Brian Mann has our story. more
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