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There was a disproportionately high number of foreclosures on homes around East Gunhill Road in the northeast Bronx, July 27, 2026. (Ben Fractenberg/The City Reporter)
First-time foreclosures of single- and two-family homes as well as coop and condo apartments nearly doubled in The Bronx last quarter compared to the same period last year, according to real estate research platform PropertyShark. Many of the more than 100 foreclosures occurred in the borough’s northeast neighborhoods. Across the city, first-time foreclosures fell 5% in that timeframe.
Experts say the Bronx trend will likely continue as homeowners face mounting debt and tax liens. They say it partly stems from the reemergence of foreclosure cases that have been stuck in a backlog left over from the state’s pandemic-era moratorium on foreclosures.
“This is the first time we’re seeing the surge at full bend … so we are in the middle of the perfect storm of conditions in The Bronx,” said Martha De Jesus, director of Bronx Legal Services’ Neighborhood Stabilization Project, which helps people navigate foreclosure litigation.
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MTA 🚇
Midday in Brooklyn, L trains aren’t running between Livonia Avenue and Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Aug. 5.
By the way…
You can explore more than 400 years of New York City history on the city’s “Remember NYC” website, managed by the Department of Records and Information Services.
Watch a live taping of a special Knickerbocker History of New York episode of The City Reporter’s FAQ NYC podcast all about blackouts, featuring Brooklyn Borough Historian Asad Dandia. Tuesday, Aug. 11, free at P&T Knitware on the Lower East Side. Doors open at 6:30, recording 7-8 p.m. RSVP here.
Reporter’s Notebook
Deal to End Harlem Public Defenders Strike
Unionized public defenders and other staff at Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that began on July 24, disrupting Manhattan criminal, housing and family courts, the organization announced Tuesday.
NDS staff, who are members of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys-UAW Local 2325, walked off the job over their management’s proposal to force staff to contribute to healthcare costs for the first time. Staff at NDS’ offices in San Marcos, Texas, and Detroit, Michigan, were also on strike. The deal is still pending ratification by union members.
“We are ready to move forward together, fully focused on delivering the high-quality, holistic representation our clients count on every day,” NDS Deputy Executive Director Shannon Anglero said in a statement.
Staff at Bronx Defenders, who are also represented by Local 2325, are still on strike. On Monday, amNewYork reported one striking immigration attorney would cross the picket line this week — with the union’s apparent support — after a federal judge ordered her and not a supervisor to appear at a Tuesday hearing or risk her client’s deportation.
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