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All items are available at the Jack Brause Library. Please request them at the Reference Desk.

ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES

The Beige Book. The Federal Reserve Board - A summary of business and economic trends for 12 Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, San Francisco. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers information from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. 8 issues per year. www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook

CommunityDistrict Needs. 5 vols. New York: Department of City Planning. Annual. Vol. 1: Manhattan; Vol. 2: Bronx; Vol. 3: Brooklyn; Vol. 4: Queens; Vol. 5: Staten Island KFX2079.A7 - Ready Reference

Complete Economic and Demographic Data Source. Washington, D.C.: Woods & Poole Economics, Inc. Annual. HC101.C616 - Ready Reference

Metro Precis. West Chester, PA: Economy.com. Three issues on each region per year and quarterly spreadsheets on each of the 100 metropolitan areas covered, with forecasts to 2013. Ready Reference

Municipal Reference Guide 2002: New York. Shrewsbury, NJ: National Resource Directories, Inc. HC107.N7 M86 - Ready Reference

Sourcebook of County Demographics. Vienna, VA: ESRI Business Information Solutions. Annual. HA214.S78 - Ready Reference

Sourcebook of Zipcode Demographics. Vienna, VA: ESRI Business Information Solutions. Annual. HA203.S66 - Ready Reference

ARCHIVE STATISTICS/DEMOGRAPHICS

Challenges of the Changing Economy of New York City. New York: New York City Council on Economic Education. HS108.N7 C33 1991, 1993-1994. (ceased in 1994)

Proceedings of the annual one-day institute sponsored by the New York City Council on Economic Education at Baruch College. Fact Book, Tables, and Charts on the New York Metropolitan Region. New York: New York City Council on Economic Education. HC108.N72F33 Annual (ceased publication in 1994-5)

The Newest New Yorkers: An Analysis of Immigration into New York City During the 1980s. New York City: Department of City Planning, [1992]. JV7048.N49 1992

New York City 1991: The World's Capital in Transition. Vilain, Piere. New York: The City of New York, 1991. HC108.N5 V5 1991

Citywide Industry Study. New York: City of New York Department of City Planning, 1993. HC108.N5 N44 1993

New York State Statistical Yearbook 1996. 21st ed. rev. and exp. Albany, NY: Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 1996. HA544.A2

Socioeconomic Profiles: A Portrait of New York City's Community Districts from the 1980 & 1990 Censuses of Population and Housing. New York: City of New York Department of City Planning, 1993. HA730.N5 N58 1993

MARKET REPORTS

Deutsche Bank. Impact of the WTC Attack on NYC: Possible Implications for NYC's Economy and Property Markets. September 26, 2001.

Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. Economic Overview: Manhattan. Quarterly Report

New York State Department of Labor. Employment in New York State. Monthly Report. Also available Online at www.labor.state.ny.us

Office of the City Comptroller. The Comptroller's Comments on the Fiscal Year 2006 Executive Budget, The Impact of the Governor's Executive Budget on New York City www.comptroller.nyc.gov

Office of the State Comptroller. New York State and Metropolitan Area Employment Trends, Review of the Four-Year Financial Plan for the City of New York , Review of the Mayor's Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, The Impact of Wall Street on Jobs and Tax Revenues, Review of the Financial Plan for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority /www.osc.state.ny.us/

ARCHIVE ECONOMIC/INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION

New Opportunities for a Changing Economy: Summary Report of the Citywide Industry Study New York: City of New York Department of City Planning, 1993. HA108.N7 N6 1993
Tracks trends, labor force, spacial distribution, transportation, and zoning of industria activity in all five boroughs.

The New York City Economy: Strategies for Growth. New York: Office of the Comptroller, 1996 HC108.N5 N42 1995
A two-part series: the symposium report and the conference report. Sponsored by New York University and the New School for Social Research. Details city initiatives, recommendation, the role of government, and strengths of the city's economy.

HOUSING

The Dynamics of Rental Housing in New York City. Stegman, Michael A. Piscataway, NJ: The Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, 1982. HD7288.85.U62 N57

A History of Housing in New York City: Dwelling Type and Social Change in the American Metropolis. Plunz, Richard. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. HD7304.N5 P54

Housing and Community Development in New York City: Facing the Future. edited by Michael H. Schill. Albany, State University of New York Press, 1999. HD7304.N5 1999

Housing and Neighborhood Turnover Among Immigrant and Native-Born Households in New York City 1991-1996. Robinson, Emily and Michael H. Schill. Excerpts from Journal of Housing Research, Vol. 10, issue 2 (1999) HD7304.N5 R67 1999

The Housing Conditions of Immigrants in New York City. Schill, Michael H., et al. Excerpts from Journal of Housing Research, Vol. 9, issues 2 (1998) HD7304.N5 S35

Housing NYC: Rents, Markets and Trends. New York: New York City Rent Guidelines Board, Annual 1996-Current. HD7288.85.U62 N7

Manhattan for Rent, 1785-1850. Blackmar, Elizabeth. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989. HD7288.85.U62 N53 1989
An analysis of Manhattan's socioeconomic classes, the structure of housing, and the history behind it.

Nativity Differences in Neighborhood Quality Among New York City Households. Rosenbaum, Emily. Excerpts from Housing Policy Debate, Vol. 10, issue 3 (1999) HD7304.N5 1999

Reducing the Cost of New Housing Construction in New York City: 2005 Update. Salama, Jerry, et al. New York: Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, 2005. HD7304.N5 S25 2005

Rent Regulation After 50 Years: An Overview of New York State's Rent Regulated Housing, 1993. New York (State): Division of Housing and Community Renewal, 1994. HD7288.85.U62 N567 1993
"…detailed statistical information from the Division of Housing and Community Renewal's rent regulation and case processing databases…"

Rent Stabilized Housing in New York City: A Summary of Rent Guidelines Board Research. New York: NYC Rent Guidelines Board, 1991, 1994. HD7288.85 U62 N56

Rent Stabilized Manhattan: An Apartment Building Income and Expense Profile. New York: New York City Rent Guidelines Board, 1997. HD7288.85.U62 N565 1997

State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods. Glynis Daniels and Michael H. Schill, editors. New York: Fuhrman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University School of Law and The Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, Semi-Annual, 2001- Current. HD7304.N5 S74 Also available on the web at: www.law.nyu.edu/realestatecenter

LEGAL ISSUES AND REAL ESTATE PRACTICE

Bergman on New York Mortgage Foreclosures. 3 vols. Bergman, Bruce J. New York: Matthew Bender, 1988. KFN5177.F6 B47 1988 (updated annually)

Condominiums, Cooperatives and Homeowners' Associations: Background and Special Focus on the Current Market and Today's Unusual Problems: New York City, September 26, 1991. Albany, NY: New York State Bar Association, 1991. KFN5152.Z9 C65 1991

Cooperative and Condominium Conversion Handbook. New York State Dept. of Law, Real Estate Financing Bureau. New York, NY: New York State Dept. of Law, Real Estate Financing Bureau, 1996. KFN5157.Z9 C67 1999

Diary and Manual of the Real Estate Board of New York. New York: Real Estate Board of New York. Annual HD1361.D4 (RR) (Contains a section on New York Real Estate laws).

Landlord and Tenant Practice in New York. Vols. 1 & 2. Finkelstein, Daniel. St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 1998. KFN5145.F56 1998

The Loft Law Handbook. New York: New York City Loft Board, 1991. KFN5820.Z9 N49 1998

Modern Real Estate Practice in New York for Salespersons and Brokers. 7th ed. Land, Edith, et al. Chicago, Real Estate Education Company/Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc., 2001. KFN5166.L36 2001

New York Condominium and Cooperative Law. DiLorenzon, Vincent. Rochester, NY: Lawyers Cooperative Pub., 1995. KFN5157.D5

New York Landlord & Tenant Handbook. 2 Vols. Gallet, Jeffrey H., Hon. Binghamton, NY: Gould Publications, 2001. KFN5145.G352001 (updated annually)

New York Practice Guide: Real Estate. Morris, Eugene J., editor. New York: Matthew Bender, 1986. KFN5140.N48 1986

New York Real Estate for Salespersons. Spada, Marcia Darvin. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Gorsuch/Prentice Hall, 2000. KFN5169.P35 2000

New York Real Property Law Handbook. Binghamton, NY: Gould Publications, 2003. KFN5140.N49

New York Tax Service. 8 Vols. Comeau, Paul R. et al, editorial consultants. New York: Matthew Bender, 1985. KFN5860.N49 1985 (updated annually)

Rasch's Landlord & Tenant, Fourth Edition. 3 Vols. Dolan, Robert F., Hon. [St. Paul, Minn.]: West Group, 1998. KFN5145.R3 1998

Real Estate Contracts and Conveyances in New York: A Practtcioner's Handbook. DeWinter, Rudolph. [S.l.]: R. de Winter, 1992. KFN5170.D4 1992

Resource Guide to the Land Use and Development Approval Process in New York. [Albany?]: New York City Housing Partnership. Division of Housing and Community Renewal, 1993. KFN5811.N42 1993

CITY PLANNING AND GUIDELINES

At Capacity: The Need for More Rail Access to the Manhattan CBD. Scanlon, Rosemary and Edward S. Seeley, Jr. New York: Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, 2004. HE310.N5 N57 2004

Building Code of the City of New York, plus reference standards and selected rules and regulations of the Department of Buildings : local law no. 76 effective December 6, 1968, includes amendments to October 1, 2003. New York: The City, 2003. KFX2080 .A2 2003

Building Code of New York State. (Based on the 2000 International Building Code and Supplement to the International Codes). International Code Council, 2003. KFN5813.A4385 A2 2002

City Environmental Quality Review. New York: Department of City Planning and Department of Environmental Protection, 1993. TD194.66.N7 N56 1993

CommunityDistrict Needs. 5 vols. New York: Department of City Planning. Annual. Vol. 1: Manhattan; Vol. 2: Bronx; Vol. 3: Brooklyn; Vol. 4: Queens; Vol. 5: Staten Island KFX2079.A7 - Ready Reference

Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City. Gandy, Matthew. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002. HT243.U62 N47 2002

Design Guidelines for Housing. New York: The Department of Housing Preservation and Development, 1988. KFX2081.N4 1988

Fire Code of the City of New York. New York, NY: City Publishing Center, Dept. of General Services, for the Dept. of Buildings, 1992. KFX2060.A196 1992

Green Book: Official Directory of the City of New York. New York: City Records Office, Annual. JS1222.A3 (at the Reference Desk)

Greenpoint 197-A Plan: as modified and adopted by the City Planning Commission and the City Council / Community Board 1, Borough of Brooklyn. New York, N.Y. : Department of City Planning, City of New York, 2002. HT168.N5 G74 2002

Housing and Maintenance Code, Plus Rules and Regulations. New York, NY: City Publishing Center, Dept. of General Services, for the Dept. of Buildings, 1988. KFX2081.A2 1988 (1991, 1999 updates)

Land Planning and Regulations: A Survey of New York State Municipalities. NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources. Albany, NY: NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, 2004. KFN5811 .L36 2003

Midtown Zoning. New York: Department of City Planning, c1982. FX2079.A735 1982

Multiple Dwelling Law. New York, NY: City Publishing Center, Dept. of General Services, for the Dept. of Buildings, 1992. KFN5820.A45 M85 1991

National Electric Code: 1999. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Agency, 1988. KF5704.N38

New York City Amendments to the 1999 National Electric Code and Related Administrative Provisions. City of New York Department of Buildings, January 1, 2002. . KFX2080.5 .A2 2002

New York City Charter, As Amended to December 31, 1989. New York: [s.n.], [1989?].. KFX2003.A4 1989b

New York City Fire Prevention Code. New York: New York Society of Architects, 1999. TH9505.N56 A105

Reconstructing Times Square: Politics and Culture in Urban Development. Reichl, Alexander J. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. HT168.N5 R45 1999

Rules and Regulations Governing City-Aided Limited Profit Housing Companies. New York: The Department of Housing Preservation and Development, 1988. KFX2081.A76 1988

Rules and Regulations Governing 421 Partial Tax Exemption. New York, NY: Housing and Development Administration, [1987?]. KFX2091.P7 A75 1987

Second Avenue Subway: Final Environmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) and Section 6(f) Evaluation, April 2004. Metropolitan Transportation Authority and United States Department of Transportation, 2004. TD195.S9 S4 2004. CD-ROM

Slam Dunk or Airball?: A Preliminary Planning Analysis of the Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Project. Khan, Mafruza and Brad Lander. Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development, 2005. HT168.N5 P73 2005

Streetwise & Business Savvy: Best Practices and Accomplishments from New York City's BIDs. NYC Department of Small Business Services. New York: NYC Department of Small Business Services, 2005. HT177.N5 N592 2005

Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon. Sagalyn, Lynne B. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. HT168.N5 S24 2001

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

AIA Guide to New York City. 4th ed. White, Norval and Elliot Willensky, eds. New York: Crown Publishers, 2000. NA735.A78 2000 (RR)

Atlas of the Census: A Portrait of New York City from the 1980 Census. New York: City of New York Department of City Planning, 1984. HA548.N5 A8 1980

Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront. Gordon, David L. A. Amsterdam: Gordon & Breach, 1997. HT177.N5 G67 1997

Building Gotham: Civic Culture and Public Policy in New York City. Revell, Keith D. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2003. HT168.N5 R48 2003

City-Wide Studies. 3 vols. New York (City) Mayor's Committee on City Planning, 1940. NA9127.N5 A5 1938
Part 1: Basic Factors in the Planning of the City of New York, 1934-1938.
Part 2: The Planning of Public Services for the City of New York.
Part 3: Programming Public Improvements in the City of New York.

Clinton Hill Historic District Designation Report. New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1981. NA108.N48 C56 1981

Community District Statistics: A Portrait of New York City from the 1980 Census. New York: City of New York Department of City Planning, 1984. HA730.N5 C58 1984

Demographic Profile: A Portrait of New York City from the 1980 Census. New York: City of New York Department of City Planning, 1984. HA541.5.D4 1984

The Encyclopedia of New York City. Jackson, Kenneth, ed. New York: New York Historical Society, 1995. F128.3.E75 1995 (RR)

Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape. Scobey, David M. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002. HT168.N5 S35 2002

Fort Greene Historic District Designation Report. Vols. 1 & 2. New York: City of New York, 1978. F128.68.F67 N4 1978

42nd Street: River to River Guide. Wolfe, Gerard R. New York: 42nd Street Education-Theatre- Culture Inc., 1990. F128.67.F7.W65 1990

From Plan to Reality, by the Staff of the Regional Plan Association. 3 vols. New York, NY: Regional Plan Association, Inc. [c1933-1942]. NA9127.N5 R33
Three reports on "progress on the regional development of New York and its environs," including early pictures of infrastructure development.

The Graphic Regional Plan, Atlas and Description … Prepared by the Staff of the Regional Plan. New York: Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs, 1929. NA9127.N5 R3A
Geographical layout includes full-color maps from early 1900s-1920s.

Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report. Vols. 1 and 2. New York: City of New York, 1969. F128.68.G8 A5

Guide to New York City Landmarks. Dolkart, Andrew S. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998. F128.18.D65 1998

Lower Manhattan Plan: The 1966 Vision for Downtown New York. Buttenwieser, Ann L. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. NA9127.N5 B88 2002

Manhattan for Rent, 1785-1850. Blackmar, Elizabeth. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989. HD7288.U62 N53 1989
An analysis of Manhattan's socioeconomic classes, the structure of housing, and the history behind it.

Manhattan Water-Bound: Manhattan's Waterfront from the Seventeenth Century to the Present. Buttenwieser, Ann L. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1999. HT168.N5 B88

The National Register of Historic Places in New York State: The First Five Years, 1969-1973. Albany: New York State Office of Parks and Recreation, Division for Historic Preservation, 1976. F120.N48 1976
Landmark-by-landmark description of every property on the National Register of Historic Places in New York State. Extensive coverage of the five boroughs.

New York: A Guide to the Metropolis. Revised ed. Wolfe, Gerard R. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1988. F128.18 W58 1988

New York Facts: A Comprehensive Look at New York Today, County by County. Clements, John. Dallas: Clements Research II, Inc., 1989. F119.C5 1989
True to its title, a county-by-county almanac-style guide.

Selling the Lower East Side: Culture, Real Estate, and Resistance in New York City [part of a series, Globalization and Community, Vol. 5]. Mele, Christopher. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. HT177.N5 M45 2000

Times Square: Past and Present. Lambda Alpha International - New York Chapter, 2002. F128.68.T5 L336 2002

Upper East Side Historic District Designation Report. 2 vols. New York: Landmarks Designation Commission, 1981. NA108.N48 U66 1981
The official landmark designation for the Upper East Side historic district, including a building-by-building survey of the architecture, development and history.

Urban Design Manhattan. Okamoto, Rai Y. New York: Viking Press, 1969. NA9127.N5 O4
Details problems, principles, and implementation of the future of Manhattan's central business districts.

BEYOND THE JACK BRAUSE LIBRARY

Internet Resources:

www.nyc.gov The Official Website of the City of New York

www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/jump/acris.shtml Office of the City Register - Property Information

www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/jump/nycproperty.shtml Tax Assessment Roll

www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/bis/bis.shtml Dept. of Buildings - Building Information System

http://167.153.4.71/hpdonline/provide_address.aspx Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development - HPD Building Information

www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/auctions/auctions.shtml Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services - Division of Real Estate Services (Public Auctions)

www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/home.html NYC Housing Authority Property Directory

www.nytimes.com/specials/nyc100/ New York Times Special: 100 Years of New York City

www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/lpc/home.html Landmarks Preservation Commission

www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/home.html Department of City Planning

www.mta.nyc.ny.us Metropolitan Transportation Authority

www.nyhistory.org The New York Historical Society


The following resources are available at Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South:

The Architectural Guidebook to New York City. Marrone, Francis. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1994. Bobst Ref1 NA735.N5 M64 1994

Around the Square, 1830-1890: Essays on Life, Letters, and Architecture in Greenwich Village. New York: New York University, 1982. Bobst Ref1 F128.68.G8 A76

The Companion Guide to New York. Leapman, Michael. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. Bobst Ref1 Desk F128.18.L38 1991

Greenwich Village and How It Got That Way. Miller, Terry. New York: Crown Publishers, 1990. Bobst Ref1 F128.68.G8 M55 1990

The Historical Atlas of New York City. Homberger, Eric. New York: H.Holt & Company, 1994. Bobst Ref1 F129.3 H65 1994

The Landmarks of NewYork. 2 vols. Diamondstein, Barbaralee. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1988-93. Bobst Ref1 F128.7.D55 1988

Living It Up: A Guide to the Named Apartment Houses of New York. Norton, Thomas E. and Jerry E. Patterson. New York: Atheneum, 1984. HD7287.6.U5 1984

New York in Aerial Views. Fried, William. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980. Bobst Ref1 F128.37.F78 1980

Other Libraries:

Municipal Archives of the City of New York
31 Chambers St., Rm. 103, New York, NY 10007
212-788-8580 (Library)
www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doris/html/index/html

The New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
212-873-3400
www.nyhistory.org