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Rivington House Scandal: News and Updates
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August 10, 2018
Lower East Side activists continue the fight for Rivington House
The former nursing home will go residential after a controversial sale
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February 12, 2018
Rivington House condo conversion moves forward as DOB plans are filed
Former nursing home will be replaced by 100 condos
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February 5, 2018
These Lower East Side nonprofits will benefit from $1.25M Rivington House settlement
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has revealed the six nonprofits that will be awarded grants.
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January 9, 2018
City announces new deal to replace facilities lost in Rivington House sale
The city is reneging on its plan to build a new senior facility at 30 Pike Street.
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January 8, 2018
Rivington House investigation culminates with Attorney General, Allure Group settlement
The deal requires the for-profit care provider to open healthcare facilities that will help compensate for those lost to the luxury housing.
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June 19, 2017
Bowery mural wall controversy deepens, Rivington House work quietly resumes, and more
Three things to know today.
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April 26, 2017
Bill seeking to prevent future Rivington House scandals gets rejected
The Rivington Act would require stronger protections for community-based nursing homes.
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February 11, 2017
One year later, local advocates are still challenging the fate of the Rivington House
Despite Mayor de Blasio declaring that there’s not much the city can do to reverse the controversial deed removal, local advocates will hosts public sessions to discuss the future of Rivington House.
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December 6, 2016
Here’s how City Council wants to avoid future Rivington House scandals
If approved, the new legislation would require NYC’s mayor to personally approve alterations or removals of city-imposed deed restrictions.
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September 30, 2016
City Council turns up the heat on de Blasio administration at Rivington House hearing
First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris was grilled for 2.5 hours by the Council, and essentially shouldered the blame for everything that went wrong after the deed restrictions were lifted on the Lower East Side nursing home.
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July 29, 2016
Harlem nursing home sues AG over barred sale to scandalized care provider
The Greater Harlem Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility has sued Schneiderman for attempting to bar the sale of the facility to scandalized care provider Allure Group. Allure is at the center of the Lower East Side’s Rivington House scandal.
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July 27, 2016
City's involvement in Rivington House scandal deepens
Newly unredacted documents prove the city was more involved in the lifting of a deed restriction that would allow a Lower East Side nursing home to become luxury condos than previously believed. The documents are part of a continuing DOI probe.
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July 26, 2016
Attorney General moves to stop nursing home sale to scandal-tinged care provider
The effects of the Rivington House scandal are reverberating far outside of the Lower East Side—throughout City Hall, sure, but also up to Harlem.
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July 15, 2016
City Hall’s inaction led to Rivington House sale, report finds
A report issued by the Department of Investigations unpacks the controversial sale of a Lower East Side nursing home for luxury condos. It found that a lapse in communication at City Hall can largely be blamed for the sale.
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July 8, 2016
City adjusts deed restriction policy after Rivington House scandal
The administration has been under increasing scrutiny in the last few months with almost half a dozen investigation focused on Rivington House. After the city lifted the deed restriction, Allure Group sold the building, which was supposed to be used as a nursing home.
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June 13, 2016
Top city official may have known about Rivington House deed removal
Memos obtained by the Times reveal that the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (the agency that handles deed restrictions) wrote to first deputy mayor Anthony Shorris on May 6, 2015, informing him about the ongoing dealings.
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June 7, 2016
Attorney General Tries to Reign In Care Provider at Center of Rivington House Scandal
Non-profits in New York looking to sell their assets have to get approval from a state court. The AG's office looks over these approvals and can object in certain cases, though the decision will ultimately be in the hands of the state court.
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May 13, 2016
Deed Restriction at Another Valuable Manhattan Site Mysteriously Lifted
Just like the saga surrounding the sale of the Rivington House on the Lower East Side, trouble might be brewing for an empty lot in Harlem, where a city agency lifted the deed restriction without any community input.
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April 25, 2016
City Officials Scrambled To Reverse Rivington House Deal Before It Went Public
Even though Mayor Bill de Blasio said he only learned of the Rivington House fiasco towards the end of March, some people in his administration had already spent a month by that time trying to undo the potential fallout from the deal.
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April 19, 2016
City Appraiser Severely Underestimated Value of 45 Rivington Site
In the ongoing investigation of the sale and lifting of a deed restriction at the former nursing home at 45 Rivington Street, it's been uncovered that a city appraiser valued the site at about half of what it sold for.
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April 8, 2016
Rivington House Condo Conversion Temporarily Halted
It now seems like there's a new development with the Rivington House saga everyday. This time the DOB has halted work on Slate Property group's conversion of this Lower East Side nursing home into a condo building.
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April 6, 2016
As Rivington House Scandal Looms, Pols Call For Reform To Deed Restrictions
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Councilwoman Margaret Chin want to institute a plan whereby whenever the city considers lifting a deed on a property they would have to go through a process of informing local community representatives.
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April 4, 2016
LES Nursing Home Drama Gets Even Shadier With Tax Issues
The Rivington House sale is currently being investigated by the Department of Investigations and the NYC Comptroller's Office. A NY Post investigation has revealed similar shady dealings in parts of Brooklyn and Harlem as well.
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March 31, 2016
LES Nursing Home Saga Gets Even More Convoluted
As if there wasn't already enough trouble for the De Blasio administration over the sale of Rivington House, matters are now getting more difficult with a City Councilman and the Manhattan Borough President demanding answers.
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March 28, 2016
De Blasio Camp Says It Was ‘Misled’ Over LES Nursing Home Sale
After an investigation was launched into the matter by NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer's office, the de Blasio administration on its part has said it was unaware of the Allure Group having gone into contract with a trio of developers for $116 million.