Katherine Meduski

Columbia launches Jewish Studies library

The University, which already has more than 100,000 monograph volumes in its Jewish studies research collections and the second largest collection of Hebrew manuscripts in North America, allotted $2 million toward establishing a Jewish studies librarian position

By Katherine Meduski | Nov 15 03:31 am ET

West Harlem group teams up with CU for art tours

Bailey-McClain recently teamed up with the Columbia University Tutoring and Translating Agency to help tourists and others appreciate art in areas of the city that do not always get the attention they deserve.

By Katherine Meduski | Sep 27 12:43 am ET

Coup leaves housing bills vulnerable

Since the Republicans took control of the New York state Senate on June 8 by a 32 to 30 advantage, three bills that tenant organizers say are imperative to the protection of affordable housing have yet to make it to the floor.

By Katherine Meduski | Sep 29 07:54 pm ET

Section 8 tenants fight for affordable housing

Affordable housing is hard to find in Manhattan, and local tenants are fighting for what they've got.

By Katherine Meduski | Sep 14 08:09 pm ET

UWS rents rise as resale prices decline in the wake of national financial crisis

Financial crisis impaired the city’s housing market this year, and locally threatened the preservation of affordable housing—an increasingly vexing problem in the diverse neighborhoods of Morningside Heights and Harlem.

By Katherine Meduski | May 9 10:19 pm ET

Despite tough market, condos thrive

Amid a slew of struggling housing developments in New York City, the Kalahari, a luxury condo development on West 116th Street between Lenox and Fifth Avenues, is going green in more ways than one.

By Katherine Meduski | May 3 10:10 pm ET

New York State Senate, Assembly will vote on rent regulation bill

As landlords continue to buy out of affordable housing programs, low-income renters remain at risk.

By Katherine Meduski | Apr 27 10:16 pm ET

VIDEO: Columbus Village Development

By Sam Levin, Nilkanth Patel, Katherine Meduski, and Elaine Burchman | Aug 30 02:56 am ET

New housing rises in Park West Village

“I wake up every morning to this,” said Marion Billings, a resident of newly constructed properties comprising the Columbus Village development, which began in the fall of 2006.

By Katherine Meduski | Apr 23 09:51 pm ET

Low income housing at risk from rent hikes

On the densely packed island of Manhattan, it can be difficult for housing to remain affordable. Some buildings, like Morningside Apartments on 109th Street, have to fight to avoid selling out to market prices.

By Katherine Meduski | Apr 10 04:20 am ET

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