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New York Just Gave Nonprofits First Dibs on 2,100 Buildings. Sellers Need a New Timeline.

New York’s Council passed a narrower COPA bill covering roughly 2,100 distressed buildings. The measure still needs the mayor’s signature, the report notes.

New York Just Gave Nonprofits First Dibs on 2,100 Buildings. Sellers Need a New Timeline.

Photo: Daryan Shamkhali / Unsplash. Illustrative stock photograph; not a property or company discussed in this article. New York just changed the rules for selling one of the city's hardest-to-sell kinds of buildings. On Oct. 22, the City Council passed the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, known as COPA, by a 38-9 vote with two abstentions, according to The Real Deal. Mayor Zohran Mamdani supports the bill and has said he looks forward to signing it. As of the latest…

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