Jonathan LaMantia

1 week ago | newsday.com | Jonathan LaMantia

The New York Attorney General's Office on Thursday asked a Suffolk County Supreme Court judge to halt the eviction of an East Hampton family while the office investigates fraud allegations against a local real estate investor. Assistant Attorney General Tashi Lhewa appeared in court Thursday in Riverhead to argue a motion to freeze the eviction of Juan Amon and his family.

1 week ago | newsday.com | Jonathan LaMantia |Belisa Morillo

Juan Amon says he purchased a Victorian-style home in the Springs section of East Hampton for $800,000 in 2020. It was the home of Amon's 14-year-old son John's dreams, with multiple floors and an in-ground pool in the backyard. "All our efforts, and all our money is invested in there," Amon said Wednesday, speaking in Spanish. "It’s all I have." But one day last summer, when his parents weren't home, Amon's son answered a knock on the door.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Jonathan LaMantia

Home prices in Nassau County began to level off in April, even as they kept surging in Suffolk County, according to new data from OneKey MLS. The median home price among single-family homes sold in Nassau County increased 3.3% to $790,000 in April compared with the previous year, which was a slower rate of growth than the 12.6% annual growth rate a year earlier. The median price in Nassau fell from $820,000 in March.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Jonathan LaMantia

A former employee of a Long Island nonprofit that investigates housing discrimination alleges in a federal lawsuit she experienced workplace discrimination and faced retaliation after making complaints to senior leaders. JaNeen West, who worked as a fair housing investigator at Long Island Housing Services in Bohemia, claimed in the suit that an employee at the nonprofit made derogatory comments about women to her.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Jonathan LaMantia

At a recent open house in Bethpage, Shawn Rahman walked through a gray-sided Colonial with a backyard and a driveway that he never had growing up in Queens. Rahman, a 28-year-old accountant from Astoria, envisions the day when he won't have to spend time searching for parking after running a quick errand. Plus, he's heard positive things about the area's Island Trees School District from his cousin, who moved to the area in February. Rahman and his wife are expecting their first child in December.