A search was conducted for almost eight hours, well beyond the time officials calculated anyone could survive in the 40-degree water.

The owners of Starrett City, the country’s largest federally subsidized housing complex, have abandoned their heady dream of selling the property for more than a billion dollars.

The owners of Starrett City, the country’s largest federally subsidized housing complex, have abandoned their heady dream of selling the property for more than a billion dollars.

The owners of Starrett City, the Jamaica Bay complex that is the nation’s largest federally subsidized housing development, are negotiating with the finalist in the bidding to buy the property.

Four groups submitted their final offers for the sprawling Starrett City housing complex on Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn on Thursday.

The National Parks Service estimated that about 190 abandoned vessels had been left to rot in the 25,000 acres that make up Jamaica Bay.

The on-again, off-again sale of Starrett City, a complex of 46 brick towers with 5,881 apartments, promises to be one of the biggest real estate deals of the year.

In a second round of bidding for Starrett City, eight groups submitted bids that were substantially lower than a failed $1.3 billion offer made last year for the working- and middle-class enclave in Brooklyn.

The owners of Starrett City housing complex have reached an agreement with government officials that would ensure it remains affordable to working and middle-class families.

From a Good Humor truck to a human torso, the Army Corps of Engineers hauls thousands of cubic tons of peculiar debris from the waterways around New York.