Article: NEW YORK: Wall Street Woes Outdo the Mortgage Mess.

While some parts of the country have suffered the effects of the subprime mortgage meltdown in terms of increased foreclosures and declining property values, New York is feeling an even greater impact from Wall Street's woes.

Less than year ago, the seemingly endless good news for New York City's economy and conservative fiscal management earned Gotham upgrades from the big three rating agencies. Today the picture has changed dramatically as investment banks that are either headquartered in or have sizeable operations in the city have written down billions of dollars of assets.

The bubble burst on the booming national real estate market last year as ...

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