When the city brokered a $201 million deal to sell the Riverton in 2015, officials touted it as a major victory. A&E Real Estate Holdings pledged to keep nearly 1,000 units in the Harlem housing complex affordable for 30 years, in exchange for hefty tax breaks. One of the officials at the center of the deal, James Patchett, said he spent a lot of time with tenants before approaching the developers. “I really felt like … [more]