The New York Building Congress and our ambitious vision for the future of New York
By Ralph Esposito and Carlo A. Scissura New York City is facing a critical moment in its history, and the eyes of the world are...
Category : Opinion
Tax saving transactions every broker should know about
By Jahn S. Brodwin & Scott Drago, FTI Consulting, Inc. High-value real estate deals bring high-dollar tax liability, driving commercial property owners to seek ways...
Demolition one of last ways to deregulate a building
By Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman With the passage in June, 2019 of the HSTPA, owners are desperately seeking ways out of rent regulation...
Real estate community should prepare now for just cause eviction
By Douglas P. Heller, Counsel,Real Estate Department, Herrick, Feinstein As Just Cause eviction legislation gains popularity in New York State, the real estate community needs...
Report: Rent burden impacting more $75,000-a-year earners
By Chris Herbert, Joint Center for Housing Rental market conditions in the United States have changed fundamentally since the Great Recession, according to America’s Rental...
Why new brownfield designation is good news for Brooklyn industry
By Jakub Nowak, Marcus & Millichap On December 17th of last year, the New York Department of State designated a 721-acre area in North Brooklyn’s...
Looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities coming in 2020
By Daniel M. Bernstein, Esq. Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. 2019 was a critical year for NYC real estate operators, developers, lenders and investors. Legal changes...
Old could be new again as city grapples with its growing population
By Joe Aquino, president, JAACRES What’s 8.5 miles long, hardly talked about, and last used by commuters in the late 1990s? That’s right: the Lower...
Affordable housing crisis: The problem we need to solve
There were a lot of positives for New York City in the last 10 years. Population rose as citizens from around the world flocked to...
OPINION: The inside views that had our readers talking last year
The following are excerpts from our most-read opinion pieces of 2019. You can submit your views to editor@rew-online.com for consideration. To see these and other...