April 5, 2021
Rent Regulation from NY to NZ
I was interviewed by Indira Stewart on the TVNZ Breakfast show, the biggest morning news show in New Zealand, about New York City’s system of rent regulation (I serve as the Chair of the NYC Rent Guidelines Board). You can … Continue reading
April 5, 2021 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
July 10, 2019
Does Historic Preservation Limit Affordable Housing?
I answer that it can in CQ Researcher’s Historic Preservation: Can The Past Escape The Wrecking Ball? Many people fail to realize that land use policies like historic preservation involve big trade-offs. The most important one is that if you want … Continue reading
July 10, 2019 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
March 18, 2019
Skyscraper’s Future up in The Air
The New York Law Journal quoted me in Upper West Side Skyscraper’s Future Uncertain After NY State Court Ruling. The story opens, The development at 200 Amsterdam Ave. in Manhattan is slated to be the tallest building on the Upper … Continue reading
March 18, 2019 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
January 25, 2019
Protecting Small Businesses
Students in my Community Development Clinic and I have a column in the New York Law Journal, Small Business Jobs Survival Act May Have Opposite Effect. It reads, The New York City Council is considering a bill, the Small Business Jobs … Continue reading
January 25, 2019 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
December 7, 2018
Amazonian Rage in NYC
Vice quoted me in Amazon Is Bringing in Elite Lobbyists Amid Seething Rage Over HQ2. It opens, Amazon might be too big to tax, but it’s not too big to freak out. As the company tries to erect a massive headquarters in … Continue reading
December 7, 2018 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
November 26, 2018
The Hunger Games: Amazon Edition
The New York Law Journal published commentary of mine, The Hunger Games: Amazon Edition. It opens, Last week Amazon finally announced that New York and Northern Virginia would be the sites of its planned major expansion. While many are caught up … Continue reading
November 26, 2018 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 7, 2018
Property Taken by Eminent Domain Unused
I was interviewed by Mary Calvi on CBS New York in Man Wants Back Property NYC Took From His Family In 1967 (click here to watch the segment). The transcript of the segment reads, in part, There is a property battle … Continue reading
August 7, 2018 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
