September 11, 2014
Reiss on the $1M Parking Spot
Law360 quoted me in NYC’s $1M Parking Spot Shows Appetite For Luxury (behind a paywall).It opens, Atlas Capital Group LLC caused a buzz Wednesday with its listing of a parking space in a condominium building in SoHo for $1 million, … Continue reading
September 11, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
September 10, 2014
Is NYC Rent Too Damn High?!?
Husock and Armlovich of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research have posted an Issue Brief, New York’s Rent Burdened Households: Recalculating the Total, Finding a Better Solution. The brief makes some important points, but they are almost lost because of … Continue reading
September 10, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
September 8, 2014
Industry City in Brooklyn
Some readers of the blog may be interested in this upcoming event at Brooklyn Law School, sponsored by the Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship (CUBE): Presentation by Andrew Kimball Director, Innovation Economy Initiatives, Jamestown and CEO, Industry City About the … Continue reading
September 8, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
September 5, 2014
Planning and Protesting at the Brooklyn Book Festival
I will be moderating a panel at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 21st at 10am in the Brooklyn Law School Moot Courtroom. The panel is Planning and Protesting: Cities Evolve! With the city constantly evolving, each major … Continue reading
September 5, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 29, 2014
Compact Units: Mountain or Molehill?
NYU’s Furman Center has posted a short Research Brief, Compact Units: Demand and Challenges. The brief notes that there is no formal definition of a compact or micro unit of housing, but the term is typically used to refer to … Continue reading
August 29, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 28, 2014
Location Affordability in NYC
Following up on two earlier posts (here and here) about Citizens Budget Commission policy briefs on housing affordability, I turn to a third one, Location Affordability in Large U.S. Cities. As a refresher, “Location affordability recognizes that the costs of … Continue reading
August 28, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 25, 2014
Location Affordability
Following up on an earlier post on NYC’s (Affordable) Housing Crisis, I turn to the Citizen Budget Commission’s report on Housing Affordability Versus Location Affordability. The report opens, How much more would you pay for an apartment just a short … Continue reading
August 25, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
