August 2, 2016
Tax Liens and Affordable Housing
NYU’s Furman Center has released a Data Brief, Selling the Debt: Properties Affected by the Sale of New York City Tax Liens. It opens, When properties in New York City accrue taxes or assessments, those debts become liens against the … Continue reading
August 2, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
June 24, 2016
Urban Income Inequality
The union-affiliated Economic Policy Institute has released a report, Income Inequality in the U.S. by State, Metropolitan Area, and County. The report finds that The rise in inequality in the United States, which began in the late 1970s, continues in the … Continue reading
June 24, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
June 22, 2016
Walkers in the City
The Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at The George Washington School of Business has released Foot Traffic Ahead: Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America’s Largest Metros for 2016. The Executive Summary opens, The end of sprawl is in sight. … Continue reading
June 22, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
June 17, 2016
New Housing and Displacement
The Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley has issued a research brief, Housing Production, Filtering and Displacement: Untangling the Relationships. It opens, Debate over the relative importance of subsidized and market-rate housing production in alleviating the current housing crisis … Continue reading
June 17, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
May 10, 2016
Gentrification in NYC
The NYU Furman Center released its annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods (2015). This year’s report focused on gentrification: “Gentrification” has become the accepted term to describe neighborhoods that start off predominantly occupied by households of relatively low … Continue reading
May 10, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
March 29, 2016
Buying Into The Sexiest Real Estate
Newsmax quoted me in How to Buy and Sell in the Sexiest of Real Estate Markets. It opens, With the opening of the 7 subway station at 34th Street last year, more than 100 shops and 5,000 residences, the Hudson Yards neighborhood … Continue reading
March 29, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
February 26, 2016
Vacant Land in NYC
NYC Comptroller Stringer has released an Audit Report on the Development of City-Owned Vacant Lots by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Stringer has taken some cheap shots on Mayor DeBlasio’s housing plans before (here for … Continue reading
February 26, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
