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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

March 29, 2016

Buying Into The Sexiest Real Estate

By David Reiss

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

February 26, 2016

Vacant Land in NYC

By David Reiss

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

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January 6, 2016

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

House Prices and Job Losses, Gabor Pinter, Bank of England Working Paper No. 569. The Dynamics of Adjustable-Rate Subprime Mortgage Default: A Structural Estimation, Hanming Fang, You Suk Kim & Wenli Li, PIER Working Paper No. 041. High and Low … Continue reading

December 29, 2015

Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning in NYC

By David Reiss

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer issued an analysis of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and the East New York Rezoning. It opens, In an effort to address the City’s ongoing affordable housing crisis, the New York City Planning Commission is currently … Continue reading

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December 28, 2015

What Makes NYC Crowded

By David Reiss

NewsDocVoices quoted me in What Makes NYC Become More and More Crowded. It reads, in part, Yuqiao Cen, a graduate engineering student at NYU, makes sure to shower before 10pm every night, otherwise she is criticized for making too much noise in … Continue reading

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November 27, 2015

The Marvel of NYC’s Water Supply

By David Reiss

Another school holiday, another museum. The family and I went to the Queens Museum. Although I am a lifelong New Yorker, I had never been there before. It is a great, small museum, with just a few galleries. It is … Continue reading

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November 25, 2015

Affordable New York

By David Reiss

I just came back from a great couple of exhibits at the Museum of the City of New York that would be of great interest to the readers of this blog. The first, Affordable New York: A Housing Legacy, provides … Continue reading

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November 25, 2015 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments