November 22, 2013
Reiss on Urban Planning Legacy of the Bloomberg Administration
The BLS Real Estate Society is sponsoring The Zoning and Urban Planning Legacy of the Bloomberg Administration on Monday, November 25th from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge on the first floor of Brooklyn Law School, 250 … Continue reading
November 22, 2013 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 19, 2013
3 Housing Riddles For De Blasio
I wrote an op ed for Law360,com that was posted today. While it is behind a paywall on Law360, it reads in full as follows: 3 Housing Riddles For De Blasio As Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio is making the transition … Continue reading
November 19, 2013 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 18, 2013
Fannie and Freddie in Play?
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP has joined Bruce Berkowitz’s Fairholme Capital Management LLC in seeking to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. News reports indicate that Pershing Square owns about ten percent of the common shares of each … Continue reading
November 18, 2013 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 14, 2013
Reiss on Future of Frannie at Urban Land Institute
I will be on an Urban Land Institute panel on November 21st, The Future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The panel will seek to shed some more light on the road ahead for the GSEs and their impact on … Continue reading
November 14, 2013 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 8, 2013
Reiss on Risk Management
Law360.com interviewed me in Banks Caught In Middle Of Regulators’ Fair-Lending Pursuits (behind a paywall). The article reads in part, Federal and state regulators are increasingly enlisting banks in their pursuit of fair-lending and other violations at payday and auto … Continue reading
November 8, 2013 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 7, 2013
Affordable Housing in the De Blasio Era
Mayoral candidate de Blasio’s position on affordable housing policy can be found here. The key points include: Require developers to build some affordable housing when they build in neighborhoods that have been upzoned (mandatory inclusionary zoning) Direct $1 billion in … Continue reading
November 7, 2013 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
November 6, 2013
Reiss on Mayor De Blasio’s Plans for Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning
Law360.com interviewed me about Mayor-Elect de Blasio’s plans for mandatory inclusionary zoning in NYC Real Estate Faces Less Friendly Market Under De Blasio (behind a paywall). It reads in part: One of the biggest and most controversial pieces of de … Continue reading
November 6, 2013 in Regulation | Permalink | No Comments
