November 5, 2025
VIDEO: Retrenchment and Rollback in Consumer Protection and Housing
The video for the ABA Professor’s Corner webinar on Retrenchment and Rollback: Federal Consumer Protection and Housing has been posted. Rosa Newman (Elon) moderated and I spoke alongside Kathleen Engel (Suffolk) and Julie Patterson Forrester Rogers (SMU). The session explored “the federal government’s … Continue reading
November 5, 2025 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
October 30, 2025
What’s Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Help New York City Renters?
The New York Times interviewed me in a video, What’s Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Help New York City Renters? The transcript reads, “Can you describe rent prices in New York?” “High.” “Expensive.” ”Out of control.” ”The rent here is absolutely … Continue reading
October 30, 2025 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 10, 2024
Best & Worst Places to Rent in America
I was interviewed as part of WalletHub’s Best & Worst Places to Rent in America, 2024 edition. The interview reads, What tips do you have for a person looking to get the best value in an apartment? The smartest thing … Continue reading
July 10, 2024 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
June 19, 2024
NYC Rent Guidelines Board Final Vote Interview
I was interviewed on WCBS AM’s Drive Time about the vote of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board. Click here to hear it.
June 19, 2024 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
April 2, 2024
Owning the New Yorker
I was interviewed by TV Globo, the largest broadcaster in Latin America, about Mickey Barreto who claimed to own the New Yorker hotel in Manhattan. The video is in Portuguese, but there is a rough English translation of the transcript. … Continue reading
April 2, 2024 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
October 2, 2023
How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel
New York magazine’s Curbed interviewed me for their explainer, How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel. It reads: The story of how a guy named Mickey Barreto came to own, at least on paper, the New Yorker hotel is a … Continue reading
October 2, 2023 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 14, 2023
Housing Supply and The Housing Crisis
Opportunity Now interviewed me about how limited housing construction impacts the housing crisis: Dynamic metropolitan areas like the Bay Area, LA, and New York City suffer from longstanding mismatches between the supply of housing and demand for it. Local communities … Continue reading
July 14, 2023 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
