Steven Spinola spoke at the Harvard Club

The Real Estate Board of New York is pulling together business groups
across the state with the intention of fighting proposed tax increases
in New York, said Steven Spinola, the group’s president, at an event
last night. Spinola said REBNY and other business associations need to be more
active in their opposition to real estate and other tax increases. “The business community needs to be more vocal. That is us and that is
every business person. We are being drowned out by demands for ‘tax the
rich,’ ‘millionaire’s taxes,’ ‘tax businesses’ and provide services,”
Spinola said, “and we have to stand up and basically say that is not
going to work.” [more]