From the February issue:
Commercial real estate broker and mayoral hopeful Paul Massey raised $1.6 million in campaign donations over the last six months, outraising Mayor Bill de Blasio by $600K and becoming the most well-financed Republican challenger in the 2017 race, according to DNAInfo and Politico. Commercial property owners are facing a heavier tax burden under Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Wall Street Journal reported. City Council members last month introduced a package of 18 bills to ramp up security measures on construction sites, Crain’s New York Business reported. Amid concerns of classroom overcrowding, a group of parent advocates in Manhattan’s largest school district is calling on Mayor de Blasio to make developers pitch in funding for school construction, DNAinfo reported. [more]
Government briefs: Washington’s housing policy crisis, soaring commercial property taxes … & more
