Hochul has conflict with husband’s casino company
Having ascended to governor-in-waiting status, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is pondering how to separate herself from state decisions affecting...
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Albany passes good cause eviction bill. Tenant advocates vow rest of NY is next
First Albany, next the entire state? That is the hope of tenant advocates encouraged by the passage of a...
News Analysis
Congress came through. Why is real estate not satisfied?
It’s not the $2.2 trillion that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wanted, but the $900 billion federal aid package approved...
News Analysis
This election isn’t over: Real estate hanging on NY vote count
“The voters have spoken,” Republican Mike Martucci said, declaring victory in one of the New York state Senate races...
What Albany’s socialist shakeup means for real estate
Socialists proved this summer that they can win elections in New York City. But can they pass bills in...
Lawmakers skip #CancelRent in favor of more modest bills
State legislators are back in action, but their cancel-rent bills are not. Lawmakers are tabling the controversial bills and...
After Palisades Center, 4 more Pyramid Group malls head to special servicing
A quartet of Pyramid Group malls in Upstate New York have gone into special servicing after the firm requested...
“Amazon killer” Gianaris wants to overhaul subsidy programs that could have net billions for HQ2
State lawmakers are looking to drastically scale back a pair of outer borough subsidy programs that became huge points of contention during Amazon’s attempted...
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Small Talk: Real Estate Predictions for 2020
As everyone already knows, the biggest real estate story of 2019 was the August debut of Small Talk in...
Five ways that Albany could punish real estate in 2020
Real estate interests got a butt-kicking in Albany this year — but state legislators might not be done. The...