Posted on June 12th, 2013 New York Mayor Bloomberg called for a $20 billion system of flood walls, levees and other measures to protect vulnerable regions from storms and the effects of climate change. A 400-page report outlines 250 concrete recommendations for how to confront the risks we face, and build a stronger, more resilient city. As… [Read More]
RATINGS-OBSESSED WORLD
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 8th, 2013 We live in a ratings-obsessed world: is the only way to achieve strong ratings these days through extremes? American Idol’s ratings soar when a contestant is discovered to have been jailed in their past, not because they sing well. People love those Mob Wife’s when they get into… [Read More]
BACK ON THE MARKET!! 173 Perry St #3N
Located in the prime West Village on the PLATINUM COAST, the community of celebrated buildings fronting the magnificent Hudson River Park, this full floor apartment bathed in light boasts inspiring views of the park, river and skyline.Enter this private floor, two bedroom, two-and-one-half bathroom residence located in the prime, full service condominium designed by the… [Read More]
INTEREST RATES ABOVE 4%: WILL THIS IMPACT THE RECOVERY?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 5th, 2013 The Wall Street Journal asks the question whether rising interest rates could stop the improving housing markets in the USA. Interest rates have climbed past 4% in the past month. The truth of the housing market is that in the hardest hit areas, prices fell so low… [Read More]
WALL STREET RESCUES THE HOUSING MARKET CRASH WITH PRIVATE STIMULUS?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 4th, 2013 Did large Wall Street firms save the crashed housing markets in the USA with PRIVATE STIMULUS? Some would say yes. Large investment firms have spent billions of dollars throughout 2012 buying homes in some of the nation’s most depressed markets. The influx has been so great, and… [Read More]
BUSHWICK WAS HOT THIS WEEKEND: AP CAFE OPENS ON TROUTMAN
Posted on June 2nd, 2013 Bushwick, the uber-cool artists neighborhood a few stops past Williamsburg on the ‘L’ train, sweltered in the heat this weekend with an Artist’s open studio event. Hundreds of artists opened their studio doors to visitors……and while it was hot outside, it was even hotter inside. There certainly was some wonderful… [Read More]
WHERE ARE THE EDITORS?
Posted on June 1st, 2013 We live in a world where the volume of content that is growing at an excessive rate. In real estate land the volume of information is overwhelming: much of it is not fact-checked, and claims can be made that are not true, especially on the web. The same is seen… [Read More]
AS US HOME PRICES SURGE THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT TAKES HOLD: IS THE CONSUMER BEAST BACK?
Posted on May 29th, 2013 As more hard evidence emerges that the housing market is indeed experiencing a significant country-wide recovery, new data shows how impacting this is on the overall economy, fueling confidence and spending and off-setting other less-than-great economic news. In a consumer-driven economy, a confident consumer (with improved net worth because of… [Read More]
NEW YORK: ARE PARKING TICKETS DISGUISED TAXATION?
Posted on May 27th, 2013 Have you noticed how inefficient the systems of New York are in the area of deliveries? A good chunk of traffic congestion can be attributed to delivery trucks double parking and blocking the flow of traffic: why does the City not enforce delivery parking bays within certain hours so that trucks… [Read More]
BLOOMBERG'S TAXI FIGHT IS THE RIGHT FIGHT – PLEASE REPLACE THE CABS OF NEW YORK!
The NEW YORK POST continued its attack on Mayor Bloomberg who claimed yesterday he doesn’t remember unloading an f-bomb-laced tirade on a taxi-fleet kingpin during a Knick game last week. Taxi Club Management CEO Gene Freidman, who won a legal challenge to Bloomberg’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” based on a technicality requiring more Hybrid cabs, told The… [Read More]