Posted by Leonard Steinberg on April 6th, 2012 Do you pay a half or a third of the rent for the same apartment as your next door neighbor? Well, in New York there are some antiquated laws that allow this insanity (paid for by landlords, yet protected by some politicians whose only goal is re-election)…. [Read More]
THE FIFTEEN PERCENTERS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 19th, 2011 So Mitt Romney has revealed (shockingly!) that he pays about 15% in federal income taxes: Is this not common amongst a small country club of the very wealthy? Surely this item reveals to all that in the ONE PERCENT there are very different classes too. And will… [Read More]
CHARLIE RANGEL AND RENT CONTROL
While aggressive evictions are reducing the number of rent-stabilized apartments in New York, Representative Charles B. Rangel enjoys 4 of them, including 3 adjacent units on the 16th floor overlooking Upper Manhattan in a building owned by one of New York’s premier real estate developers. The Harlem building where Representative Charles B. Rangel has four rent-stabilized units…. [Read More]