Posted by Leonard Steinberg on April 17th, 2014 In this morning’s POST an article addresses the concerns of activist Reverend Dennis Dillon that Mayor De Blasio’s administration is not as diverse as the City and doesn’t reflect its composition: African-Americans account for about 23% of New York City’s population, and make up 26% of the… [Read More]
CRAZY CONTRADICTIONS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on December 14th, 2013 Today is indeed a day of ironies and contradictions: We learned that Desmond Tutu was snubbed from the Mandela funeral for being possibly the only true un-biased, genuinely honest critic of all things bad, including both the disgraceful Apartheid regime as well as the equally corrupted ANC… [Read More]
TALE-OF-2-REAL-ESTATE-TAX-CITIES: DE BLASIO TO GRACIE MANSION
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on December 12th, 2013 Some are chattering with disdain at the recent announcement that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will be moving into Gracie Mansion from his home in Park Slope: While the mansion is certainly beautiful, 12 years ago its possible that some would have thought Mike Bloomberg chose not to… [Read More]
DE BLASIO LUXURY CONDOMINIUM TAX REVENUE WINDFALL
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on November 13th, 2013 Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio may be thanking the creators and buyers of luxury condominiums soon: Over the next 24 months, the City and State of New York stands to collect close to a half a billion dollars in taxes from the construction and delivery of roughly… [Read More]
NEW YORK OBSERVER GUEST EDITORIAL
Posted on November 12th, 2013 Click here to read the NEW YORK OBSERVER ‘GUEST EDITORIAL‘ on why Leonard Steinberg supported Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio: Here it is….. http://observer.com/2013/11/bill-de-blasio-the-mayor-of-fairness/
LANDSLIDE VICTORY MANDATE?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on November 6th, 2013 Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is talking today about how the City has given him a mandate to push his agenda forward because of his impressive winning margins. This may be so on the surface, but further analysis proves otherwise. So, Mayor-elect Mr. de Blasio, please consider the… [Read More]
LUXURYLETTER IN TODAYS NEW YORK TIMES!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on November 3rd, 2013 LUXURYLETTER De Blasio editorial in this morning’s New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/nyregion/reconsidering-view-of-de-blasio-as-threat-to-the-wealthy.html
LUXOFLATION HITS HONG KONG: LUXURY REAL ESTATE PRICES ESTIMATED TO DROP 25%
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on October 28th, 2013 Hong Kong is seeing signs of the effects of what I call LUXOFLATION…..the inflated inflation of pricing on the very high end of the real estate market. The frenzy to buy real estate in Hong Kong is significantly more crazy than Manhattan’s recent flurry of activity: A new… [Read More]
KISS THE RING: DE BLASIO SPEAKS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on October 24th, 2013 I went to a fundraiser for New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio last night in a very fancy Upper East Side townhouse full of (mostly)Republican real estate big-wigs….wow, what a crowd! Hearing de Blasio speak was heartening in some ways as he seems to geniuniely care… [Read More]