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Forget “location, location, location.” Real estate is basically ‘location, bedrooms and bathrooms’. When I bought a condo unit in Brooklyn in a converted single-family home, I noticed that the developer had placed the bathrooms back to back in the middle of each floor. Why? Having two baths is good for marketing. But we were left […]
Rental vouchers are one of the few things that tenants and landlords agree on. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, not so much. And it cost him some bad press. “Mamdani reverses campaign promise to expand rental assistance” is the sort headline from the New York Times That feels like a blow to a mayor. Gothamist had the […]
Zohran Mamdani wants more rental vouchers, but would he actually make them easy to use as mayor? This requires administrative skills, an eye for detail and tenacity. So far, no mayor has been willing, let alone able, to reform the bureaucracy that keeps apartments from failing inspection for the most infuriating reasons. As one landlord […]
