Category : REBNY Watch

Last month, Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature adopted their eighth consecutive timely budget. The spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year deals with many critical issues that directly and indirectly impact our industry. The Real Estate Board of New York was engaged on a number of these...

The changing retail landscape is a hot topic right now, and as that discussion continues, there is no better time for the Real Estate Board of New York to honor the best and brightest deal makers in the industry through our 20th Annual Retail Deal of the Year Awards competition....

Census data can be used to make future projections, which will help attract new businesses, inform new investment, and help create a better New York City that can serve the needs of each and every citizen – now and in the years to come.

In recent years, we have seen dramatic changes to neighborhoods in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn. It was only a matter of time before the Bronx followed in those footsteps.

By John H. Banks Last week, I participated in the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce’s panel discussion about New York City’s property tax system. The event was hosted by New York University and featured some of New York’s leading thinkers on this important topic: Finance Commissioner Jacques Jiha; former Finance Commissioner...

New Yorkers are uniquely passionate and filled with ideas for how to make their city a better place to live, work, and raise a family. No group in the city is a finer example of this spirit than the members of the Real Estate Board of New York.

At the 122nd Annual REBNY Banquet on January 18, 2018 at the New York Hilton, we will honor Joanne Podell with the prestigious Louis Smadbeck Memorial Broker Recognition Award. The award celebrates a commercial broker with exceptional personal and professional integrity, leadership, prominence in the brokerage community, and service to...

Elected officials must take steps to ease our housing crisis, even if it means taking a political risk in standing up to the ‘Not In My Back Yard’ crowd.