A culprit of housing crisis: rent control laws
To resolve high rent and low vacancy in the city that has decreasing population, one must examine why there is a supply problem through the housing pipeline from construction, marketing,…
Mass parole for CHNV plagued without meaningful enforcement
Started by the Biden Administration on October 19, 2022 for Venezuelans followed by Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans on January 9, 2023, it was meant to humanitarian parole “orderly pathways to…
Migrants costs: $5 billion and 75% of crime
What else is the city not telling us?
City should drill more groundwater monitoring sites!
The City has about 150 old groundwater check sites. Now that flooding is more problematic, new sites to monitor should be drilled. Homeowners who takes action where City or State…
How NY’s $6 billion CDPAP Medicaid program has been abused, overused for years
New Yorkers with zero healthcare experience are allowed to care for their elderly or disabled relatives and friends — potentially earning more than $43,000 a year — under a $6…
$15K broker fee for a rent-stabilized apartment is a consequence of Albany’s rent protection laws
There are nearly 657,993 rent stabilized dwelling units in the City of New York (page 149). When Housing Stability & Tenant Protection Act of 2019 was passed (page 108), the…
Fixing migrant crisis by giving them jobs, money and no jail?
A pilot program of $53 million for 500 families that will expand if successful. How can free money fail? Lowering the bar working for the State of New York means…
Real estate tax reform: All talk, no action.
City Comptroller Brad Lander is collecting an email list. There is no plan of action. If you are a senior earning no more than $58,399, your property tax could be…
Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Exemption
Local governments and school districts in New York State can opt to grant a reduction on the amount of property taxes paid by qualifying senior citizens. This is accomplished by…
When Democrats have a supermajority…
Even the Democrat Governor could not be effective on the last day (June 8) of the State legislature. Housing as an example… Any hope of substantive housing policy coming out…