Real Estate licensing did not require continuing education. Now reciprocity is lost because of it.
New York State Real Property Law On December 21, 2021, New York Real Property Law section 442-h (rules of the Secretary of State relating to real estate brokers and salespersons) was amended to require, in part, that real estate brokers “institute standardized operating procedures for the prerequisites prospective homebuyers must meet prior to receiving any … Read more
You can repair sidewalk, but you can’t cut tree roots!
Owner at 96-09 72 Road has permission and paid uneven sidewalk repairs, but the City would not allow him to cut the tree roots that causing further damage on his property.
Poor road repairs and broken sidewalk at 66 Road off 108 Street
Even the speed bump is placed at the wrong location, and useless!
Residential Permit Parking – Albany’s style is wrong.
State Senator Michael Gianaris is focusing on money for the MTA instead of helping residents to fix time wasted problem.
Registration of Buildings Prohibiting AirBnB opens March 6, 2023!
New York City Local Law 18 of 2022 effective March 6, 2023 allows landlords to prohibit AirBnB tenants with a simple email, contact and address; but host registration requires confidential and lease information!
Should Austin Street in Forest Hills be car free?
Pedro Rodriguez of “Neighbors for a Safer Austin Street” between Yellowstone Boulevard and Ascan Avenue submitted a petition before Community Board 6, which was adopted on February 23, 2023. President of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce, Leslie Brown, believes it would interrupt and hurt businesses and their customers.
Another Albany bureaucracy: NYC Public Housing Preservation Trust
Another law that sounds great! Where is it one year later? How about the NYCHA repairs? Even the politicians don’t care about the laws they authored. The $515K NYCHA Chairperson Gregory Russ left. Statement from Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz or State Senator Julia Salazar?
Albany wants to change taxes on cannabis…
If it’s complicated, why legalized it? Do you think those 1,500 or so stores selling cannabis unlicensed, unregulated, crime-targets pay taxes, irregardless of whatever rules imposed by Albany? Unlike cigarettes and alcohol, why is there no “card” enforcement for those selling to people under the age of 21?