In their words... “The rent is too damn high because the laws are too damn stupid.”
The funniest and most insightful comments on real estate
“If a worker comes on to a construction site, drunk as a skunk and stoned on cocaine, and falls out a window, I’m liable.” Developer Uri Kaufman of Harmony Group, on how the state’s scaffold law is bad for business.
Real estate attorney Stephen Meister, on how the city’s rent-stabilization and rent-control laws are to blame for the city’s housing shortage and exorbitant rents.
Sources: Crain’s, Capital New York, Albany Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, the New York Times.
“I augmented my work to reflect my emotions at that moment.” “They have a completely different DNA from the rest of us.” Prime Manhattan Residential’s
Rober Dankner, on the buying preferences of young tech millionaires.
“No nudes is good nudes.” ReMax’s
Lyn Sims, on the wisdom of removing risqué artwork when showing off a home.
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Black House Development’s Sean Ludwick, confessing to breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and drawing penises on his own artwork, originally painted during better times in their relationship.
“It’s become the little Madison Avenue of Soho.”
“The question is: Can the toothpaste be put back in the tube?” First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, on whether the Port Authority will be able to clean up its act after the “Bridgegate” scandal.
“First Avenue is not a sin.” Town Residential’s Ginger Brokaw, on how the Second Avenue subway is making the Far Upper East Side an in-demand neighborhood.
Douglas Elliman retail guru Faith
Hope Consolo,
on Greene Street’s new status as a retail hotspot.
“New York City may find itself being shrinkwrapped in the de Blasio administration.” NYU Law professor Rick Hill, on how Bloomberg-era rezonings may not leave sufficient room for growth.
“Whatever Tony can do, we can do better.” Durst Organization’s Douglas Durst, on putting LED lights on One Bryant Park and Four Times Square well before Anthony Malkin introduced them at the Empire State Building.