God, Schools, Taxes

The alliance forming around Education Tax Credits could make them hard to stop, and it’s worth noting that this may be the most successful campaign by religious groups in secular New York in a while.

How religious? Well, a key meeting was held yesterday at the headquarters of the Orthodox Jewish group Agudath Israel in Read More

Developer Klein Makes a Big Bet on Waterfront

A waterfront lumberyard in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint section would seem an unlikely place for a Manhattan office developer to recover his fortune. But with his agreement to purchase a 23-acre parcel along the East River and NewtownCreekfromalocal land-owner,George Klein-whose real-estate fortunes have taken a public dive over the last severalyears, even as his political influencehas widened-plans Read More