We were inside the West Ballroom at The Hilton New York, on the hunt for available seats when a large and friendly man sitting dead center in the front row waved us over and asked us to sit with him.
That friendly man was Bruce Ratner, head of Forest City Ratner Companies, who had no idea that he had just invited two reporters from The Commercial Observer to join him. Read More
A development firm that counts former speaker of the New York City Council Gifford Miller as a partner received city approval to rezone a portion of the Bronx for a 5-acre mixed-use property development.
The project, which is being spearheaded by the development firm Signature Urban Properties, is situated on a portion of land located along West Farms Road in the neighborhoods of Crotona Park East and West Farms. Read More
Christine Quinn is putting the finishing touches on her list of committee assignments.
One of the questions is whether or not she’ll reappoint Charles Barron as chairperson of the higher education committee. (The display by his supporters during the hearing yesterday may give her some new excuses for stripping his chairmanship.)
How he Read More
Hiram Monserrate and Joe Addabbo are two of the eight Senate Democrats who voted against same-sex marriage yesterday.
But while they were in the City Council, they twice voted in favor of extending rights to gay couples.
On August 15, 2002, Monserrate and Addabbo voted to force New York City to recognize “marriages Read More
As he’s done every year since 2006, Michael Bloomberg made a list of his priorities for the city, conveniently outlined on a plastic business card, which he distributed to the city’s rich and powerful at a luncheon in midtown earlier today.
It encourages those folks to mention these particular issues when, inevitably, lawmakers from Read More
As he's done every year since 2006, Michael Bloomberg made a list of his priorities for the city, conveniently outlined on a plastic business card, which he distributed to the city's rich and powerful at a luncheon in midtown earlier today.
It encourages those folks to mention these particular issues when, Read More
Michael Bloomberg will be the featured speaker at an April 6 N.Y.U. event focusing on the financial challenges faced by nonprofit organizations in this economic climate.
It should be interesting for a number of reasons, the foremost being that Bloomberg gives away more money to charity than pretty much anyone.
He’s also profited Read More
Michael Bloomberg will be the featured speaker at an April 6 N.Y.U. event focusing on the financial challenges faced by nonprofit organizations in this economic climate.
It should be interesting for a number of reasons, the foremost being that Bloomberg gives away more money to charity than pretty much anyone.
He’s also Read More
City Comptroller Bill Thompson just released an audit that found the City Council under its previous speaker, Gifford Miller, violated the City Charter and its own internal regulations when it came to mailings, "spending $1.67 million for printing without entering into formal contracts,"
The report, which I haven't read yet in its entirety, is Read More
This may be a quiet time when it comes to campaigning, but may also be the best time to get a new political company off the ground.
Earlier this month, 26-year-old lobbyist George Fontas founded New Gotham Strategies, LLC. Fontas said his campaign consulting gig will be completely separate from Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
