Any good development firm worth its salt has got to have a former City Hall staffer or two on hand to navigate the bureaucracy. Last month, Brookfield Properties sent its latest government hire, Joshua Sirefman, into a meeting to help present the company’s multi-billion dollar plan for the West Side rail yards to Read More
Joshua Sirefman, the chairman of the city’s Industrial Development Agency, indicated that the tax breaks for Hudson Yards would likely pass pretty much as proposed. “I don’t think it will change much,” he said after this morning’s 45-minute hearing on the $650 million in incentives, although he added that the public’s comments would be Read More
Joshua Sirefman is returning to the Economic Development Corporation as interim president, filling the spot left by Andrew Alper, who officially left June 2. The interim part is bit mystifying–Sirefman was chief operating officer of the E.D.C. for a while before becoming chief of staff to Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, such that he Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
