By Daniel Geiger 1/24/12 11:08am

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1173 REBNY 116th Annual Banquet, 1.19.12

Walking the REBNY Ballroom: Hungry Brokers, Angry Lapidus

Speeches were casually ignored, drinks were spilled and bonds were formed at last Thursday’s 116th annual Real Estate Board of New York Gala, which this year drew an estimated 2,000 brokers, owners, advertising buyers and real estate reporters to the New York Hilton for an evening of conviviality, honorifics and hushed deal making. Among the fray was Commercial Observer staff writer Daniel Geiger, who during the course of the evening saw his stenopad tossed by an irate real estate broker and who unabashedly accosted Studley’s Woody Heller in the hotel’s bathroom, all for the sake of the story. Below, a timeline of gala comings and goings, from the innocuous gossip down to the downright obnoxious.  Read More

By Eliot Brown 10/28/08 2:51pm

Wylde’s Outlook on Local Economy: Not Good

The Partnership for New York City, the main advocacy group for the financial industry and major real estate owners in the city, has a less than rosy outlook for the New York City economy, particularly for the banks.

An excerpt from the prepared testimony of Kathy Wylde, the group’s president, at an Assembly hearing today: Read More

By Azi Paybarah 5/24/07 3:58pm

Congestion Pricers Question Poll

That was quick.

Supporters of congestion pricing are taking issue with the methodology of a new Quinnipiac poll which showed New Yorkers split on the issue.

“Asking people if they want to pay more to drive without explaining what they are paying for doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know,” said Read More

By Staff 2/06/07 11:07am

Spitzer Defends His Budget

One day after the mayor criticized the governor’s budget for not providing more money to New York City, Eliot Spitzer and members of the city’s business community defended the budget by contending that despite some cuts, New York City will come out ahead.

Spitzer was joined at a press conference this morning at the Read More