As senior director of suburbs for Reckson, a division of SL Green, John Barnes is one of the region’s most prolific brokers, in both Westchester and Fairfield counties. Mr. Barnes, 44, spoke with The Commercial Observer about how each region has weathered the downturn, positive indicators and what they’re showing, and the deals in his pipeline.
Eliot Spitzer speaks at the Civil Service Employees Association Convention at the Sheraton Hotel.
Coalition for the Homeless holds a briefing on an increase in family homelessness in New York City at their Fulton Street headquarters.
A demonstration and rally against waterfront development will be held at 2201 Avenue U in Brooklyn.
Transportation Alternatives releases Read More
Jeanine Pirro just sent out an intriguing release saying that she “will discuss an official investigation into her personal life” at 4:30 in midtown.
Ben has more on the investigation here. It seems that she may have done what any law and order candidate would have done with a law-ignoring husband: tap his phone. Read More
Monday’s Times Op-Ed contained a powerful ad in the righthand corner. Headlined “How to Befriend the Muslim World” and written by a Leonard Greene, it decried the invasion of Iraq and called for humanitarian aid to win hearts and minds in Arab countries.
“Most Muslims are not terrorists, and the vast majority do not Read MoreHillary‘s complicated position on the war, her venture into flag-burning legislation, and the general sense that she’s suddenly heading out in a number of different directions produce a pretty automatic result for reporters, including this one: call some of her supporters, and see if they’ll trash her.
The lesson of the week, though, is Read More
Jeanine Pirro’s husband can’t seem to catch a break.
His legal problems in the past, he let on not long ago that he planned to join the Independence Party, in an apparent bid to help get his wife that line.
And here’s today’s news out of the Westchester County Independence Party:
“WHITE PLAINS — Read More
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Jeanine Pirro’s choice may not make for a best-selling book-as Hillary’s Choice did in 2000-but on the summer stage of New York politics, she’s playing the role of Hamlet.
The Westchester District Attorney is choosing between a tough campaign for the job of State Attorney General and a dramatic, perhaps kamikaze race for Read More
26 October 2003
I leave the city, traveling northward by train to the hamlet of White Plains, N.Y., where I hope to borrow a few bucks from an old college pal. After he fails to show at the appointed street corner, I find myself at a bookstore curiously named Borders. Naturally, I gravitate toward the Read More
