New York is in the midst of one of the most severe housing crises in history. More than 130,000 residents are experiencing homelessness in our city alone, and thousands more find themselves ...

If you’re trying to defeat a bill, it’s wise to craft a narrative with heroes and villains. You’ll want to highlight sympathetic victims and undeserving beneficiaries of the measure, should it pass.

New York lawmakers have dropped efforts to cap rent increases on ground-lease co-ops, but owners aren’t celebrating. The state legislature is instead moving forward with an amended bill that gives ...

State lawmakers are again attempting to pass legislation that amounts to a giveaway for wealthy real estate investors under the guise of protecting the middle class. State Sen. Liz Krueger and ...

Carnegie House, a mid-tier white-brick building from the 1960s, has a ground lease on West 57th Street, now one of the priciest strips in the city. Photo: Highline Residential In the decade since real ...

There has been press recently about co-operative buildings on ground leases, where land ownership is separate from building ownership. The co-op does not own its land but “rents” it from the actual ...

New York continues to face a dire housing crisis. The severe shortage of affordable homes disproportionately impacts low and middle-income families. Yet, rather than focusing on legislation that will ...

Today’s challenging economic conditions, including unpredictable capital markets, higher-for-longer interest rates and elevated construction costs, have made it more difficult to get commercial real ...