Predictions are hard. Especially about the future. I’m not sure if Yogi Berra actually said that, but it’s particularly true for elected officials talking about real estate, a topic they think they understand but don’t. State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal said in November 2021 that the Soho/Noho rezoning would invite an influx of big-box stores. The rezoning was approved weeks later. Have you noticed any big-box stores opening in Soho and Noho? City Comptroller Brad Lander managed to get the New York Times to publish his op-ed in 2020 saying the pandemic would trigger a wave of multifamily foreclosures, so the […]

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