Occupational hazard: Mistaken for a Mamdani fan

July 9, 2025 / no comments

In politics today, everyone assumes you’re on one team or the other. So you can imagine what happened when I wrote a column headlined, “Mamdani poised to help real estate in several ways. No, really.” A number of people unfamiliar with my work assumed I was a Mamdani fan telling real estate people that everything […]

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Judge says Charles Cohen can sell buildings himself for $187M bill — for now

July 9, 2025 / no comments

Charles Cohen has eeked out a little breathing room.  The billionaire developer is facing a $187 million judgment to his lender, Fortress Credit, after defaulting on a half-billion-dollar loan portfolio. A state judge on Monday put off the decision to appoint a receiver to sell Cohen’s Midtown office buildings, allowing him to manage the sales […]

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