How the City Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Wall Street
The Bloomberg administration is bullish on the future of Wall Street. Yes, really. Bob Lieber, the deputy mayor for economic development and a former Lehman Brothers executive himself (he left when...
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Lieber: Wall Street Jobs, If Not Revenue, Will Be Fine
The Bloomberg administration is bullish on the future of Wall Street. Yes, really. Bob Lieber, the deputy mayor for economic development and a former Lehman Brothers executive himself (he left when...
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Michael Bloomberg’s Two Favorite Mega-Projects
In the universe of the city budget, cuts are everywhere. Nowhere was this more apparent than the city’s capital budget, the decade-long plan that pays for new parks, schools, firehouses, infrastructure...
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The Busiest Man in New York Real Estate
Gary Barnett wrote a letter. It was nine paragraphs and it circulated earlier this year to people like Michael Bloomberg, David Axelrod and Larry Summers. “Even someone with a good job today is afraid...
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Four Years Hard Labor
A repetitive refrain filled City Hall’s council chambers on Tuesday morning. For a good hour at a zoning committee hearing on the contentious plan to redevelop the Bronx’s Kingsbridge Armory into a...
View ArticleLieber Aide Ciampa Headed to Madison Square Garden
Felix Ciampa, chief of staff to Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Bob Lieber, is headed to work for the Dolans. Mr. Ciampa will take a job as a senior vice president for government affairs at...
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As Lieber Leaves Bloomberg for Farkas, a Look Back at Development Record
Bob Lieber is moving on. The deputy mayor for economic development since 2008, Mr. Lieber today announced he would be leaving the Bloomberg administration to work with real estate investor and former...
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What Does Seth Pinsky’s Wife Know About Real Estate? A Lot, It Turns Out.
Perhaps the best way to describe Angela Pinsky’s advocacy for the real estate industry is by saying that when she joined the Real Estate Board of New York almost two years ago, she didn’t see her job...
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Let’s Make a Deal! How Mike’s Mild-Mannered Closer Seth Pinsky Got the City...
Mr. Pinsky Imagine, if you will, the landscape of New York City 15 years hence. A drive to Citi Field in Willets Point takes you past a pleasant if overpriced cluster of residential buildings, rather...
View ArticleBefore Pussy Riot Verdict, Artists and Activists Show Support for the...
Last night, on the eve of a verdict that will decide the fate of the incarcerated members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot, an array of musicians, artists, activists and feminists amassed at...
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I just had the great pleasure of meeting this gentlemen. You never know who’ll you’ll have the pleasure to encounter in a day.
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