Who’s on Durst? REBNY Leadership’s Chance to Hit the Reset Button
“I like the sound of that: President Joe Biden,” Real Estate Board of New York Chairman Douglas Durst told Commercial Observer Durst, who’s also chairman of the 105-year-old Durst Organization, one of New York’s most storied commercial real estate developers and owners, took the helm at REBNY at the start of the year, following the departure of his predecessor, Bill Rudin. He’s now overseeing an organization that, in the months leading up to the pandemic, had butted heads and somewhat fallen out of favor with local politicians in New York City. And, while the role is still very new for…
Date 2021-01-26
Author Mack Burke
More than 170 business leaders sign letter urging Congress to accept Biden's win
New York (CNN Business): More than 170 prominent business leaders signed a letter urging Congress to accept the Electoral College results that declared Joe Biden as the next President of the United States "This presidential election has been decided and it is time for the country to move forward," the letter reads. "President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have won ... There should be no further delay in the orderly transfer of power." The letter was published Monday by the nonprofit Partnership for New York City, a major advocacy group for the business community. The group's CEO, Kathryn…
Date 2021-01-06
Author Alexis Benveniste
Igloos and Iceless Curling: How New York Hopes to Fight Off a Grim Winter
As New York City braces for a pandemic winter, many parks, plazas and open spaces that are so vital to its public life in warmer months have been transformed into cold-weather playgrounds Outdoor space has become essential for a crowded city with the virus surging and new restrictions imposed on indoor gatherings. As a result, the menu of outdoor offerings has gone beyond the usual ice rinks and winter festivities to make way for a far more robust outdoor culture. There is a new iceless curling cafe in Bryant Park in Manhattan, where players slide stones across five slippery synthetic…
Date 2021-01-06
Author Winnie Hu
NYC’s climate change concern theater
New York City finally released recently its own long-delayed report card on environmental progress recently — more than a year late. The results were concerning and frustrating After several chest-thumping victory laps by City Hall and the City Council, proclaiming new “bold” policies, the most important city in the world was actually losing ground in achieving its climate change goals. In other words, it turns out that New York City’s environmental plan was just policy by press release. Overall, after years of forward momentum under Mayor Bloomberg, the de Blasio administration has made virtually no progress on reducing citywide greenhouse…
Date 2020-12-17
Author Douglas Durst
Sven’s Glass Façade Nears Completion At 29-37 41st Avenue In Long Island City, Queens
Curtain wall work is nearing completion on Queens Plaza Park, aka Sven, a 762-foot-tall skyscraper at 29-37 41st Avenue in Long Island City and number 17 on our countdown of the tallest projects underway in the city.
Date 2020-12-17
Author Michael Young
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