Will Bredderman

Councilman David Greenfield. Photo: SASHA MASLOV/FOR COMMERCIAL OBSERVER
Policy  ·  Urban Planning
New York City

Pol With Power Over NYC Zoning Has Undeclared Political Committee Full of Real Estate Cash

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Sheldon Silver with his attorneys (Photo: Will Bredderman/ for Observer).
Development  ·  Policy
New York

Judge Slaps ‘Scheming, Corrupt’ Sheldon Silver With 12 Years in Prison

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REBNY President John Banks.
New York City

REBNY’s John Banks Says Albany Shot Down Deal With Unions on 421a

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Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves a federal court in Lower Manhattan on November 30, 2015 in New York City.
Development  ·  Legal

Feds: Sheldon Silver Used His Position to Help His Mistresses

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Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiling his affordable housing plan (Photo: Ed Reed for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio).
Development  ·  Policy

Mayor Has Uphill Battle Following City Council Vote on Affordable Housing

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A Lower Manhattan construction site. Photo: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images
Development  ·  Construction

Amid Spike in Deaths and Spat With Labor, Nonunion Builders Launch Training Program

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A crane collapsed on Worth Street last week, killing a 38-year-old man sitting in his car.
Development  ·  Policy

De Blasio Plans Inspection ‘Blitz’ to End Construction Site Carnage

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Mayor Bill de Blasio (Photo: Andrew Burton/For Getty Images) .
Development  ·  Policy

Bill de Blasio Won’t Say How His Housing Plan Will Go Forward if 421a Expires

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A rendering of the proposed Pennsylvania Station changes (Photo: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Office).
Development  ·  Urban Planning

Penn Station to Get Major Overhaul in ‘Biggest Construction Program’

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Public Advocate Leticia James (Photo: William Alatriste/for NYC Council).
Development  ·  Policy

Public Advocate Unveils New Regulations to Crack Down on ‘Worst Landlords’

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Dean Skelos.
Legal

Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos and Son Found Guilty at Corruption Trial

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Legal

Sheldon Silver Found Guilty on All Counts in Corruption Case

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Sheldon Silver (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images).
Legal

Still No Verdict in Sheldon Silver Trial as Jury Heads Home for Thanksgiving

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Clockwise from upper left: Robert Steel, then New York City deputy mayor for economic development, left, Steven Spinola, then-president of REBNY (standing), Sen. Dean Skelos and Leonard Litwin, founder of Glenwood Management, in 2011.
Legal

Glenwood Exec Takes Stand at Skelos Trial, Details Ex-Majority Leader’s Temper

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Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village.
Development  ·  Policy

De Blasio Hopes to Use City Pension Funds for His Affordable Housing Plan

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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is turning around the notoriously rundown Bronx (Photo: Aaron Adler for Observer).
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Bronx Beep Rubén Díaz Jr. Is in a Hurry to Change the City’s Poorest Borough

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New York City Housing Authority buildings (Photo: NYCHA).
Development  ·  Policy

NYCHA to Announce Sites for Mixed-Income Development on Public Housing Land In August

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