
“Housing for billionaires” is not the problem
Ben Kallos was upset. Not hostile, but definitely not happy. The former Council member had called this spring to object to my column about Hal Fetner’s failed attempt to build housing on a NYCHA site. This paragraph in particular bothered him: “Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other progressives are now pus

NY Dirt: Mamdani remains bullish on office-to-resi
Office-to-residential conversions haven’t fallen out of favor with the mayor. Buckling columns at the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown weren’t enough to deter the mayor’s pursuit of office-to-residential conversions as part of his broader housing plan for 200,000 units over the next decade. The

Workers Are Feeling the AI Squeeze: How It Could Define the Next Housing Cycle
If you ask the average American, AI is taking over, as are the headlines warning that it’s coming for our jobs. Open LinkedIn, and you’ll see stories about chatbots replacing […]
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