• LA’s politicians more hostile to housing than New
York’s,
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    LA’s politicians more hostile to housing than New York’s

    For all the complaining I do about how New York politicians screw real estate and the city’s housing market, it could be worse. It could be like Los Angeles. In L.A., residents living near the Woodland Hills Country Club are treating a 398-home plan like the Angel of Death sweeping through to claim

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  • Newmark’s succession question is bigger than Barry
Gosin,
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    Newmark’s succession question is bigger than Barry Gosin

    Barry Gosin’s decision to leave Newmark’s CEO post at the end of the year is less a routine succession than a test of whether the brokerage can move beyond a leadership model built around one person. Gosin has been at Newmark for roughly five decades, making his influence difficult to separate from

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  • NY Dirt: Mamdani’s BSA pick heads to the hot seat,
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    NY Dirt: Mamdani’s BSA pick heads to the hot seat

    Mamdani’s pick to lead the Board of Standards and Appeals met lawmaker pushback, as the City Council approaches a crossroads at next week’s confirmation hearing. John Mangin, who is currently director of the Department of City Planning’s housing division, received vociferous opposition from many cou

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