Sentences with phrase «estate lobby in»

And the real estate lobby in Washington, D.C., which includes the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA), would like to ensure that you continue to think about housing in a positive light as the nation's housing markets slowly crawl out of the gutter.

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Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Canada's largest housing market, and among the most inflated in the world, plunged 32 % in April, compared to a year ago, to 7,792 homes, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), a real estate lobbying Estate Board (TREB), a real estate lobbying estate lobbying group.

The Ontario Real Estate Association's five - year strategic plan, which includes beefing up the image of Realtors, creating strong government lobbying efforts and working as an advocate for homeowners, was revealed recently in a livestreamed event.

When Warren Randall bought 50 per cent of the Seppeltsfield business in 2009, he successfully lobbied Fosters (soon to become Treasury Wine Estates) to allow him to make small amounts of table wines — six varieties, just 1,000 cases of each — to sell exclusively through cellar door.

The paper also reported that more than half of that cash has come from the biggest players in Albany: Labor unions, the real estate and construction industries, the health care sector and lobbying firms.

Founded by real estate developers and business executives at Mr. Cuomo's urging shortly after he was elected governor, the committee has rapidly become the biggest spender on lobbying in Albany, providing not only critical backing for Mr. Cuomo but also a counterweight to the labor unions whose money and political muscle have traditionally dominated the Capitol.

One of the state's most powerful lobbies, the real estate industry, has been dealt a favorable hand amid the chaos in Albany with rent regulation bills up in the air.

Asked if Mr. Cuomo, the beneficiary of large donations from the real estate industry, has done enough to lobby and pressure the Republican - controlled State Senate to join the Democrat - dominated Assembly in supporting those measures, Mr. Rangel's answer was firmly negative.

In fact, board members of the Friends of the High Line group and the Real Estate Board of New York have donated a combined $ 370,000 to her campaign and Jamestown has spent more than $ 670,000 lobbying to her and other officials.

The Cuomo administration aggressively interfered when the Commission started asking questions of the Real Estate Board of New York, the powerful trade group that has donated generously to Governor Cuomo, and forbade members from investigating the Committee to Save New York, a lobbying group created to support Cuomo,» Teachout said in a statement.

The upcoming battle is reflected on this list by the presence of Albany - centric lawmakers, who the mayor will need to get his affordable housing plan off the ground; real estate industry players, who will no doubt have their deep - pocketed say in the legislative skirmish to come; and the city officials who will lobby hard for tenant - friendly rent laws in the state capital, or cut a few deals that alienate their progressive base.

In one of three alleged schemes, prosecutors said that the two men solicited bribes from Charles Dorego, a real estate executive at Glenwood Management, who directed $ 20,000 check for title insurance work to the younger Skelos, at a time when the company was lobbying for housing and rent - related legislation that was crucial to its business.

Mayor de Blasio, who has been warring with Cuomo, also opposes the measure, while John Banks, head of the powerful Real Estate Board of New York, was in Albany last week lobbying against it.

Jobs for New York PAC, which is spearheaded by the Real Estate Board of New York (one of the most powerful landlord lobbies in the city) dumped millions into his 15th District Race.

Meanwhile, the flow of political donations from centenarian Leonard Litwin's Glenwood slowed to a trickle following the arrests in Albany, and the real estate industry as a whole is falling behind in spending as hedge funds pump money into lobbying for education reform.

LaBarbera and representatives of construction labor management funds, which advocate for companies that use organized labor and related unions, said it was clear the real estate lobbying group had more sway at City Hall than they did, given that they were not invited into the 421 - a discussions the administration and REBNY had engaged in.

Our government, particularly in New York State, is so owned by the real estate lobby.

In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school systeIn Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school systein New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

A settlement reached between lobbying regulators and a non-profit entity Pledged 2 Protect won't result in a fine, but it is likely to show real - estate firm Glenwood Management funded it to the tune of $ 690,000.

Nine months into life in the lobby, and the parliamentary estate still has a great way of reminding all us new boys just how lowly we still are.

According to the indictment, Silver attempted to hide his fraudulent scheme by lying publicly about the nature of his work, claiming that none of his clients had business before the state when he was in fact successfully being lobbied on state real estate laws by Glenwood Management.

Records on the state ethics commission website show that Whiteman Osterman & Hanna signed a contract in March 2016 to provide «legislative and regulatory counsel» while lobbying the governor's office, state agencies and the Legislature on issues of real estate development, construction, property management and other matters.

«Tenants are always on the defensive in Albany because of the millions of dollars the real estate lobby throws at our politicians every year,» said Michael McKee, Treasurer, Tenants Political Action Committee.

Also specifically exempted from naming their clients - whether or not those clients lobby in Albany - are real estate and insurance brokers.

Government filings also suggest there will be testimony on matters ranging from lobbying on big - ticket items like rent regulation and real estate tax abatements, to Silver's killing of a Manhattan drug treatment clinic and $ 10 million in campaign contributions from New Hyde Park - based Glenwood Management, one of the real estate developers he allegedly shook down.

As usual, real estate was a strong presence in local and state lobbying efforts last year.

The government reform group noted that Lanza since his first run for state Senate in 2006 has accepted at least $ 113,000 in LLC money coming from real estate, lobbying and other interests — including $ 34,000 from Glenwood Management, which were players in the recent legal cases against now former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Its prospects are even dimmer in the Republican - led Senate, where GOP lawmakers historically aligned with the real estate lobby do not let pro-tenant bills come to the floor for a vote.

Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the New York State Assembly and one of the state's most powerful politicians, was convicted Monday in a federal corruption trial that shone a light on the real estate lobby's dealings in Albany.

«The pro-business majority in the state Senate, comprised of the Republicans, the IDC and Felder, are basically the firing wall» that's protected the real estate industry's interests, said Matthew Engel, president of both the Bronx firm Langsam Property Services and the landlord lobbying group the Community Housing Improvement Program, or CHIP.

Along the way, he took his first steps into the professional world, with stints in the office of Gov. George E. Pataki, at the Long Island Power Authority, at a real estate appraisal service and at a lobbying firm.

In late April, the immaculate chairwoman of the New York real - estate lobby and her husband, an Upper East Side plastic surgeon, hosted a fund - raiser for the City Council speaker, Christine Quinn, at their condo across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

«But if they are renewed in their current form, that would be a victory for the real estate lobby.»

The real estate lobby has prominent allies in both parties.

He forged political connections in Albany and City Hall with campaign contributions, lobbying and payments that shaped rent laws affecting millions of tenants, as well as state and city regulations that helped the real estate industry thrive in New York.

Sen. Vincent Fort called the legislation a «blatant corruption of power» that «trotted out» school children as «pawns to pad the pockets of for - profit management companies and real estate deals» supported by a «Herculean» lobbying effort that, Fort told the Senate, was «drenched in money mongering.»

Keep in mind that your cat is going to lobby — perhaps persistently — to use this «prime real estate» anyway.

Entering the exclusive Como Shambhala Estate, a luxury destination spa holiday, a sense of peace envelopes me like a warm welcoming hug, and in the lobby I am met with big smiles, a flower lei and an effortless check in.

The seller, identified in the catalogue as hailing from a «distinguished New York collection,» is in fact Sheldon Solow, the storied real estate developer with a kind of private museum in the side lobby of his 9 West 57th Street office tower.

If spare, minimalist aesthetics echoed the language of corporate lobby design, Stella's late work — once described by Dee Wedemeyer in the New York Times as the real estate developer's choice — seems to echo the bright, frivolous art that hangs on sterile lobby walls.

In the lobby of gallery, the canvas titled Barefoot Dreaming occupies prime real estate with self - assurance; its saturated colors make it the perfect choice for tempting window shoppers.

People in the population growth lobby may well see the overwhelming of this country by millions of climate refugees as yet another business opportunity, particularly if they have investments in real estate, and not give a toss about the long term sustanability of this country.

Graham has been selected as a Top Ten Leading Lawyer in Illinois in Land Use & Zoning and a Leading Lawyer in Illinois in Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying & Administrative Law and Real Estate Law: Commercial.

Our law firm counts over 150 attorneys practicing in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance defense litigation, natural resources, mining and energy law, healthcare, commercial transactions, banking and finance, creditors rights, real estate transactions and development, tax and estate planning and administration, intellectual property matters, employment law, and governmental affairs and lobbying.

While other industries (notably mutual funds, auto, and real estate) are all engaged in full - court - press mode as they lobby the Ontario government for exemptions, we in the legal services field have remained disturbingly complacent.

Having an avid interest in the role of social media in marketing, he successfully lobbied the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) on the importance of social media and wrote the Social Media Marketing Course for Real Estate as a continuing education credit course, the association says.

In North Dakota, all licensees will be taking a safety course in 2015 to renew their license thanks to the North Dakota Association of REALTORS ®, which lobbied the real estate commission to mandate the three - hour coursIn North Dakota, all licensees will be taking a safety course in 2015 to renew their license thanks to the North Dakota Association of REALTORS ®, which lobbied the real estate commission to mandate the three - hour coursin 2015 to renew their license thanks to the North Dakota Association of REALTORS ®, which lobbied the real estate commission to mandate the three - hour course.

She also traveled the country lobbying on various real estate related matters in Victoria and Ottawa.

NAR has been lobbying on this issue for some time and participates in a real - estate industry coalition which works with both the SEC and Congress on the proposal.

All of the lobbying by CREAcrats, OREAcrats (Ontario) etc. aimed at governments in favour of real estate agents» and their respective associations» concerns will pale in comparison with the public's concerns at the final arbitration point of such issues... the ballot box.