Last year after the Rivington scandal broke I noticed that the CEO
of the Allure Group, Solomon Rubin, had given Costa Constantinides $ 2500.
ITEM: Which Astoria councilman received a $ 2500 contribution from Solomon Rubin, the CEO
of the Allure Group, which made $ 72 million on the Rivington House deal?
Not exact matches
The fact that it takes only 8.8 pounds
of plutonium to produce an atomic bomb in the one - kiloton range makes spent fuel rods an
alluring target for sophisticated revolutionary
groups.
To bring the
allure and energy
of street art to VANDAL, TAO
Group commissioned the UK - based artist HUSH to curate the restaurant's wallscape.
This is one
of the reasons that gangs or hanging out with
groups of their peers holds such an
allure for kids
of all ages.
Jeff should too,» former political director
of the health care union 1199 SEIU Kevin Finnegan wrote to the
Allure Group executive Joel Landau, in text messages in August
of 2014.
Capalino represented VillageCare, the non-profit that ran the property as a home for AIDS patients and sold the 150,000 - square - foot building to for - profit nursing home operator The
Allure Group in February
of 2015.
The facility since 1992 had been strapped with a deed that required its operator to run it as a nonprofit health care facility — but city agencies agreed to lift that deed last November at the request
of the owner,
Allure Group, which had promised to operate a for - profit nursing facility, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Months after the Department
of Citywide Administrative Services lifted the deed,
Allure sold the property to developers Slate Property
Group, Adam American Real Estate
Group, and China Vanke for a whopping $ 116 million, paving the way for a condo development in its place.
Documents made public by the city's Department
of Investigation and city comptroller, respectively, along with the results
of Freedom
of Information Law requests filed by POLITICO New York, shed new light on the powerful figures — inside and outside state government — who helped
Allure Group to take control
of the site.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has since fallen under intense scrutiny from city watchdogs — most recently, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman served subpoenas to parties involved in the flip, including the
Allure Group and lobbyist James Capalino, who has previously raised money for both the mayor and prior owners
of Rivington House.
De Blasio administration officials accused the
Allure Group, which bought the 45 Rivington Street property from VillageCare in February for $ 28 million,
of deceiving the city by promising it would maintain the building as a nursing home, despite already being in contract to sell it to the condominium developers, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Not - for - profit law firm, MFY Legal Services, wants a judge to force the state Department
of Health to reveal how it approved the
Allure Group's purchase
of Rivington House, a nursing home for AIDS patients in the Lower East Side and CABS Nursing Home in Brooklyn, papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court reveal.
Last week, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that he reached a settlement with the
Allure Group, following an investigation into the developer's practice
of closing deed - restricted nursing homes and then converting them into luxury residential properties.
Its partner, the
Allure Group, was also subpoenaed in that case — as well as in a Lower East Side real - estate deal involving the loss
of a nursing home that was OK'd by the de Blasio administration.
Allure Group, which runs a half - dozen for - profit nursing homes, is already being investigated by the attorney general's office, the City's Department
of Investigation and City Comptroller Scott Stringer's office over the company's involvement in the sale
of Rivington House, a former AIDS nursing facility on the Lower East Side.
The former governor was «on call» for
Allure Group managing partner Joel Landau during talks for the takeover
of a second nursing home, a Brooklyn facility that is also being converted into luxury housing, a source close to those negotiations told The Post.
The lifting
of the restrictions allowed
Allure Group, a for - profit nursing home provider, to flip the property at 45 Rivington St. to a luxury condo developer for $ 116 million.
The city's lifting
of the deed restrictions on Rivington House, a decision that is now under scrutiny by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and the city's Department
of Investigation, led to the
Allure Group, a for - profit nursing care provider, making $ 72 million...
Earlier this year, The
Allure Group sold the building to a trio
of luxury housing developers for $ 116 million — even though administration officials had been looking to turn it into affordable housing.
The former nursing home at 45 Rivington St. was purchased by The
Allure Group in 2014, and the city nixed restrictions limiting the uses
of the property in exchange for $ 16.1 million in 2015.
Its partner, the
Allure Group, was also subpoenaed in that case --- as well as in a Lower East Side real - estate deal involving the loss
of a nursing home that was OK'd by the de Blasio administration.
The proposal is part
of an attempt to prevent a repeat
of the Rivington House scandal, in which
Allure Group paid the city $ 16.1 million to lift the deed restriction on a nursing home at 45 Rivington Street.
Between her high cheekbones, razored bob and eye - catching style, the fashion director
of both Tatler Russia and
Allure Russia is well - recognized as one
of the so - called «Russian Fashion Pack,» a
group of women so visible, and increasingly influential, that The New York Times declared last year: «The Czarinas Are Back.»
Along the turbulent trip, fans are forced to re-think their knowledge
of fairytale creatures when they are introduced to a
group of alluring yet precarious mermaids, traverse isolated islands and fight international enemies.
The
allure of the new Redesigned models comprise the largest
group of vehicles posting significant gains.
The
allure of a
group of people who share a common childhood history reconnecting as adults defines this series, and the
group's implicit and explicit search for «family» is touching.
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Once you have points in your negotiating arsenal, the effects are almost magical: meeting planners and
group guests are so attracted by the
allure of free nights that exponential ROI rolls in.
Moevenpick Hotel Saigon is a chic, 278 - room - and - suite hotel located a 10 - minute drive from Tan Son Nhat International Airport and just 20 minutes from bustling downtown Saigon - the city that never seems to sleep.Moevenpick Hotel Saigon has the
alluring mix
of a five - star property that exudes Vietnamese hospitality and yet is run with Swiss efficiency.The property is outstanding in several ways, not least
of all because it has five restaurants, and space and facilities for up to 460 attendees in business meetings and incentive
groups with two dedicated and flexible meeting rooms with a full range
of visual and audio aids.
I'm pleased to announce that my work is included in The
Allure of Collage, a
group exhibition at Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art in Sarasota, Florida.
With this in mind, let me evoke the American noir sensibility through the contemporary notion
of key words (here
grouped for poetic effect): Contorted Narrative Alienation / Distant Blue Darkness / Dramatic Adjectival
Allure / Visceral Black & Blue Bruises / Pleasureless Expressionist Stiletto / Awkward Lone Gothic / Unforgiven Repressed Revulsion / Strangled Outsider Vernacular.
Group show Land
of Allure at First Canadian Place featuring 7 pieces
of my recent landscape paintings called a must see show by Now Toronto.
At Hester, in a tidy
group show called «The Grove» (January 10 — February 14), Joshua Nathanson pushed bodies even deeper into the digital ether with
alluring paintings filled with clouds
of oranges, purples, and peaches.
Recently, Ozbolt has been the subject
of solo exhibitions at Herald St., London (2014); and Hauser & Wirth Zürich (2013 / 2010); and has been included in a number
of group shows including «Beasts
of England, Beasts
of Ireland», Visual Carlow, Carlow, Ireland (2014); «The
Allure of the Collection», The National Museum
of Art, Osaka, Japan (2012); and «Figure Studies», Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis MO (2007).
This fully illustrated catalogue accompanying Charlesworth's first major survey in New York features series such as Stills (1980), a
group of 14 large - scale works rephotographed from press images that depict people falling or jumping off buildings; Modern History (1977 - 79), which pioneered photographic appropriation; the
alluring Objects
of Desire (1983 - 88) and Renaissance Paintings (1991), which continued Charlesworth's trenchant approach to mining the language
of photography; Doubleworld (1995), which probes the fetishism
of vision in pre-modernist art and marks Charlesworth's transition to a more active role behind the camera; and her final series, Available Light (2012).
Personally, I prefer a more lyrical explanation; that the term refers to a
group of firms whose ability to attract and transact the best work, whose
allure is — simply — magical.
Indeed the
Group Auto Insurance is now growing in popularity due to its
alluring promise
of a win - win situation.
Junior Administrative Assistant - Danbury The McIntyre
Group is in search
of a professional and motivated junior administrative assistant to work for one
of our
alluring clients in the greater Danbury...
Ben Brissi, The Brissi
Group founder, tells OPP.Today, «With the first quarter, underway we are seeing a thriving market filled with
alluring homes for sale at attractive prices, closing for as much as 40 % off original prices and have dubbed this as «The Year
of the Buyer.»