Sentences with phrase «real estate lobbying»

The National Association of Realtors, by far the highest - spending real estate lobbying group, on Tuesday announced its final campaign to preserve homeownership incentives and brokerage business benefits in the new tax plan.

And REBNY is not the only powerful real estate lobbying group stockpiling cash for the upcoming election.

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.

The correspondence reflects a close relationship and suggests City Hall and the real estate lobbying group have grown accustomed to collaborating.

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 group.

Jeffries blamed the Senate Republicans for blocking any substantive strengthening of the rent laws, accusing them of being a «wholly - owned subsidiary» of the real estate lobby.

It goes without saying that the real estate lobby, insurance companies, dying political machines, and hedge funders won't be plying me with gobs of cash anytime soon.

The idea goes something like this — the real estate lobby wants the tax renewed and, while Senate Republicans want to give it to them, the Assembly Democrats won't pass it unless pro-tenant sweeteners are included.

Barnett also noted that the New York real estate lobby is one of many interest groups shaping state laws.

Cuomo's proposal — agreed to by the trade unions and real estate lobby — only includes condo projects outside Manhattan with 35 units or less.

With negotiations over the expired 421 - a property tax break making progress, the city's real estate lobby is turning its attention to another longstanding issue: Property tax reform.

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

The real estate lobby and corrupt political machine bought the loyalty of even progressive elected officials.

«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.

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.

Instead, the real estate lobby is playing a strategic political game.

«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.

The weak consumer warning that the «negative connotations» provided were perhaps the last protection to fall victim of the real estate lobby prior to the mortgage meltdown.

Ontario's real estate lobby group is warning home buyers that the provincial government may allow cities outside of Toronto to levy their own land transfer taxes, despite the province's assurance that no decision has been made.

The real estate lobby has a lot of power in Albany in both houses and on both sides of the aisle.

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.

Not exact matches

Hillary Clinton urges real estate bigwigs to lobby White House for Gateway tunnels During a keynote speech at the Regional Plan Association's annual conference, Hillary Clinton asked attendees to throw their support behind the Gateway project, which calls for the construction of two new train tunnels under the Hudson River.

Their financial surrender policy endorses the European Central Bank's lobbying for the neoliberal deregulation that led to the real estate bubble and debt leveraging, as if it were a success story rather than the road to national debt peonage.

the real estate industry's largest lobby groups, Mortgage Professionals Canada, released a report last month analyzing the state of the country's housing market, it found, to absolutely no one's surprise, zero evidence of a bubble that would warrant political intervention.

When one of the real estate industry's largest lobby groups, Mortgage Professionals Canada, released a report last month analyzing the state of the country's housing market, it found, to absolutely no one's surprise, zero evidence of a bubble that would warrant political intervention.

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.

As a result of some good lobbying by the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), the province launched a full review of REBBA and committed to a consultation process this summer that is divided into two phases.

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.

Also at noon, the Coalition for Affordable Homes lobbies members of the state Assembly and Senate to support bills A7406 / S648 that would create a tax on real estate speculation, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol, Albany.

And according to McKee, he counted Meara walk between Silver's office and the Senate lobby 17 times to make sure Silver's proposal would be palatable to the real estate industry.

This being Albany of course (some things never change), the bill language had yet to be finalized which led to days of advocates on both sides of the issue shuttling between Silver's outer office off the floor and the Senate lobby where the real estate lobbyists hung out.

Ms. Consolo noted that 10 percent of all statewide donations last year came from the 16,000 - member Real Estate Board of New York, the lobbying arm for the industry.

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 plan has the backing of the Real Estate Board of New York, the developers» powerful lobbying group.)

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.

Bharara said the secret agreement was a corruption of Silver's public duties because he continued to be lobbied by lobbyists from the developers and some of the developer's recommendations on real estate issues were adopted into law by the legislature.

After repeatedly and roundly criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio for not visiting Albany until this week to lobby for changes to real estate and rent laws, Mr. Cuomo indicated that Mr. Schneiderman is similarly late with the ambitious package of reforms he debuted on Wednesday.

Meara was lobbying the state on behalf of Glenwood, and said he was «surprised and concerned» by Silver's revelation that he was «representing» the real - estate company.

Mr. Banks will take over the reigns of the real estate industry lobby from Steven Spinola, who held the highly influential post for nearly 30 years.

It turned out that the curious language, lobbied for by REBNY, benefited just five prominent real estate firms: Extell Development Company, Thor Equities, Silverstein Properties, Fisher Brothers and Friedman Management.

As a concession to the Real Estate Board of New York, the industry's lobby and a supporter of Mr. de Blasio's reforms, the mayor is calling for projects to receive the tax benefits for 35 years instead of 25.

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.

«The whole real estate industry was actively lobbying for 421a and rent - regulation issues.»