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New York has always been America’s center for innovation. Our city attracts the best and brightest in every industry and capturing that entrepreneurial

Technology continues to shape our daily lives in every possible way. We communicate and consume news on the go. We shop, travel, and make purchases with one click.

You’ve probably heard that Albany lawmakers are considering a dangerous proposal to institute a tax on homes worth $5 million or more. The tax would apply

As New York City’s budget process gets underway, one top fiscal watchdog group has cautioned that steps are needed to plan for our immediate future.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature just adopted the Fiscal Year 2020 (April 2019 through March 2020) budget. The spending plan for

The new state budget that Governor Andrew Cuomo just passed may not include the controversial pied-a-terre tax, but a new “progressive mansion tax” is in its place.

REBNY leader John Banks is railing against a so-called Pied a Terre tax he says will hurt New York City. “We are deeply concerned that this so-called pied

REBNY President John Banks talks to Real Estate Weekly’s Dan Orlando during the 120th Annual REBNY Banquet. The successful event, which was held

Here we take a look at some of the New York City issues REBNY has been tackling over the past year: Garment District The zoning restrictions that have

The record retail rent prices of 2015 couldn’t last forever. Photo by Aaron Burr/ Flickr The Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) Manhattan retail report

John Banks will round one of the final corners of his inaugural year as REBNY president when the leaders of the city’s surging real estate industry congregate

New York City is now in its 109th month of economic recovery since the 2008 recession – the longest period of growth since the Second World War.