![]() He halted the subpoenas and soon thereafter dismantled the Moreland Commission. But our Governor stepped in and stopped that. Their interest was in the efforts of Big Real Estate to obtain 421(a) tax abatement deals out of our politicians. These entities were either REBNY creations or almost completely financed by REBNY members.ĭot 2: As reported in the New York Times, the Moreland Commission on Corruption then tried to subpoena REBNY in 2013, as well as specific REBNY members that included Larry Silverstein. The money – at least $12 million since 2005- was channeled through a variety of means: limited liability partnerships, “housekeeping accounts” of the State Democratic Committee, and political action committees such as “Jobs for New York” and the “Committee to Save New York”. Are these Dots Connected?ĭot 1: Last August of 2013, Common Cause published the New York Moreland Commission’s data on the extent of the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY’s) financing of both Albany politicians and New York City politicians. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District promised to take over the job of that bizarrely aborted investigation into New York government corruption known as the “Moreland Commission.”Īnd that is where our story begins. ![]() Attorney’s office is now doing with as much vigor and expansiveness as they can muster. The challenge will be to connect the dots, which I can only hope that U. And the eyesore known as 11 Park Place is half-built. The corner of West and Warren Street will soon house the world’s tallest apartment building. 30 Park Place is Larry Silverstein’s unnecessary skyscraper that will overshadow our city’s greatest landmark, the Woolworth Building. 56 Leonard is rising on a small lot smack on the border of Tribeca East and Tribeca West historic districts, dwarfing 19 th century mercantile buildings all round it. ![]() What am I talking about? I am referring to the public subsidies we see for the so-called “Jenga” Building at 56 Leonard as well as for 30 Park Place and other towers in Manhattan. What you might not have known – unless you were watching closely during summer vacation of 2013 – is that all of you, even those of you living in the historic districts, are helping to pay for it. You even knew it to be happening in other neighborhoods all over New York City. Here in Tribeca we can see on a daily basis how the very powerful and deep-pocketed special interests of “Big Real Estate” are carving up what is left of Tribeca into absurdly tall skyscrapers intended for the world’s wealthiest people.īut you knew that already.
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