Category Archives: Wall Street

Review: The new Apple store in the WTC Oculus

August 20, 2016- The new Apple store in the WTC Oculus transportation hub is the first one in New (more…)

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Vacancy Map Shows TriBeCa and SoHo Have Most Empty Storefronts in Manhattan

September 1, 2016- DNAinfo reports, “Developer Justin Levinson created the Vacant New York map by (more…)

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So many new apartments have been built in Brooklyn that landlords are giving away free months of rent

August 30, 2016- The NYT reports, “There are 19 residential towers either under construction or recently (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Get yourself an ergonomic desk and chair

July 25, 2016- by Steven E. Greer After decades of sitting behind poorly designed desks, I finally got myself a state-of-the-art ergonomic desk (more…)

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Told you so. This is why I left Manhattan.

August 11, 2016- DNAinfo reports, “NEW YORK CITY — The number of apartments on the market in Manhattan (more…)

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Maritime building renovation now stalled

August 20, 2016- First, the Poulakakos and Dermot teams backed out. Now, no one wants to touch this money drain being bungled by Mayor de Blasio’s EDC. (more…)

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Tip of the Week: How to prevent Microsoft Windows 10 from spying on you

August 15, 2016- by Steven E. Greer As you might recall, I tried my best to become an Apple computer guy but found the Steve Jobs (more…)

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Those pencil-tower condos will be poorly constructed garbage

August 1, 2016- If you think that these quickly built pencil-towers will be worthy of the multi-million-dollar asking prices for (more…)

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Feds say Wolf of Wall Street was produced by stolen Malaysian money

July 21, 2016- The Post reports on the 2013 Wolf of Wall Street movie filmed right in our own marina. That yacht might have been paid for by stolen loot. (more…)

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The auto-bill scam

July 19, 2016- by Steven E. Greer One of the biggest crimes being perpetrated by American companies nowadays is this “auto-bill” (more…)

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Manhattan renters say “No way” to rent hikes and move

July 7, 2016- Count me among these, “Manhattan renters left their apartments in search of better deals last month, (more…)

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Poor Bill Ackman loses hundreds of millions more today

July 15, 2016- It is hard to feel sorry for an arrogant Botox-faced billionaire who did little to earn his wealth, (more…)

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Canadian conglomerate Brookfield Property makes flagrant land grab of public park space

July 8, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Why did the BPCA and Brookfield Property want to stop bike riders from going past the marina (more…)

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New trees on Vesey Street live after all

Update July 8, 2016- I am happy to be wrong here. The locust trees have lived through the (more…)

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Never accept the original sales pitch

July 8, 2016- by Steven E. Greer I am doing a lot of shopping for basic services and home furnishings. I am amazed at how flagrantly (more…)

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Accountant living at Gateway Plaza arrested allegedly as part of massive cocaine ring

July 5, 2016- In May of 2015, a banker, Thomas Hughes, aged 29, likely depressed by coming down from (more…)

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Cornell Medical School moves to relocate offices Downtown

July 5, 2016- Lower Manhattan has been in need of a quality hospital for decades. The New York Downtown (more…)

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Howard Milstein and his Emigrant Bank found guilty of preying upon minorities with predatory home loans

Update June 29, 2016- Law 360 reports, “A New York federal jury on Monday determined (more…)

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Told you so: Manhattan apartments sales screech to a halt

June 30, 2016- The WSJ reports, “Manhattan apartment sales are tumbling, according to new market data, (more…)

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Renters Are Making More, And Landlords Get It All

June 22, 2016- Bloomberg has a story documenting the nationwide statistics of income and rent. As incomes rise, so does the rent. (more…)

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