It wasn’t tech or computer skills that united this morning’s conversations about education between business leaders and Chancellor of New York City Schools Carmen Fariña. The leaders convened at Crain’s Future of New York City Conference Thursday. Instead their common thread was much more old fashioned: writing and so-called “soft […]
Author: Gwynne Hogan
Inside the Developer Behind Astoria Cove
A Greek immigrant, who began his work in this country as a busboy four decades ago, is now the kingpin behind Alma Realty, the main developer of the Astoria Cove rezoning proposal that’s currently up for debate in the city council. In many ways, Efstathios “Steve” Valiotis’ story rings […]
A Tale of Two Developments… No Wait A Minute
Affordable housing is one of the pillars of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration. And the proposed rezoning at Astoria Cove, that skated through the City Planning Commission and is now reaching the City Council for debate, is the administration’s pivotal moment for putting that policy into place. But as […]
Construction Boom Gives Unions Upper Hand at Astoria Cove
On Monday, the City Planning Commission approved the rezoning of Astoria Cove, booting it to the city council. The development stands to set the bar for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing policy in terms of how many affordable units are created, but also whether or not the city will require union labor for […]