An open letter to the next mayor from a small NYC landlord

… on your victory  Even though youll be getting rentfree subsidized housing for the next four years you still face a housing … Jane Jacobs disciples historicallyoriented yuppies and old rentregulated tenants restrictive zoning  landmarking and …

By Craig Roche |October 3, 2013 - 1:08PM
Top 10 reasons NYC's small landlords are becoming extinct

… rents Tishman Speyer managed to borrow 80 of the money for Stuyvesant Town mostly from pension funds but their rents … was over 30 high when it was only 29 7 God help you if you live in a historic district every time you want to paint …

By Craig Roche |June 27, 2013 - 10:18AM
A landlord speaks -- about what's behind that incomprehensible lease

… pseudonym is Craig Roche In an ideal world without lawyers apartment leases would be very short Tenant promises to pay $X per month for the use of the … in court The basic marketrate lease sets out the rent the term of the lease and what happens if things go wrong …

By Craig Roche |May 16, 2013 - 10:27AM