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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is likely a lame duck and declined to prosecute Donald Trump’s children in 2012, but he may be the one person who can now hold the former president accountable for his actions. While an impeachment conviction seems unlikely in Washington, Vance’s office has been slowly gathering evidence in a criminal probe of Trump’s personal and corporate tax returns. Vance’s prosecutors let slip in court papers they were examining possible tax, bank, and insurance fraud charges – which are not subject to a presidential pardon.
With Schumer Leading The Senate, NYC CRE Is More Hopeful Of A Recovery
New York City real estate experts welcomed the results of this month’s Senate election in Georgia as good news for the city and the industry.
With Brooklyn-born Chuck Schumer set to become Senate majority leader next week, experts are hopeful that the federal government will have a larger role in helping New York in its recovery and beyond, including potentially providing federal funding for major infrastructure projects such as the Gateway Program. When that help does come through, the city needs to be ready for it, they say.
By Jimmy Vielkind New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state would expand broadband internet access, create public health training for citizens and support the conversion of vacant commercial.
The downward trend will likely continue if New York doesn’t expedite the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, said national real estate appraiser Jonathan Miller, co-founder of the real estate firm Miller Samuel Inc.
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(Clockwise from top left) Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone Group, James Whelan of the Real Estate Board of New York, Jorge Pérez of the Related Group and Scott Rechler of RXR Realty denounced Wednesday’s siege on the Capitol Building (Getty)
After a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday, business and real estate leaders even those who once supported the president condemned his actions and the day’s events.
Blackstone Group’s Stephen Schwarzman, President Donald Trump’s largest Wall Street campaign contributor in 2020, denounced the incursion and traced it to the commander in chief.