@eric_kober

Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute. Formerly, NYC Dept. of City Planning. All opinions my own.

 Queens, NY
Joined April 2017
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I wrote about the New York City Council's Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act. It's not going to do what the council says it will do. The Un-FARE Act city-journal.org/article/the…

The Un-FARE Act

Little more than a week after a national election that brought forth commentary about how Democratic politicians’ misrule of large cities harmed the party’s credibility with voters, the New York City...

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I wrote about the prospects for NYC's "City of Yes for Housing Opportunity" proposal: NYC Mayor's Housing Proposal Faces Uphill Climb city-journal.org/article/nyc…

NYC Mayor's Housing Proposal Faces Uphill Climb

Eric Adams’s “City of Yes” plan now faces an equivocal city council.

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If NYC built 500,000 new housing units over the next decade, the city would be affordable for striving newcomers; foster entrepreneurship and economic vitality; and reverse the city's decline in cultural and political influence. What would it take to get there? Read @eric_kober
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My latest report for @ManhattanInst explores what NYC would actually need to do to achieve Mayor Adams' "moonshot" goal of 500,000 new housing units in ten years. manhattan.institute/article/…

What Would New York City’s Housing “Moonshot” Look Like?

In a recent Manhattan Institute brief, I wrote that newly enacted state housing legislation and New York City’s “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” (CHO) zoning amendment (if passed as proposed):...

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I wrote a new Manhattan brief on New York's 2024 housing legislation: Hochul’s Housing Deal Will Help New York’s Affordable Housing Crisis, but Not Solve it manhattan.institute/article/…

Hochul’s Housing Deal Will Help New York’s Affordable Housing Crisis, but Not Solve it

Rather to my surprise[1] and perhaps that of others, New York governor Kathy Hochul was able in April 2024 to negotiate a housing deal[2] with leaders of the two houses of the state legislature that...

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It's good the legislature acted, but to resolve the crisis, we need fewer restrictions and conditions and more attention to enabling private entrepreneurs to take risks building housing and get a fair return on their investments.
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City of No: Any business activity that booms in NYC must be stopped. First mini-storage, then hotels, now warehouses.
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@trdny23 May 2024
As Mayor Eric Adams pushes his City of Yes, his administration is allowing the City Council to say “no” to last-mile delivery warehouses. therealdeal.com/new-york/202…

Don’t keep on truckin’: City to limit last-mile warehouses

With the mayor needing its approval to remove regulations that shackle real estate, the City Council seized the opportunity to add a new one. Developers aiming to build last-mile delivery warehouses...

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In reality, the city is creating cozy little monopolies at consumers' expense. An uncompetitive economy becomes increasingly dependent on public spending.
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My latest Manhattan Institute brief looks at New York City private employment trends, from pre-pandemic 2019 to 2023: New York City Jobs Data Shine Light on NYC’s Economic Strengths and Weaknesses manhattan.institute/article/…

New York City Jobs Data Shine Light on NYC’s Economic Strengths and Weaknesses

Newly released New York City employment data present a mixed picture. In 2023, the city attained record private employment, more than recovering from the pandemic-induced dip after 2019. However, the...

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Both the state and city are taking initial steps to unblock entrepreneurial jo-creating investment. But much more needs to be done.
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I wrote for @CityJournal about NYC's plummeting rental vacancy rate -- a predictable outcome of the 2019 changes the state legislature made to tighten rent stabilization. A Predictable Crisis city-journal.org/article/a-p…

A Predictable Crisis

New York City discovers that rent controls worsen housing shortages.

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My latest brief: New York's governor has vastly scaled back her ambitious housing proposals. That reflects the grim outlook for state legislation. The Sad Saga of New York Housing Policy: Governor Hochul Is Still Searching for a Pro-Growth Consensus manhattan.institute/article/…

The Sad Saga of New York Housing Policy: Governor Hochul Is Still Searching for a Pro-Growth...

Governor Hochul Is Still Searching for a Pro-Growth Consensus

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"All New York City neighborhoods should share in the obligation to contribute to a solution to the city’s housing supply shortfall," writes @eric_kober for @routefifty. route-fifty.com/infrastructu…

Getting serious about housing in New York City

COMMENTARY | Mayor Eric Adams’ Zoning for Housing Opportunity plan would partly reverse effects of restrictive policies that limited development in the name of preserving neighborhood character.

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True in NYC as well.
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.@eric_kober: "With the new year comes an event that New York housing advocates should face with dread: the annual session of the state legislature." nypost.com/2024/01/20/opinio…

Gov. Hochul has struck out on housing reform — but here's what could actually help NYC's crisis

None of Gov. Hochul's 2023 land-use proposals were enacted. But she could turn her fortunes around by supporting plans that lead to housing.

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