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On Monday, March 17, 2025 we were tremendously grateful and honored to welcome New York City Planning Commissioner Daniel Garodnick and Annemarie Gray, Executive Director of Open New York, to speak at our March meeting.  The turnout, discussion, and energy in the room embodied LAI’s mission of...

On February 19, 2025 we had the pleasure of hosting Fred Harris, the Executive Vice President of Multifamily Development at Vornado Realty Trust.  Mr. Harris played a key role in shaping New York City’s housing landscape over his distinguished 30-year career.  Fred took us on a vivid...

On January 22, 2025 we had the distinct honor of hosting Tom Devaney, Senior Director of Land Use and Planning, at the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS), a venerable organization instrumental in shaping and preserving the New York City that we know today.  As a leader...

A great time was had by all at our holiday social and new member induction on December 16, 2024 at Pershing Square restaurant. It was great to see long time members, including past President Jeff Beal, Anthony Berti, Scott Bloom, Michael Lappin, Carrie Lee, Ed McGinnis, and Derek...

On November 20th, we were grateful to be joined by Charles Komanoff, a long-standing expert on congestion pricing, for an engaging and insightful discussion of the soon-be-implemented congestion pricing plan for Manhattan south of 60th Street.  Charles walked the group through his dynamic and evolving cost-benefit model,...

From October 16-18th, New York Chapter Vice President, Jason Barr represented the LAI New York Chapter at the Land Economics Gathering in Phoenix, AZ.  Nearly, 100 people from LAI chapters worldwide gathered to explore key issues in land economics, and hear from and talk with exceptional leaders in the field. The event kicked off with...

On October 23, 2024, we had the privilege of hosting Dan Kaplan from FXCollaborative for an insightful discussion on office-to-residential conversions.  Dan highlighted the fiscal, environmental, and regulatory challenges inherent in these transformations.  The key problem that he discussed was how to profitably re-employ floor space in large post-War office...

We held our summer soiree at the North River Lobster Company at Pier 81 on the west side of NYC on June 13th. A great time was had by all!  Some members we haven’t seen for awhile showed up to celebrate. Due to engine difficulties the boat did not leave the harbor, but the...

LAI New York Chapter held a special gathering on May 15, 2024 at Rizzoli Bookstore on Broadway and 26th Street, where our chapter’s very own Vice President Jason Barr released his new book Cities In The Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers.  At this...

LAI NY Chapter member Michael Lappin’s article featured in City Limits.  He did an amazing presentation on this topic at our February 15, 2024 meeting at Fordham University.  If you missed the meeting you can read his article here. https://lnkd.in/eEgNd2Um...