Real Estate
Cry Wolf Quotes
The owners of real property are becoming terrified by the number of laws which have been enacted affecting real property in New York City…in each succeeding year there is a law passed…This compels the owner to expend…large sums of money, which…are absolutely needless and useless.
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Op-ed by George W. Olvany, special counsel to the Real Estate Board.
[Those killed in factory fires are] an infinitesimal proportion of the population.
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Robert Dowling, NYC real estate man, and voice of business on the Factory Investigating Committee. Only date available: 1913.
If you eliminate further bakeshops in the cellar…the poor man is going to suffer, and we are crying now for the high cost of living. If you will wipe out the cellar bakeries, the poor man will get a smaller loaf of bread.
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Dr. Abraham Korn, president of the United Real Estate Owners’ Association. Only date available: 1913.
This condition is depreciating the value of real estate, restricting its marketability, and driving manufacturers out of the City and State of New York.
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Resolution adopted by The Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York.
