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Category: COVID-19
Mayor Lifts COVID Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers
On September 20, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams announced that NYC’s workplace COVID vaccination requirement for private-sector employees will be lifted as of November 1, 2022. The vaccination requirement was initially put in place by former Mayor…
Financial Help for Homeowners is Coming
Homeowners in New York were not spared from the economic repercussions of the pandemic. If anything, New York was the first and one of the worst affected areas in the country when COVID arrived on US shores in 2020. It’s also no secret that…
New COVID-19 Vax Workplace Requirements
No later than December 27, 2021, all workers in New York City must provide proof to their employers that they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, under an order recently issued by the commissioner of the New York City Dep…
COVID Reshaped How Developers Build
Like other bellwether events before it (9/11, the Great Recession), the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought seismic changes to the residential real estate industry. It’s changed the way we live within our own homes, particularly in terms of how w…
Foreign Buyers Return to New York Market
As the value of real estate in New York City has soared - and for the most part been seemingly immune to market trends that have tanked other markets - buying apartments has become a legitimate form of investment for those with the means. N…
Cuomo Amends NY HERO Act
On June 11, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed into law several amendments to the New York HERO Act; a law whose main purpose is to ensure that employers have a plan in place to protect their employees in the event of another pandemic, or the emer…
Real Estate Industry Applauds Biden Admin's Recovery Efforts
A broad real estate coalition today applauded the measures President Biden has taken to stabilize the housing sector and urged the administration to sunset the federal moratorium on evictions on June 30, 2021. In a joint letter to Presiden…
RAB Issues Mask-Wearing Guidance for Union Employees
On May 16, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updates to its mask-wearing guidelines, advising fully vaccinated Americans that they no longer need to wear masks or maintain social distance either indoors or ou…