Jordan Barowitz

Yeshiva University Recognizes L.G.B.T.Q. Club After Lengthy Battle (Published 2025)

Yeshiva, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school in New York, had refused for years to recognize the club. The resulting legal fight reached the Supreme Court.

Bloomberg alum shifts party registration as New York mayoral race heats up

NY tries to contain rising threat to affordable housing: Skyrocketing insurance costs

The Empire State Development Corp. is propping up a strategy to curb runaway insurance rates for owners of rent-stabilized apartments.

NYC boulevard near Barclays Center transforms from retail wasteland into bastion of posh shops

Its growing mystique as a fashion-and-design nexus has put it on the map for neighborhood-focused merchants and shoppers alike.

Introducing Milford Street Association Captive Insurance Company

Milford Street Association Captive Insurance Company is a client of ArentFox Schiff.

Landlords of NYC affordable housing launch new venture to combat spiking insurance costs

Members of the new collective say getting insurance costs under control will allow them to spend more on repairs and maintenance for tenants.

New York City apartment evictions in 2023 not as bad as media say it is

Bleeding-heart real estate myths die hard. Take propaganda that residential evictions are surging in the Big Apple.  The false argument was endlessly cited to support so-called “good-cause...

Open New York Has a New Roadmap to Solve the Housing Crisis

Open New York has launched Abundant New York, the first statewide super PAC committed solely to addressing New York’s housing shortage.

His Brownstone Is Worth $5.4 Million. Why Is His Tax Bill So Low? (Published 2024)

Housing advocates and even some homeowners in wealthier neighborhoods say New York’s property tax system is unfair. A court case could force the city to make changes.

How new apartments create opportunities for all

Market-rate rental construction in Minneapolis has freed up more affordable homes for households across the income spectrum

Unfair and unjust property taxes: New York top court clears the way for a lawsuit against NYC system

New York’s no-good, very bad property tax — the city’s single largest source of revenue, accounting for $4 of every $10 local government collects — just failed a test at the state’s highest court....

Top state court rules NYC property tax system may violate federal and state housing laws

The state Court of Appeals said a coalition of homeowners and real estate groups can now argue that the current tax system violates fair housing laws.

To add housing, use tax incentives and vouchers

There is a consensus that the housing market in New York City is broken. Demand is high, supply is limited and there is a scarcity of units available to lower income renters. Thoughtful policymakers,...

Can a nonprofit clean up Signature’s “toxic” debt?

Roll the clock back 50 years. New York City’s housing stock was collapsing. Tenants vacated units by the tens of thousands. Landlords abandoned buildings or burned them for the insurance money. The...

No Balconies or Luxury Toilets: How This City Fought Soaring Rents and Lost

Rents are rising at a record pace in Berlin despite anti-gentrification rules and rental caps.

Is New York City changing or am I? A view of an evolving city from a native

New York City has always been on the move. The city’s status quo is change and it has been hurtling toward the future for nearly 400 years. Neighborhoods rise and fall, people come and go, and the...

East Harlem may get city's newest BID, hoping to clean up struggling corridor

The East 125th Street plan would end East Harlem’s status as the only Manhattan neighborhood without a business improvement district.

Opinion | The Big City Where Housing Is Still Affordable (Published 2023)

Tokyo has succeeded in maintaining an abundance of affordable housing because it has no downtown, many railroads and laws that make it easy to build.