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Rothbard the Urbanist Part 4: Policing

August 3, 2009 By Adam Hengels

I apologize for the extended delay between posts.  Personal (newborn) and professional priorities have prevented me from having the free time I once had. Unfortunately posts will probably continue to be sporadic until things settle down a little.We are now at Part 4 in the multi-part series … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, history, privatization, Rothbard The Urbanist, Transportation Tagged With: For a New Liberty, Harlem, Murray Rothbard, police, railways, sidewalks

Rangel Now Only Hoards Three Rent Controlled Apartments

July 15, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel has announced that he will vacate the rent controlled apartment he has been using as a campaign office. This apartment is just one of four rent controlled apartments he is hoarding in the Lenox Terrace apartment building in Harlem.NY Times - Rangel to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: corruption, housing, rent control Tagged With: Charlie Rangel, Harlem, housing, Lennox Terrace, nyc, rent control, rent stabilization

Congressman Rangel Legally Plunders $30,000/year in Four Rent Controlled Apartments

July 14, 2008 By Adam Hengels

[update! Rangel Now Only Hoards Three Rent Controlled Apartments] In case you missed it, powerful New York Congressman Charlie Rangel has been hoarding four apartments in Harlem's Lenox Terrace. Coincidently (perhaps not so coincidently) Lennox Terrace is the same building where New York's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: corruption, housing, rent control Tagged With: Charlie Rangel, Governor Paterson, Harlem, housing, Lennox Terrace, nyc, rent control, rent stabilization

NY Gov. Patterson’s Rent-Stabilized Apartment in Harlem

May 16, 2008 By Adam Hengels

NY Sun: Paterson Pays A Stabilized Rate of Rent The governor of New York pays about $1,250 a month for a two-bedroom, rent-stabilized apartment in central Harlem, even while owning a home upstate in Guilderland and having unfettered access to the 40-room Governor's Mansion in Albany.Governor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: corruption, rent control Tagged With: apartments, Governor Paterson, Harlem, hoarding, housing, new york, nyc, rent control, rent stabilization, rent-regulated

“Change” Not Welcome in Harlem: Neighbors Cause Commotion as Harlem Rezoning Passes

May 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Limousine Liberals aren't the only ones who oppose change. In Harlem, neighbors fought to keep new people out of their neighborhood, and want to force gentrification upon other neighborhoods. In the process they created such a stir at Wednesday's Council session, they had to be cleared out.It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: zoning Tagged With: 125th street rezoning, gentrification, Harlem, neighborhood, NIMBY, nyc, rezoning, zoning

125th Street Rezoning

April 14, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Collectivists planned to join "Hands Across Harlem" to stop developers from further exercising their property rights. However, they only managed to gather a small crowd.New York Observer: 125th Street Rezoning Rally: 1968 Tries AgainCity Council Could Approve 125th Street Rezoning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: zoning Tagged With: development, Harlem, nyc, zoning

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