Building Codes
Cry Wolf Quotes
This condition is depreciating the value of real estate, restricting its marketability, and driving manufacturers out of the City and State of New York.
I do not believe in legislation so radical that it means an attack on the valuation of real estate or driving out of our state manufacturing concerns or other large business enterprises.
It is almost impossible to sell any real property in New York City at the present time at its assessed value.
We are of the opinion that if the present recommendations are insisted upon…factories will be driven from the city, labor will be compelled to accompany them, factories, tenements, and small houses will become tenantless with the final result of demoralization in tax collections by the city. What is wanted is evolution and not revolution.
