Jordan Barowitz Quotations

This project is in the very early stages of development.

Mayor Bloomberg gave the teachers the largest raise in history and is optimistic that we can agree to another one.

Just because this year we are having a good year in terms of revenue doesn't mean that will happen again next year.

There are a lot of problems. The act lets landlords off the hook and forces the city to do repairs. It's a terrible incentive. Landlords will never repair anything and then the city will be responsible for collecting the money.

We clearly want to find him a safe and secure place to move to as quickly as possible.

While it is their right to seek an impasse, we believe the best way to resolve our difference is at the bargaining table.

We want to try to help him move into a safer, more appropriate place to live, and we want to do that as quickly as possible,

Sometimes the speaker and mayor agree and sometimes they don't, but the mayor has tremendous respect for the speaker and they share a good working relationship and a commitment to improve the lives of all New Yorkers.

It is the most efficient and substantive way to provide relief to small homeowners in this red-hot real estate market.

The administration will aggressively pursue the billions of dollars that the state owes New York City schools and our children. If the state does not fulfill its obligations to the Department of Education capital construction plan, the opening of critically needed new schools and vital renovations will be delayed.

It's a matter of using resources from those times when revenues are relatively strong to mitigate the impact of economic downturns, and the invariable budget cuts and tax increases that accompany them.

It's illegal for teachers to strike and counterproductive to raise it. Mayor Bloomberg gave the teachers the largest raise in history and is optimistic that we can agree to another one.

No matter how well-intentioned, it violates state education law. And it duplicates the efforts already being made by the Education Department.

They were able to do it for a lot less and a lot quicker than people thought.

Their parents could not be legal (immigrants), so they are worried about engaging with the government.