Jesse Masyr | The New York Observer

Resignations Over Columbia Harlem Expansion

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:55:50 -0500

People around the country seem to be having such a blast with these community benefits agreements--pacts between private groups and developers to provide affordable housing and other benefits--but in New York, they are turning out to be such chores. The one at Atlantic Yards has been faulted as a meek deal arranged behind closed doors by Astroturf groups. So people up in Harlem promised to create a truly representative body to negotiate with Columbia...

21-Love

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:06:00 -0500

By a 21-0 vote, the City Council’s Land Use Committee slathered praise on The Related Companies’ proposed shopping mall at Bronx Terminal Market Wednesday morning. The full council is expected to approve it later this afternoon. Presumably, the community benefits agreement between the developer and Bronx elected officials will be signed by then. (A press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m.) As of this morning, it had not. But Jesse Masyr, an attorney for...

$6.75 and Counting

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:07:00 -0500

On Monday, Jesse Masyr, an attorney for The Related Companies, told City Councilors that the developer would try to give the wholesalers at the Bronx Terminal Market what they wanted so that they would put down their lawsuits and leave peacefully. At that point, a group of merchants had asked for a buy-out of $30 for every square foot of space they had at the, and a June 1 moving date. In talks...

Even the Bronx Merchants Have Their Price

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:04:00 -0500

If Irwin Cohen wants to save the Bronx Terminal Market, he better move fast before there is nothing left to save. A splinter group of merchants has offered to leave the present site in the South Bronx if they are paid enough money, according to testimony Monday morning at a City Council subcommittee hearing. Jesse Masyr, an attorney representing The Related Companies, the developer that wants to turn the area into a shopping mall,...

The Chelsea Marketeer Sets His Sights on SoBro

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:00:00 -0500

The developer who brought Chelsea Market to Manhattan now wants to replicate it in the South Bronx.

Irwin Cohen, who introduced Manhattan to the concept of “food purveyors,” is floating a plan to build a new home for 16 ethnic food merchants who are about to get kicked out of the Bronx Terminal Market. The Bronx spin-off will be a little different than its Manhattan model, Mr. Cohen said, but it will rely on...

The Chelsea Marketeer Sets His Sights on SoBro

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:00:00 -0500

The developer who brought Chelsea Market to Manhattan now wants to replicate it in the South Bronx. Irwin Cohen, who introduced Manhattan to the concept of “food purveyors,” is floating a plan to build a new home for 16 ethnic food merchants who are about to get kicked out of the Bronx Terminal Market. The Bronx spin-off will be a little different than its Manhattan model, Mr. Cohen said, but it will rely...

Freddy, Ingrate

Wed, 18 May 2005 07:55:00 -0400

The strangest story of the week has to be the Bloomberg campaign's attack on Ferrer for failing to reward his donors with support for their contracts in the Bronx. (Mike, who has benefited from the political support of some of the same people, has not been so remiss.) We've been alerted to another instance of this shocking non-quid-pro-quo. Freddy has raised questions about the Bronx Terminal Market sale, despite the fact that Jesse Masyr, partner...