How Will the Two-Year Rent Freeze Affect New York’s Affordable Housing? A Panel Discussion

Panel Moderator: Brad Greenburg

Brad Greenburg is the Executive Director of the NYU Furman Center.  Previously, he served as the Chief Compliance Officer and before that as a Special Counsel to the CEO for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).  At NYCHA, Brad helped manage the Authority’s work under its Agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and HUD.  Before his work at NYCHA, Brad was an Associate at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where his practice focused on transactional real estate and urban development work.  Brad holds a BA from Brown University and a JD magna cum laude from NYU School of Law.

Panelist: Edward Lombardo

LAI member Edward Lombardo has built a platform of knowledge and experiences in commercial real estate (CRE) for forty plus years.  Training and working as a CRE appraiser were followed by a career in CRE underwriting, debt origination, and credit analysis within the banking sector.  Edward developed and presented seminars for the Metro NY Chapter of the Appraisal Institute on valuation, debt underwriting & origination and CRE cycles.  In 2000, Edward began teaching at the NYU Schack Institute in the M.S. Real Estate program.  Currently, he holds the following NYS licenses: General Certified Real Estate Appraiser, Supervisor Appraiser, Appraisal Instructor, Real Estate Instructor.  He works with the New York Mortgage Coalition to mentor minority appraisal trainees. 

Panelist: Ann Korchak

Ann Korchak is the Board President of the Small Property Owners of New York (SPONY), a all-volunteer organization representing the city’s small housing providers.  She has been deeply involved in SPONY’s advocacy, education, and organizing efforts, helping elevate the voices of responsible small building operators throughout New York.  Ann works to ensure that policymakers, the media, and the public understand the essential role small property owners play in maintaining safe, stable, and affordable housing.  Ann has been actively involved in the management of two family-owned properties on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for over 20 years, which her husband’s family has owned for decades.

Panelist: Timothy Collins

Timothy Collins is a partner at Collins, Dobkin and Miller, LLP and an adjunct faculty member at Pace University.  From 1987 to 1994, he served as the Executive Director/Counsel of the Rent Guideline Board (RGB).  He is the author of An Introduction to the Rent Guidelines Board and the Rent Stabilization System  (https://rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us/about/an-introduction-to-the-nyc-rent-guidelines-board-and-the-rent-stabilization-system).  Mr. Collins also served as an Assistant Attorney General at the New York State Department of Law, Real Estate Financing Bureau, and as an Assistant Counsel at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development, Office of Rent and Housing Maintenance.  

Speaker: Michael Lappin

LAI member Michael Lappin is the Managing Director of MLappin & Associates LLC, a company providing both advisory and development services for affordable housing.  From 1980 to 2011 he was the President of the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC).  Under his leadership, nearly $8 billion was invested for the building and redevelopment of over 147,000 homes.  He has widely written and lectured in the field of affordable housing and community development.