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Acquisition manager/underwriter with National Equity Fund, a tax credit syndicator. This follows 19 years as a capital project manager with State Division of Housing, handling 225 projects, including 57 in the City of Buffalo. Recent projects include - Cornerstone Manor, Is Lofts, Lakeview III, Elmwood Square, Artspace & St. John Townhomes. Executive Director of neighborhood-based not-for-profit in the 1980's - acquiring, rehabbing & reselling vacant houses. Attorney (dormant real estate practice) and part-time instructor at UB in Urban Development. Current president of Rental Assistance Corporation of Buffalo.
on 10/12/08
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3.88 (170 votes)
Interests:
Swimming & sailing in the summer. Skating & skiing in the winter. Finding time to work on my second major house restoration; the first - a long vacant property on Lafayette near Main - took 5 years & $150k, & sold 20 years later for $60k - clear evidence that my interests have never included "common business sense 101."
Favorite Movies:
My Life as a House (too easy to resist).
Favorite Music:
Marley on the beach, U2 on the open road, and Sinatra in the wee small hours of the morning...
Favorite Books:
The Red & the Black (in high school), The 7 Habits...(in mid-career), The Places You'll Go (for reading to my children), and The 5 People You Meet in Heaven (on skating past 50). Or any good book on cities and urban development.

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  • Governor Burns Senecas

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    Dec 15th 2008, 20:16

    Under the "Treaty with the Seneca, 1842" & the subsequent "Treaty with the Seneca, Tonawanda Band, 1857" the Seneca's were paid $458,000 for the land comprising the Cattaraugus, the Allegany, the Buffalo Creek & the Tonawanda Reservations. Accord…

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  • Governor Burns Senecas

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    Dec 15th 2008, 18:17

    Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist in: Moe v. Salish & Kootenai Tribes (1976): "To the extent that the on-reservation "smoke shops" sell to non-Indians upon whom the State has validly imposed a sales tax with respect to the article sold, the …

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  • Restoration Watch: 878 Main Street

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    Dec 10th 2008, 14:26

    I think it's significant that this is an early example of BuffaloRising providing a public forum that had a positive impact on a development project. On July 25, 2006 Dr. Hengst joined the on-line discussion about the future of 878 Main, provided…

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  • The Times on Buffalo: “Home to Some of the Greatest American Architecture”

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    Nov 16th 2008, 12:42

    Story is already #2. I hope Mr. Healy & the CVB can figure out a way to measure the financial impact of the story, and report back to BRO.

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