Minimum Wage, Real Estate Development, Affordable Housing

Cozen Cities - July 23, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 7/24/2025

BOSTON—City’s First Office-to-Residential Conversion Project Begins -Construction has officially begun on Boston’s first office-to-residential apartment conversions. This effort is a part of a City pilot program aimed at...more

Cozen Cities - June 25, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 6/26/2025

NEW YORK—Waymo Applies for NYC Permit - Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, plans to begin manually operating vehicles in Manhattan as a first step toward launching autonomous ride-hailing in New York City. The company...more

Cozen Cities - June 11, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 6/12/2025

BOSTON—City Receives $7.4M for Office-to-Residential Conversions -Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) allocated $7.4 million to support two office-to-residential conversion projects in downtown Boston, part of a broader...more

Broad Street Brief: Mayor Parker Transmits First HOME Initiative Bills to Council

Cozen O'Connor on 5/2/2025

Mayor Parker Transmits First HOME Initiative Bills to City Council- During Thursday’s meeting, City Councilmember Jeffery Young, Jr. (District 5) introduced a bill that would eliminate specialized zoning overlays in his...more

Cozen Cities - March 19, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 3/20/2025

CHICAGO—City Incentives Aim to Attract Data Centers - Chicago is positioning itself to capitalize on the data center boom, with the City Council adopting an ordinance offering incentives for developers to store municipal...more

Broad Street Brief: Tax Reform Commission Releases Interim Report

Cozen O'Connor on 2/28/2025

Tax Reform Commission Recommends Eliminating BIRT, Reducing Wage Tax - The Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission released its interim report this week, proposing that the City eliminate the Business Income & Receipts Tax...more

Cozen Cities - January 8, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 1/9/2025

CHICAGO — Jobs Slightly Down Since Last Year, State Data Shows - The Chicago metro area experienced a 0.2% drop in non-farm jobs between November 2023 and November 2024. While private education, health services, and...more

Cozen Cities - December 4, 2024

Cozen O'Connor on 12/5/2024

CHICAGO — Teachers Union Narrows Contract Demands- After eight months of increasingly tense contract negotiations, the Chicago Teachers Union has now narrowed its number of demands to land a deal in the next month, the...more

New York's 421-a Tax Exemption for New Residential Buildings is Back

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/18/2017

The New York State Legislature has passed and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation re-establishing the 421-a Tax Exemption Program after a nearly two-year hiatus. The program, which was first put in place in the early...more

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