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Stop letting chaos-enabling Columbia and NYU off the hook for property taxes

Questions arise as police in riot gear clash with anti-Israel student demonstrators who are causing mayhem and destroying property on campuses across the city. Do Columbia University and New York University deserve a property tax exemption? Thanks to a centuries-old law that exempts universities and other nonprofit organizations from paying property taxes, the universities collectively […]

Tech billionaire sues neighbors, claiming dogs pooped on property

The billionaire CEO of a successful technology company has accused neighbors of his two Bernese mountain dogs, Sasha and Mocha, of barking loudly and relieving themselves on his property at a luxury ski resort in Utah. suing residents. Last month, Matthew Prince, who co-founded the $30 billion cybersecurity company Cloudflare and amassed a $3.1 billion […]

California loses two more property insurers in growing crisis

Chef Andrew Gruel talks about how California’s minimum wage hike is leading to layoffs on “The Bottom Line.” Two more insurance companies are ending property and casualty coverage in California, adding to the growing list of insurers fleeing the state as the crisis worsens. Tokio Marine Holdings’ companies Tokio Marine America Insurance Company and Transpacific […]

Proposed bill in Congress makes squatting on property a deportable offense

A bill introduced in Congress on Wednesday would make illegal immigrant occupation a deportable crime and permanently ban criminals from entering the United States. The legislation, titled the Protecting Homes from Illegal Entry, Occupation, and Dwelling Act, or the SHIELD Act, was introduced by Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pennsylvania) in response to a spate of incidents […]

Asian stocks mixed; Nikkei rebounds, China falls on property woes – Investing.com

Investing.com — Asian stocks were mixed on Monday, with Japanese markets recovering from last week’s deep declines, but Chinese stocks falling amid renewed concerns about the real estate market. Conditions remained fragile in the face of declining confidence in the early US interest rate cut, and broader Asian markets remained in a narrow range. US […]