GUEST VIEWPOINT: Challenges Exist Despite Advantages—Quality-of-Life, Strategic Access to the NY Metro Economy and Demand for Industrial, Multifamily, Healthcare and Retail Assets
The region’s housing crisis has become a commercial real estate constraint. Limited housing availability affects workforce retention, which in turn impacts employers’ willingness to expand or relocate.

From left, Lindsey Green; Gail Fattizzi, Chair, HGRF Program Committee; and Clare Murray, Exec Director of the Community Center of Northern Westchester.
From left, Janet Bender McErlean, Kyle Knauf, Lindsey Green; Grace Iapozzuto and Deborah Duma, Trustco Bank; David Rubin, Gail Fattizzi and Clare Murray.
HGAR Members including RPAC Co-Chair Carol Christiansen, and Derick King, Political Affairs Coordinator, New York State Association of REALTORS®, Inc. gathered for an RPAC Happy Hour on Tuesday, July 27th at The Pleasantville Manor. Thanks to Reid Whittemore, Clancy Relocation and Logistics event sponsor.
Matthew Spencer, Esq., Matt Roach, Esq., Jenna Roach, Jim Meyer, Esq.
Derick King, NYSAR, Lou Budetti, ERA Insite Realty
Tony D’Anzica, Carol Christiansen, Reid Whittemore
Richard Haggerty, CEO Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS® (HGAR) and President and Chief Strategic Growth Officer, OneKey® MLS
Crystal Hawkins-Syska, Licensed Real Estate Broker, Keller Williams NY Realty, President, Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS® (HGAR),
Leah Caro, President and Principal Broker Park Sterling Realty, Board of Managers, OneKey® MLS, Legislative Chair, HGAR