Andy Manshel
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Andy Manshel
@theplacemaster.bsky.social
Author of "Learning from Bryant Park" (Rutgers 2020). Blogs at theplacemaster.com. Senior Advisor to Hollis Public Affairs, solving problems at the intersection of the private and public sectors in tech, real estate, transportation, public space.
Jeff Gural is an unusually generous and outstanding citizen of the City of New York, in a city and industry full of self interested scoundrels.
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The solution, of course, is government subsidy of the delta between revenue and expense. We also need a captive State property insurance program, and tort reform, to bring costs under control.
August 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm not sure how the two things relate. But I do know that food markets are a very low margin business. I tried to create a not-for-profit one focused on SNAP recipients in Jamaica, Queens without success -- even with our providing the space rent free.
July 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I hope to identify some of my suggested advisors/appointees in future posts. But as its stands now, all of the incentives are for risk aversion.
July 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It just demonstrates how arbitrary, political and performative these incarcerations of politically active graduate students are.
April 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM