How Covid Has Impacted The Real Estate Industry
Deniz Turkbas * - With the new year, comes new hopes and new aspirations. However, with Covid still in the midst, it is hard to tell how our hopes and aspirations will come to fruition. For those whose hopes and aspirations revolve around real estate, some may be happier than others. Covid has affected some positively and some negatively. Although the tell tale rule seems be holding true, in real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. Ironically, Covid has changed what we consider a desirable location. When Covid began in March 2020, we all locked ourselves in our homes and we distanced ourselves from friends, family, coworkers and, well, basically everyone. Now, the four walls you lived in became your whole world. Your desirable location became questionable depending on the size of your living quarters. It’s desirable to live in a city where you can go out to eat and frequent Broadway shows. But as the pandemic caused social distancing, New York City restaurants were not allowed to serve people inside. During the summer months, this was not so terrible, as any resilient New Yorker, we all adapted to our new normal. But still many restaurants were unable to survive. We saw iconic restaurants close, such as the 21 Club. Founded in 1930, the 21 Club, known for its jockeys lined up in front, has hosted very president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, aside from George W. Bush, and its secret wine cellar was home to the private collections of celebrities and presidents including Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, and Richard Nixon, according to AMNY. Broadway shows closed. Needless to say, many establishment owners’ hopes and aspirations were hit hard with Covid.
The number of Turkish people with anti-American sentiments has increased by 28 percent in just three years, a BBC poll showed on Wednesday. Experts have claimed that the U.S.'s stance on the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) and the PKK's Syrian affiliate, the People's Protection Units (YPG), in particular have been the triggering factors for the increasing bad feeling. According to the poll conducted by GlobalScan and the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) for the British broadcaster, the ratio of Turks that view the United States negatively stands at 64 percent, compared to 36 percent in 2014.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported on five of the top counties where residents of Bergen County were most likely to have moved from and to over a one-year period between 2007 and 2011. Among Bergen residents, 24,870 persons, or 2.7 percent, lived in a different county one year earlier. Among the counties they were most likely to have come from were: Hudson, Passaic, New York (NY), Queens (NY), and Essex Counties. Among the 37,067 persons who moved away from Bergen during the course of the year, among their most common destinations were Passaic, Hudson, New York (NY), Middlesex, and Essex Counties. 
Amman, Jordan, 11 April 2013— Greater international support is needed for countries currently absorbing increasing waves of refugees fleeing Syria, including Jordan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said yesterday as she wrapped up a four day visit to Jordan. The deterioration of the security and humanitarian situation in Syria has forced thousands of Syrians to flee and seek refuge in neighbouring countries, with Jordan alone currently hosting nearly half a million internationally displaced persons (IDPs) from Syria, according to news reports.
The naturalization process confers U.S. citizenship upon foreign citizens or nationals who have fulfilled the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). After naturalization, foreign-born citizens enjoy nearly all of the same benefits, rights, and responsibilities that the Constitution gives to native-born U.S. citizens, including the right to vote. This Office of Immigration Statistics Annual Flow Report presents information on the number and characteristics of foreign nationals aged 18 years and over who naturalized during 2012. 
German cities dominate the investment prospects for Europe’s commercial real estate sector as investors continue to favour safe haven locations according to a new report. The Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2013, a real estate forecast published jointly by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) ranks 27 cities across Europe, based on respondents’ expectations for market performance in 2013. 
Ali Cinar - New York - 28 Ekim 2012 - Türk Amerikan Dernekleri Federasyonu , bir şüpheli aracı durdurması ile başlayan olay sonucunda öldürülen Nassau Bölgesinde görev yapan Polis Memuru Arthur Lopez için Nassau Bölgesi Emniyet Müdürü Thomas V. Dale’e başsağlı mesajı yolladı. TADF Mesajında ,toplumun huzur ve güvenliği için çalışan tüm güvenlik güçlerine desteklerinin her zaman olacağı belirtilirken, başta şehit olan polisin ailesi olmak üzere tüm Emniyet Müdürlüğüne başsağlığı dileğinde bulundu Cumartesi günü defnedilen cenazesine NYPD görev yapan Türk kökenli polisler’de katıldı. 
Ali Cinar - 1 Aralik 2012-New York - Muhtac ve evi olmayan birine yardım eden New York Polis Teşkilatı(NYPD)’ndan bir polis herkesin takdirini kazandı. Aralik başlarındaki soğuk bir gecede Lawrence Deprimo isimli bir polis memuru ayakları çıplak olan evsiz bir insana bir çift kışlık bot hediye etti O sırada bölgede olan bir turist tarafından fotoğraflanan o an NYPD tarafından teşkilatın resmi Facebook sayfasına yüklendi. 
Ali Cinar - 9 Agustos 2012- New York - Türk Amerikan Dernekleri Federasyonu'nun da davetli olduğu iftara TADF Heyeti TADF Başkan Yardımcısı/ASA Başkanı Tomris Azeri katıldı. Belediye Başkanı Bloomberg, New York'taki Müslüman grupların New York'un bir parçası olduğunu belirterek, Ramazan'nin önemini vurguladı. Toplum uyeleri ilel ile biraraya gelinerek açılan oruçların birlik ve beraberlik simgesi olduğunu söyleyen Başkan Bloomberg, New York Belediyesinin Müslüman Gruplara her konuda yardımcı olduğunu ve olacağını sözlerine ekledi. 
