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Originally Posted by babybackribs2314
No legitimate developer would have gym selfies & photos where they brag about wealth. At least not in NYC. Developers here tend to be very private individuals, and with every reason -- they have enough bad PR to deal with just for existing, as people tend to hate them. Those photos would be ample fuel to any fire.
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I disagree. Lots of current major NYC developers, like Michael Shvo, are very promotional. You have Related, the biggest current NYC developer, partying with JLo and Pit Bull. And, obviously the most famous NYC developer of the last half-century, Donald Trump, has always been a publicity whore.
And there's no issue of "PR" or "fuel to fire". This is an as-of-right site. There's no public review.
Now some developers are super-private, for whatever reason. Some need public approvals, others deal with certain types of investors.
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Originally Posted by babybackribs2314
This is partially incorrect. I do believe the DOB now requires renderings/drawings to be posted on sites within a certain timeframe of construction beginning. The change has been recent, but the results have been very beneficial to transparency.
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Yeah, this is a recent change, but it's just a required drawing. It doesn't really give details. And there's no requirement that the built product specifically matches whatever is posted. There's nothing stopping developers from making amendments to an approved and u/c design, which is why exact heights and square footage are so difficult to pinpoint prior to completion of construction.