Shaya Boymelgreen
Shaya Boymelgreen is a New York City real estate developer.[1]
[edit] Biography
He emigrated from Israel to New York City in 1969 and worked in asbestos abatement. He was involved in small development projects, then in 2001 he became business partners with Lev Leviev.[1]
Early in 2010, Boymelgreen became the target of a media campaign by owners of his first large project, Newswalk,[2] in Brooklyn, NY, completed in 2002. In 2007, the owners had filed a $10 million lawsuit against Boymelgreen and related parties for a wide variety of construction defects.[3] In 2010, they developed a website called ShameOnShaya.org,[4] in English, Hebrew and Russian, which received media attention in the US[5] and Israel.[6] As a result of the media campaign, New York Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo was forced to return an $8000 contribution to Boymelgreen. Cuomo received the contribution at the same time the New York State Attorney General’s office failed to respond to Newswalk’s requests for help against the developer.[7] Companies controlled by Boymelgreen are involved in the construction of Israeli settlements in the Judea and Samaria Area[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Haughney, Christine (December 1, 2009). "Star of Real Estate Boom Is Confronting Hard Times". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/nyregion/02developer.html. Retrieved 2009-12-07. "Mr. Boymelgreen arrived in New York City from Israel in 1969 and worked in asbestos removal before getting involved in small development projects. His break came in 2001, when he met the diamond magnate Lev Leviev on a cruise, and the two became business partners."
- ^ Residential Real Estate; Printing Plant Is Transformed to a Condo Building, New York Times, March 8, 2002, By NADINE BROZAN http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/nyregion/residential-real-estate-printing-plant-is-transformed-to-a-condo-building.html
- ^ Habitat Magazine “Nightmare on Dean Street”, Bill Morris, June 2010 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/habitat/201006/#/10/OnePage http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/habitat/201006/#/10/OnePage
- ^ http://www.shameonshaya.org
- ^ Prospect Heights condo owners bash developer Shaya Boymelgreen through Web site BY Erin Durkin New York Daily News, May 26th 2010, 4:00 AM http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/05/26/2010-05-26_angry_residents_of_leaky_condo_pound_builder_on_web_site.html
- ^ אתר אינטרנט חדש בארצות הברית: "בוש לך, שעיה http://www.calcalist.co.il/real_estate/articles/0,7340,L-3405931,00.html
- ^ Real Estate Interests Help Cuomo Gain a Big Edge in Cash By Christine Haughney New York Times, January 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/nyregion/29donations.html
- ^ http://www.bigcampaign.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,print,0&cntnt01articleid=198&cntnt01showtemplate=false&cntnt01returnid=71
