Finding the balance.
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Even from the first meeting, one could tell that Nicholas LaPorte, executive director of Associated Builders and Owners of Greater New York, is a man of character. “I’ve always felt that you shouldn’t regulate an industry to death,” he starts excitedly when asked whether his long career as a public official hasn’t affected his Views on real estate laws. “I wasn’t a bureaucrat while I was in the government,- so my transformation when I came to ABO was very simple. I had the same beliefs as I do now, which is that you have to look at everything rationally and reasonable. You have to strike a balance — there are aspects of the industry that should be regulated and there are those places… More : accessmylibrary.com |