South Fork

The historic village of Sag Harbor has been trying to establish more affordable housing units for several years now, but efforts have been halting.

In prior Backstory columns, I’ve written about various real estate transactions I’ve been involved with over the years. Since these transactions have always made money for me, I thought I should share with you the tricks and techniques which led to my success. For example, in 1968, I bought a building in Bridgehampton and…

For nearly 100 years, many members of the New York City Social Set lived in a special oceanfront conclave in Southampton behind high hedgerows, a world apart from the so called riff-raff who lived in the rest of the East End communities. In real estate, these other folks were kept away from their lives…

Around 2000, the Town of East Hampton bought property on Abraham’s Path in East Hampton for the exclusive use of the teens of this community. It was a modest site on the west side of the road across from a town baseball field able to accommodate a tennis court, a sports equipment shack and…