Speaker event to examine NYC housing market | Alumni Association

By Steve Seepersaud

The pandemic accelerated a number of dynamics in New York's housing market such as volatile sales prices across the city, all-time-high rents, buyers and renters opting for transitioning sections of Brooklyn and Queens, and young professionals finding it difficult to start life on their own.

Our May 16 TIER Talks webinar, titled "A Place to Call Home? A critical look at the NYC housing market," will discuss trends affecting those looking to move in or move up. The program will also examine public policy and advocacy efforts to ensure that fair and affordable housing remains a right, not a privilege. TIER Talks will feature two alumni speakers with extensive experience on this topic. Register now for this webinar.

Rory Clark '05 is an award-winning residential real estate broker at Brown Harris Stevens. He is consistently recognized as one of the top real estate agents in New York by REAL Trends America. He utilizes his past career as a business lawyer to handle residential real estate transactions of all types. Clark is among the 1% of agents in the city with a Certified Buyer Designation. He has achieved multiple sales records for a variety of condominiums and cooperatives. He founded and leads the Rory S. Clark Team at Brown Harris Stevens, which includes two Binghamton University alumni.

Joseph Jones '07 is director of policy, advocacy and research at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), where he oversees the organization’s research and policy agenda, promoting poverty alleviation and reducing systemic barriers to economic deprivation. Prior to FPWA, Jones held several roles in city government including implementing the nation's first "right-to-counsel" program in New York City Housing Court. He started his career in housing policy and has worked and lived in most regions of the country. Jones holds graduate degrees in law and urban policy from the University of Michigan and undergraduate degrees in political science, economics, English and classical history from Binghamton.

The Alumni Association created the TIER Talks speaker series to leverage Binghamton University's greatest assets — our alumni and faculty — to provide thought-provoking perspectives on topics that are front of mind in today's world.