Join LIBOR at this year's virtual General Membership Meeting featuring a FREE 1 hour NY Legal Update with LIBOR Associate General Counsel Patrick Fife and a special live virtual session “Selling Safely Because It Can Happen to You” with Jen Stanbrough (NYS CE pending). In addition, members will have the opportunity to vote for your 2023/24 LIBOR Directors and get pertinent updates for your business from LIBOR Officials. Virtual meeting registration can be accessed HERE and link to voting website HERE.

If you have not received your 2023 LIBOR dues bill electronically, please call LIBOR Membership & Billing Department at 631-661-4800, or email us at imssupport@lirealtor.com.

LIBOR dues for 2023 are due by September 30, 2022.

Members can pay their bill online, easily and securely, by visiting www.lirealtor.com/ims-login and logging in with their Stratus User ID and Password. 

Last week, LIBOR hosted a fun-filled economic forecast and networking event featuring Dr. Elliot Eisenberg - free for members! Attendees enjoyed an evening of networking and cocktails, free CE credit, and Dr. Eisenberg’s high-energy presentation with predictions for 2023! Check out more photos here, lirealtor.com/eventphotos.

LIBOR is now accepting nominations for the 2022 LIBOR Awards program. LIBOR is proud to celebrate members who are experts in their fields, advocates in their communities, leaders amongst their peers, and champions of the advancement of the real estate profession. For more information, award criteria, and how to nominate, visit www.lirealtor.com/news/awards.

LIBOR is working to make Long Island Home for all of us. Be sure to check out our new initiative, Home for All of Us: Committed to Delivering Fair Housing Across Long Island which seeks to deliver fair housing across the island and beyond. For more information, visit HomeForAllOfUs.org.

Members of NYSAR’s 6th Leadership Academy (LA6) will be immersed in a comprehensive program that will develop skills in the many facets of successful leadership. The program will often focus on REALTOR® association leadership but is also designed to introduce skills that will affect all facets of your personal and professional life. Applications are due August 31, 2022. Apply HERE!

Registration is open for the NYSAR "Elevate Your Profession" 2022 Fall Business Meetings. Select committee meetings will be held virtually via Zoom the week of September 19 and in-person meetings will be held Friday, September 30 through Monday, October 3, 2022, at the Saratoga Hilton in Saratoga Springs, NY. For more information and to view the full schedule, click HERE.

Celebrate Labor Day with FREE DELIVERY on orders over $499 and additional savings on select appliances through September 14, 2022. Plus, save up to 25% on small appliances through 9/11/22. See Store for details, HERE.

Tuesday, September 6, 10:00AM - 1:00PM

3 Hrs. CE

Tuesday, September 6, 9:00AM- 5;00PM

7.5 Hrs. CE

Wednesday, September 7, 10:00AM - 12:00PM

2 Hrs. CE

Wednesday, September 7, 2:00PM - 4:00PM

2 Hrs. CE

Thursday, September 8, 9:00AM - 12:00PM

3 Hrs. CE

New York’s second primary election of the summer, held on Tuesday, August 23 , featured contests to determine who will run in the November general elections for the House of Representatives and state Senate. Incumbents were largely successful in these primaries, although there were several open seats due to redistricting and incumbents’ retiring or running for other public offices. Two special congressional elections were also held. To view a summary of the primary and special elections, click HERE.

On Thursday, August 25, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) held the first of six virtual public hearings for the proposed Congestion Pricing Program in New York City. The hearings will conclude Wednesday, August 31. State lawmakers approved congestion pricing for New York City in 2019, however, federal approval is still pending. The current proposal could result in tolls of up to $23 per day on motorists who drive into Manhattan’s central business district and is projected to raise $1 billion in annual revenue for the MTA. Public comment is open and will be accepted through September 9. Learn more.

On Tuesday, August 16, President Joe Biden signed into law the $784 billion Inflation Reduction Act. The law excludes nearly a dozen real estate tax measures originally proposed in the Build Back Better plan, and includes affordable housing changes, such as the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act and an expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. The final bill focused mainly on climate and health care related investments, while imposing a 15% minimum tax on corporations earning more than $1 billion. Learn more.

On Wednesday, August 24, Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation to provide a one-time property tax rebate of up to $150 to hundreds of thousands of property owners in New York City. Property owners whose primary residence is a one, two or three family residence, or condo or cooperative unit, are eligible if the owner’s income was $250,000 or less in tax year 2020. Checks are expected to be sent this fall by the New York City Department of Finance. Learn more.