A surgically perfected force of nature who treats marriagelicenses like seasonal accessories. This masterclass inManhattan manipulation comes dressed in designer labels andarmed with a pharmaceutical marketing rep’s talent forselling side effects as benefits. When Sarah locked eyeswith Peter Brandini the weekend before her first wedding,she recognized a better deal—spending her honeymoon on thephone with her future second husband before jetting…
A pocket-sized powerbroker with Napoleonic ambitions, Peter Brandini proves that in Manhattan real estate, the smallest knives cut deepest. Behind his carefully curated facade—designer suits, boutique pharma company, and that practiced smile that closes million-dollar deals—lurks a social climber who’d step on his own reflection to reach the next rung. For six years, he played the perfect best friend to…
The Last SRO Holdout A modern-day Peter Pan in ablack Stetson and Hawaiian shirts, Henry Ball iswhat happens when a 16-year-old runaway’s dreamscrash-land into middle age Manhattan. For $285.25 amonth (rent-controlled, naturally), he’s turned hissingle-room kingdom into a surreal museum ofchildhood dreams deferred: model trains whistle pastplastic waterfalls while memories of his colorfulpast—pimp, women’s wrestling promoter, fast-foodfranchise savant—collect like dust…
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A towering, Uncle Fester lookalike who’stransformed his criminal past intoconstruction-site gold. Living rent-free ina “borrowed” East Village penthouse, Kennysprays wisdom through broken teeth—thephysical souvenir of his colorful history.His seven-year stint in federal prison forrunning Miami Vice-style hashish operationstaught him two things: how to enforce properspelling in high-stakes prison Scrabbletournaments, and that crime doesn’t payenough. After a brief career as a…
A steroid-sculpted Tony Soprano starter kit withdreams bigger than his construction permits.Every inch the made man cliché—from his ever-present gold chain to his signature Ginny T—Frankie peppers his speech with enough F-bombs tomake Scorsese blush. While squatting in an EastVillage walkup with his stripper girlfriend andtheir kid, he’s hustling to build his hilariouslynamed legitimate business, “Plumb Leve & SquareConstruction.” The…
A Kentucky steel magnolia wrapped in Manhattan silk, Samantha Rath proves Southern charm can survive anything—even New York’s hustle real estate development. From the Fashion Institute of Technology to the runway to Maidenform’s bra design empire, she mastered the art of making things look effortlessly beautiful, a skill tested daily by her husband’s constant construction chaos. Their own love story…
A Connecticut WASP with a gambler’s heart, Colin Rathis what happens when old money meets new ambition inManhattan’s pressure cooker real estate market. By day,he’s the dutiful son, reverse-commuting to daddy’sdirect mail business in the suburbs. By night, he’s areal estate mad scientist, transforming a historicbrownstone into his family’s dream home—while hispregnant wife wonders if dreams need quite so manyrefinance…