Of course, it's not the broker s job to worry about dislocation. Their business doesn't allow them to consider that some people believe they have a right to be sheltered from the ever-accelerating economic maelstrom of Manhattan. There's an absurd inequity there. If she lived in the suburbs and the space was too big, she'd sell it, and somebody who needed the space would move in. As the city becomes more owner- occupied and luxury decontrolled, sympathies are changing.
Nobody wants to subsidize the lawyer next door.
None of the brokers think that it's all going to disappear on June 15. Because they're not going to be able to live in the city. Not in a 10-room apartment. Brokers are looking forward to most any change, though. Or I will be.