Ronald Gold, ASA, MRICS - NY City Real Estate Appraiser - Expert Witness
Areas of Expertise: Architecture
Ronald M. Gold has been actively involved in the appraisal of New York City commercial and residential real estate since 1983. Since 1985, Mr. Gold has owned and operated his own real estate appraisal practice. In 1991, he became one of the first 300 appraisers to become Certified in New York State as a General (Commercial & Residential) Real Estate Appraiser. Assignments have ranged from the valuation of Foreign Governmental Consulates and Missions to the UN (Canada, Cyprus, Ukraine, France, Italy, Norway, Namibia, Latvia, and The Bahamas) to loft and garage buildings, small to mid-sized office buildings, single-family townhouses, coop/condo units and low- and hi-rise mixed-use apartment buildings in New York City.
Reports have been prepared for a variety of clients including Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, General Motors, Time-Warner, Procter & Gamble, IBM, Exxon, Mobil, CITICORP and JP Morgan Chase. Reports have also been prepared in connection with matrimonial dispute valuations, insurable value of landmark buildings, estate tax valuations and business dissolution valuation disputes for a variety of law firms, accounting firms, private investors, cooperative and condominium boards, churches of a variety of denominations, the US Federal District Court, SDNY, New York State Attorney General's Office, the New York State Supreme Court, the New York State Surrogate's Court, the FDIC, The U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the US Treasury Dept., the IRS and other governmental clients.
Ronald M. Gold has lectured over 10 times at the CUNY Baruch College Steven Newman Institute on “Current Events in Real Estate Development” on the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is a New York State Certified instructor for the New York State Real Estate Salespersons' and Brokers' courses. He is a qualified instructor for the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and the Greater Harlem Real Estate Board (GHREB), specializing in presenting courses for NY State Real Estate Brokers' and Salespersons' licensing as well as continuing education and homebuyer education. In 1986, Mr. Gold became an expert witness for the New York State Attorney General's Office. He has been qualified and has testified at least 35 times as an expert witness before NY State Supreme Court, NY, Westchester, Queens, Kings and Bronx Counties on matrimonial, estate and insurance damage real property claims cases. Mr. Gold is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of New York. He organized and co-chaired the first Mock Trial on Divorce Valuation at the ABCNY in 2007. He presented an EXPERT WITNESS Seminar (Live Video Recording) for the ASA in the spring of 2014. He created and presented “THE AMAZON HQ2 Pullout and Its Effect on NYC” for the ASA in the spring of 2019. He created and moderated “DIVORCE VALUATION DIALOGUES – 3 Prominent Manhattan Divorce Attorneys — Matrimonial Dispute War Stories on Valuation in and out of the Courtroom over the last 25 Years” for the ASA in the fall of 2019.
Professional Affiliations
- ASA (“Accredited Senior Appraiser” Designation, American Society of Appraisers (www.appraisers.org)
- MRICS Designation (“Member, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors”)
- First Vice President / Instructor — GHREB (Greater Harlem Real Estate Board) 2000-2020
- President, NYC ASA Chapter #30, 1999-2000
- First Vice President, NYC ASA Chapter #30, 2017-2018
- Internal Revenue Service – Independent Contractor – Since 2013 – US FEDERAL CAGE #: 6YB18
- Founding Member, REBNY / Upper Manhattan and Bronx Commercial RE Committee (2016-2020)
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Academic Background
B.S. Degree, 1974, The New School University, New York, New York
Continuing Education
Appraisal Institute
Attended the AI Seminar: “7-Hour USPAP 2020-2021 Update Course” (February, 2020) - 7 Hours)
Attended the AI Seminar: “Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain for Appraisers Course” (May, 2020 — 4 Hours)
Attended the AI Seminar: “Up Your Appraiser IQ! Course” (June, 2019) - 7 Hours)
Attended the AI Seminar: “7-Hour USPAP 2018-19 Update Course” (February, 2019) - 7 Hours)
Attended the AI Seminar: “Technology and the Real Estate Appraiser” (Sept., 2018) (5 Course Hours)
Attended the AI Seminar: “7-Hour USPAP 2018-2019 Update Course” (December, 2017) (7 Course Hours)
Attended the AI Webinar “Using Spreadsheet Programs in Real Estate Appraisals” (May, 2015) (7 Course Hours)
Attended the AI Course “Complex Litigation Appraisal Case Studies” (April, 2015) (7 Course Hours)
ASA (American Society of Appraisers)
Attended the ASA Course: “7-Hour USPAP 2020-2021 Update Course” (May, 2020 — 7 Hours)
Created and Presented “The Amazon HQ2 Pullout and Its Effect on NYC” (April, 2019) (2 Course Hours)
Created and Presented “Divorce Valuation Dialogues — War Stories of Matrimonial Disputes in and out
of the Courtroom over the Last 25 Years” (November, 2019) (2 Course Hours)
Attended the 2-Hour ASA Seminar “Valuation of 20th/21st Century Photography” (February, 2019) (2 Course Hours)
Attended the 2-Hour Webinar “Defending the Appraisal Report in Litigation” (January, 2018) (2 Course Hours)
Conducted the 2-HourWebinar “Reconciliation in Valuation Reports” (October, 2017) (2 Course Hours)
Attended the 2-Hour Webinar “Intellectual Property of the Appraisal Report (December, 2017) (2 Course Hours)
Attended the 2-Hour Webinar “Diminution of Value and Severance Damages” (May, 2015) ( 2 Course Hours)
Attended the ASA Int'l Conference, Boca Raton, FL (September, 2016) (20 Hours)
Attended the 2 Hour Webinar “Working with Attorneys” (June, 2015) (2 Course Hours)
Attended the 2-Hour Webinar “Diminution of Value and Severance Damages” ( (May, 2015) ( 2 Course Hours)
Created and Presented “An Expert Prepares” Seminar for the ASA NYC Chapter (May, 2014) (2 Hours)
TASA “The ABC's of Expert Witnesses – Best Practices for Setting Up Your Expert Witness Business”
Attended the Webinar (1 hour) (March, 2020)
Landmark West
Attended the Seminar “Preservation 101” (December, 2016) (7 ½ Hours)
NYC CFA (Chartered Financial Analysts)
Attended the Seminar “2nd Annual Blockchain Conference” (September, 2018) (5 Hours)
RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors)
Attended the RICS 4th Annual Regional Caribbean Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica (Nov., 2015) (12 Hours)
Attended the RICS 8th Annual Regional Caribbean Conference, Bahamas, Paradise Island (Oct., 2019) (12 Hours)
B'Nai B'rith Real Estate
Lecturer: “The Bear Stearns Building Valuation” (April, 2007) (2 Hours)
Lecturer: “The Stuyvesant Town Debt Mess” (February, 2010) (2 Hours)
GVSHP (“Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation")
Attended Seminar: “The Architectural and Cultural Heritage of Greenwich Village” –
with Zoning, Fair Housing and Agency Law (May, 2019) (22.5 Hours)
Marshall & Swift, On-Line Course with Exams, / NYS Approved Licensing Course
Completed and Passed Exams For On-Line “Commercial Cost Approach” (November 3, 2005) (7 Hours)
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Following are select cases where RONALD M. GOLD has been qualified as
An EXPERT in legal actions, or where reports were prepared for such actions, since 2010:
Casa de Meadows, Inc. v. Zaman et al — NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Index #: 601685/2007
Estate of Sam Podolak v. Ivy Mindek Podolak – NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Index #: 2010-3731-I
Arcamone-Makinano v. Britton Prop., Inc. - NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Index #: 32984/09
Baker V. 40 East 80th Street Corp. and Penmark Realty Corp. – NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Index #: 603683/03
DeVictoria V. DeVictoria – NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Index #: 202261/2018
In the Matter of Barbara Stanley, An Incapacitated Person – NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Index #: 500086/2018
Liberty Square Realty Corp. V. Boricua Village housing Development Fund, Inc. et al –
US FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, NEW YORK , SDNY
Index #: CV-01395
Avra Akagi Scher v. Turin HDFC et al.
US FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, NEW YORK, SDNY
Docket #: 19-CV-02089 (KPW) (OTW)
David Driscoll V. 1049 Park Avenue Apartments Corporation - NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Index #: 651746/2017
Ganci v. Redhead, NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Index #: 156560/2016
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SELECTED Corporate
and Governmental CLIENT LIST
US Bankruptcy Court
NY State Surrogates Court – Queens County
NY State Supreme Court – New York County, Queens County, Kings County, Westchester County, Nassau County, Suffolk County
State of New York (Attorney General's Office)
Time-Warner Communications
AT&T
Bank of America
Barclays PLC
Celanese Corp.
City of New York (ACS) (HPD)
Citigroup
Columbia Pictures
D.E. Shaw & Co.
Dun + Bradstreet
Eli Lilly & Co.
ExxonMobil
General Motors
General Electric
Goldman Sachs
Government of the Bahamas Commonwealth
Government of Canada
Government of Colombia
Government of Cyprus
Government of France
Government of Italy
Government of Latvia
Government of Namibia
Government of Norway
Government of Ukraine
IBM
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
JP Morgan Chase
Kraft General Foods
Lehman Brothers
MacDonald's Corp.
NY STATE SUPREME COURT
Natixis Banque/BFCE
Philip Morris
Pfizer International
Prudential Relocation Management
Procter & Gamble
Toronto Dominion Bank
U.S. Veterans Administration
U.S. Federal District Court, SDNY
Walt Disney Corp.
Young & Rubicam
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APRIL 16, 2019
RONALD M. GOLD Created and Presented:
Impact of Amazon's Pullout from Long Island City HQ2 on New York City
- Connelly's Pub at 14 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017
- Tuesday, April 16, 2019
- 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Join us on Tuesday, April 16th at Connolly's from 6pm to 8pm as valuation expert
Ronald M. Gold, ASA MRICS presented an analysis of the Amazon HQ2 Pullout in Long Island City.
Presentation Topics
- Introduction and description of the NYC regional area and vehicular and MTA subway access to and from Long Island City and Manhattan
- Description of Long Island City
- Introduction to and the announcement of the the Amazon HQ2 Long Island City choice (November, 2018)
- The projected benefits of the Amazon LI City HQ2 on Long Island City (December, 2018)
- The NYC local political opposition to the Amazon HQ2 deal (November and December, 2018)
- The Bezos divorce (January, 2019)
- The February, 2019 announcement of the Amazon HQ2 pullout in Long Island City
- The aftermath of the pullout and its effect on New York City (February and March, 2019)
About the Presenter
Ronald M. Gold, ASA, MRICS is a NY State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser. He has been appraising NY City residential and commercial real property since 1985. Mr. Gold is a Certified expert witness in valuation with the NY State Supreme Court. He is a certified CAGE US Government Appraiser with the US Treasury Dept., Internal
Revenue Service. Mr. Gold has been a member of ASA NYC Chapter #30 since 1989.
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