Michelin ranks 5 New York hotels among the world's best

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 4/25 1:03A Nikki Ekstein, Bloomberg

Last year, when World’s 50 Best issued its first global ranking of hotels, only two properties in the U.S. made the cut: the Equinox and Aman New York hotels, both in Manhattan. Now Michelin has arrived stateside, in its second-ever presentation...

Health care spending grows in Adams’ $112B executive budget

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/25 12:33A Jacqueline Neber

Mayor Eric Adams’ nearly $112 billion executive budget, released Wednesday, includes more than $5 billion for health care initiatives, a figure that has grown by $172 million since his January preliminary budget. The revised plan avoids new...

Deals of the Day: April 24

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/24 7:23A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Leases IT company expands on Fifth Avenue Address: 500 Fifth Ave., Manhattan Landlord: Moises Cosio Tenant: Ahead Lease size: 16,486 square feet Asking rent: $95 per square foot Asset type: Office Brokers: CBRE's Michael Poch and Harly Stevens...

Op-ed: City of Yes: A first step toward a more affordable New York

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/24 7:03A Kathryn Wylde

There’s no two ways about it: New York has become an unaffordable city. The cost of living and doing business has risen so dramatically in the past decade that we are now tied with Geneva as the third most expensive city in the world, behind only...

New York must fight to compete with cities worldwide, Dimon says

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/24 6:33A Hannah Levitt, Bloomberg

New York City is “obviously the financial center of the world,” but needs to stay competitive to keep that title, according to JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon. “No one has the right, in my view, to think they have a divine right to...

City's hotel business boosted by migrant crisis, Airbnb ban

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/24 12:48A C. J. Hughes

The hotel industry’s post-Covid revenue rebound has been a marker of success in the city’s pandemic recovery. It also may be misleading. The notable improvement in the hotel sector’s fortunes over the past year seems to have more to do with...

At a Glance: April 24

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/24 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

HEARING BEGINS: A Manhattan federal court will begin to hear arguments today in the criminal case against Darius Paduch, a former urologist at New York-Presbyterian’s Weill Cornell Medical Center and Northwell Health who has been accused of...

Hochul earmarks $20M for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/24 12:33A Jacqueline Neber

Gov. Kathy Hochul has allotted $20 million in state funding for providers that connect survivors of domestic and gender-based violence and crime to medical care and mental health counseling, she announced Monday. The funding comes at a time when...

A Martini Tour of New York City

NewYorker.com (Culture) 4/24 12:00A Gary Shteyngart

My month of vermouth-rinsing and fat-washing.

Fashion retailer Express closing stores, corporate office in New York

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 4/23 11:54A Julianne Cuba

One day after retail giant Express announced it is filing for bankruptcy protection and will close nearly 100 stores across the country, the Ohio-based clothing company announced plans to lay off dozens of employees at its corporate office in...

NY1 anchor focuses on learning new things to stay sharp onscreen

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 4/23 11:44A Julianne Cuba

More than 30 years ago Annika Pergament drove up the coast, starting in Florida, in search of her first journalism job after graduate school—her trunk filled with tapes of herself as a news anchor. She landed a gig in television news just several...

TikTok star Eva Evans found dead from apparent suicide: ‘A New York icon’

NYPost.com (Entertainment) 4/23 11:28A Lauren Sarner

Evans, 29,  was a New York City-based popular creator with over 300,000 followers, who directed and starred in the Prime Video series “Club Rat.”

Op-ed: Measuring New York's true cost of living

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 4/23 7:03A David R. Jones

New Yorkers are facing an acute affordability crisis, one that extends beyond housing to our overall cost of living. It’s forcing thousands of everyday people – young and old, individuals and families, people of color, people who enrich our city...

Op-ed: Measuring New York’s true cost of living

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 4/23 7:03A David R. Jones

New Yorkers are facing an acute affordability crisis, one that extends beyond housing to our overall cost of living. It’s forcing thousands of everyday people – young and old, individuals and families, people of color, people who enrich our city...

City Comptroller wins back $3M in back wages for H+H contract workers

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 4/23 12:33A Jacqueline Neber

City Comptroller Brad Lander has won back nearly $3 million in back wages for 332 temporary employees working at some New York City Health + Hospitals facilities, according to settlement documents released today. The money comes from a settlement...