Peter Greene, actor known for ‘Pulp Fiction' and ‘The Mask,' dead at 60

NBCNewYork.com (Entertainment News) 12/12 7:33P Joe Kottke and Phil Helsel | NBC

Peter Greene, the actor known for playing villains and criminals, including in his role as Zed in "Pulp Fiction," died at his New York City home Friday, his manager confirmed.

Council tweaks but advances controversial housing, Airbnb bills

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/12 6:30A Nick Garber

The City Council is advancing nearly all of the controversial bills affecting housing, short-term rentals and street vending that have stoked opposition from big business and some tenant groups, teeing them up for potential votes next week. And...

New York City's Top Things to Do Between Christmas and New Year’s with Kids

Mommy Poppins 12/12 3:47A Diana Kim

Few places rival New York City for holiday activities, and the upcoming Christmas vacation in NYC offers families plenty of free time to sample them all. We’ve rounded up all of our favorite staycation ideas for winter break in NYC, most of which...

NYC Health and Hospitals launches $32M mental health outreach teams

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/11 8:23A Amanda D Ambrosio

New York City's public hospital system is dispatching new mental health outreach teams to help patients avoid cycling back into emergency rooms and psychiatric wards — a move aimed at addressing a behavioral health crisis that sends tens of...

Harvard professor, Vanderbilt chief exit Columbia’s top job search

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/11 6:58A Francesca Maglione and Nacha Cat

Columbia University extended its search for a new president as it seeks to find a permanent replacement after losing two leaders in the past 16 months. The school said in April it wanted a new president to take office no later than Jan. 1 but has...

City to ship goods between Brooklyn and Manhattan in test of ‘Blue Highways’

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/11 5:48A Nick Garber

Consumer goods will be shipped on ferryboats between Brooklyn and Manhattan starting Thursday in the first major test of the Blue Highways plan — an initiative by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration that aims to reduce the use of trucks by...

These are the New York area's largest tech unicorns

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/10 11:48P Jack Grieve

New York has a new largest tech unicorn, and it's not even close. Corporate spending automation platform Ramp ranked No. 1 on Crain's annual list of the city's largest tech unicorns after a recent $32 billion valuation. The Flatiron-based fintech...

New York warns 950K people to lose health coverage under Trump cuts

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 12/10 5:03A Laura Nahmias, Bloomberg

Nearly 1 million New Yorkers are expected to lose health coverage as a result of President Donald Trump's federal budget, a shift that will strain the city's struggling public hospital system. Under eligibility changes enacted as part of Trump's...

On Politics: Chuck Schumer’s era of dominance is over

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 12/10 4:13A Ross Barkan

Will Chuck Schumer remain a senator once his current term ends? Asking this question used to be unthinkable in New York politics. Schumer was the eternal politician, a tireless powerhouse who had held office continuously since his election to the...

New York congestion fee cuts pollution by 22% in toll area

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/9 11:33P Michelle Kaske, Bloomberg

Pollution in parts of Manhattan declined by 22% in the first six months of this year after motorists began paying a new toll to drive south of 60th Street, according to a Cornell University analysis. The new fee, the first of its kind in the...

Mamdani meets with real estate executives as he mulls housing plan

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/9 8:22A Nick Garber

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met Tuesday morning with nearly two dozen real estate executives, as the democratic socialist considers how to get his ambitious housing agenda off the ground in the first few weeks of his term. Mamdani’s transition...

Owner of Fordham Landing housing project files for bankruptcy

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/9 5:54A Jonathan Randles, Bloomberg

The owner of Fordham Landing, a major housing development in the Bronx that has attracted state investment, has filed for bankruptcy to halt a foreclosure sale. Dynamic Star and related corporate entities that own equity in the Fordham Landing...

AG James presses for citywide B-Heard expansion after fatal police shooting

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/7 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday declined to pursue criminal charges against two police officers who fatally shot a teen in mental distress last year. But at the same time, James urged the city to expand a controversial non-police...

Kathryn Wylde: Governor should sign Medical Aid in Dying bill

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/7 11:33P Kathryn Wylde

Among more than one hundred pieces of legislation awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature or veto is a bill that would give terminally ill New Yorkers the option of a carefully managed death. As I come within a decade of my own life expectancy, it...

Judge allows elderly residents to stay in Chelsea public housing targeted for demolition

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/4 11:33P Aaron Elstein

About 20 elderly residents who have refused to move out of Chelsea public housing slated for imminent demolition can remain in their homes for at least a while longer after a judge denied the New York City Housing Authority’s request for an order...