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...

Adams issues order banning Israel divestment

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/4 11:33P Laura Nahmias, Bloomberg

Mayor Eric Adams issued a pair of executive orders aimed at addressing antisemitism, his office said, weeks before Zohran Mamdani takes his place. Adams, who recently returned from a trip to Israel, issued an executive order prohibiting city...

The 16 best new burgers in NYC in 2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/4 7:11A Matthew Kronsberg, Bloomberg

Late on a weekday afternoon, Cafe O’Te in Greenpoint, Brooklyn was bustling with customers lunching on the restaurant’s specialty: the Hamburg steak. At the restaurant within the Japanese food and retail complex 50 Norman, the fat, well-browned...

On Politics: Will a Speaker Julie Menin be Mamdani’s friend, or foe?

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/3 5:36A Ross Barkan

Julie Menin is set, come January, to become the next speaker of the City Council. She’ll make history in at least two ways: She’s the earliest candidate to ever declare victory in the backroom contest among council members, and she’ll be the...

Instacart sues city to block minimum wage for grocery delivery workers

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/2 6:24A Nick Garber

Instacart is asking a federal judge to strike down New York City's minimum wage for grocery delivery workers and four other new protections governing the industry, escalating a legal fight that could shape pay standards for 20,000 workers....

NYC faces soggy Tuesday as heavy snow pushes Northeast

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/2 5:46A Brian K. Sullivan and Lauren Ros

New York City will be soggy Tuesday as a fast-moving winter storm brings heavy snow north and east of the city, raising the risk of airline delays and snarling ground traffic across the interior Northeast.  Rains are likely to arrive in New York...

Op-ed: The best way for Mamdani to lift workers' incomes

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 12/2 5:03A Kenneth Adams

During his campaign, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a compelling case for the need to address New York City’s affordability crisis. Now it’s time to turn campaign promises into policy solutions.  Proposals to make things cheaper, or free, like...

Comptroller’s audit finds interpreter failures at Health and Hospitals

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/1 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The state comptroller's office called for reforms to Health + Hospitals' interpretation services after an audit found widespread failures in the system. An audit of the hospital’s language access program found gaps across the service: faulty call...