Free Museum Days (and Always-Free Museums) in NYC

Mommy Poppins 1/9 2:07A Anna Fader

When it comes to saving money on culture, there are tons of free museum days and free admission hours offered at a wide variety of New York City's top museums, zoos, gardens, and cultural institutions. Many of these local cultural hubs offer free...

Prolific hotel investor strikes again, this time in Hell’s Kitchen

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/8 11:33P C. J. Hughes

A low-key but prolific investor in chain hotels has snapped up yet another property amid continuing signs of improvement for the hospitality sector. Mahesh Ratanji recently purchased a Holiday Inn Express at 538 W. 48th St., an 11-story, 177-room...

More med spa licenses revoked after sweeping investigation into unsafe medical practices

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/8 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The New York Department of State issued citations to 87 "med spa" businesses for operating without licenses or failing to have proper safety protocols in place following a sweeping statewide investigation into the industry. In the city, the...

Four safety-net hospitals reach labor deals with nurses, but strike threat remains

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/8 9:16A Amanda D Ambrosio

Four safety-net hospitals in Brooklyn and Queens reached tentative labor deals with the nurses’ union late Wednesday on staffing and workplace protections — but the nurses’ wage increases remain contingent on negotiations with major academic...

Op-ed: How Mamdani can make NYC green AND affordable

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/8 5:03A Carter Strickland , John Surico

Floods in October claimed the lives of two more basement residents, a visceral reminder that poor New Yorkers suffer the most from extreme weather and that housing is intertwined with climate. Coming just weeks before an election in which climate...

Hochul to expand free child care in New York City, handing a win to Mamdani

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/8 3:51A Nick Garber

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Thursday to significantly expand free child care across the state, including new efforts in New York City — handing a major, if partial, victory to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on a promise of universal...

Business leaders parse Mamdani’s first moves

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/7 11:33P Nick Garber

For months, New York’s business community has wondered whether Mayor Zohran Mamdani would keep his warm posture toward the private sector, or govern as the democratic socialist boogeyman they feared. The answer, from his first days in office, has...

Mamdani appoints civil rights attorney to lead city human rights commission

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/7 6:40A Julianne Cuba

Mayor Zohran Mamdani tapped Christine Clarke, chief of litigation and advocacy at Legal Services NYC, to run the city's Commission on Human Rights. Clarke, who now leads Legal Services' strategic advocacy on behalf of low-income New Yorkers,...

NYC fights sale of bankrupt rentals after Mamdani blasts living conditions

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/7 5:46A Jonathan Randles, Bloomberg

Newly-inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s housing agenda is facing its first test as the city balks at the  bankruptcy sale  of thousands of rent-stabilized apartments owned by Pinnacle Group, where residents have railed against...

I Took My Daughter to Family Saturdays at the New York City Ballet—Here’s the Honest Scoop

Mommy Poppins 1/6 5:06A Caralynn Matassa

The Big Apple is home to several world-famous ballet institutions, including the renowned New York City Ballet. Housed at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, NYCB was founded by renowned choreographer George Balanchine and arts patron...

Former state senator sues to block NYCHA's Chelsea housing redevelopment

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/5 11:33P Aaron Elstein

A former state lawmaker claims the New York City Housing Authority’s plan to have a private developer raze and rebuild a public housing complex in Chelsea is illegal. In a lawsuit, former state Sen. Thomas Duane argued that NYCHA’s proposal to...

Two of New Jersey’s largest health care providers plan to merge

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/5 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Two of the largest health care providers in New Jersey plan to merge. RWJBarnabas Health announced Monday that it reached an agreement to merge with Englewood Health, absorbing its flagship hospital and 100 outpatient locations in northern New...

On Politics: Why Mamdani and Hochul need each other

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/5 5:26A Ross Barkan

For most New York City residents, the most consequential political relationship of 2026 will probably not be Zohran Mamdani’s with Donald Trump, no matter how much justified attention it has attracted. Rather, it will be Mamdani’s ties to Gov....

City taxis and buses pick up speed with congestion pricing toll

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/5 5:21A Michelle Kaske, Bloomberg

New York City’s public buses and taxis are traveling at faster speeds after the start of a controversial congestion-pricing program that charges motorists to drive on Manhattan’s busiest streets, according to a report from the Regional Plan...

10 things to watch in 2026

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/4 11:33P https://www.crainsnewyork.com/po

The past year witnessed the sinking of a feckless administration at City Hall and the unpredictable rise of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, 34, to take over the 330,000-person hub of city government. Public officials grappled with a...