Mamdani names transportation commissioner in first act as mayor

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 1/1 6:09A Nick Garber

Moments after he was sworn in as Mayor of New York in a decommissioned subway station, Zohran Mamdani made a thematically appropriate appointment: his transportation commissioner. Mamdani picked Mike Flynn, a veteran planner who previously spent...

To bring change in the New Year, these gals wear a specific color underwear — and swear it makes all...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 12/31 3:59A Marissa Matozzo

Your 2026 luck may start in the underwear drawer — and, yes, there’s science behind it.

NYC subway says goodbye to MetroCard, but many riders already did

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/30 2:26A Aashna Shah, Bloomberg

The MetroCard — a blue-and-yellow pass that for more than three decades let riders into New York’s vast subway network with a swipe — will be retired on Wednesday, replaced by the already popular tap-and-go payment system. The Metropolitan...

Q&A: 2026 will be a ‘treacherous’ year for public health, city health commissioner says

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/30 12:03A Amanda D Ambrosio

The city’s Health Department is bracing for a turbulent year for public health as 20% of its budget — roughly $600 million in federal funding — is at risk due to the Trump administration’s threatened budget cuts, according to the city’s health...

Hochul vetoes hospital closure reform bill for the second year in a row

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/22 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

Gov. Kathy Hochul for the second time vetoed a bill to give communities more warning before hospitals close, blocking a measure that health advocates say is critical as federal funding cuts threaten to push financially struggling hospitals toward...

I’m a dermatologist — how I know if a person will be more wrinkly when they get older

NYPost.com (Fashion) 12/22 11:00P Tracy Swartz

Call 'em laugh lines, battle blemishes or experience etchings — wrinkles are a natural and universal part of aging.

Cuomo campaign probed over interactions with business-funded PAC

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/22 5:57A Nick Garber

New York City’s Campaign Finance Board is investigating whether Andrew Cuomo improperly coordinated with a group of business people who spent millions of dollars boosting his failed mayoral campaign through an unusual middle-man political action...

On Politics: Elise Stefanik’s final indignity

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/22 4:49A Ross Barkan

Elise Stefanik’s shock announcement that she would not only leave the governor’s race but Congress entirely demonstrates to a remarkable degree how disillusioned with electoral politics she had become — and also how her inability to secure the...

Northwell Health expands into Pennsylvania with health center in Dingmans Ferry

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/21 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The region’s largest health system is moving west. Northwell Health is expanding into Pennsylvania with a new primary and immediate care center in Dingmans Ferry. The 2,800 square foot facility is the first of two primary care offices opening in...

I needed a wardrobe makeover — could an AI ‘stylist’ save me?

NYPost.com (Fashion) 12/19 12:25A Marissa Matozzo

Two new AI-powered start-ups claim to help you find what looks good for your body shape. I tested them versus advice from a human stylist. Here are the results.

This popular DIY skincare tool can scar you for life, experts warn — and it won’t give a ‘real’...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 12/18 11:00P Tracy Swartz

"Bad technique can absolutely leave a mark," Limor Weinberg, a board-certified nurse practitioner, told The Post.

Want a holiday glow-up? Here’s the latest date you should get fillers, chemical peels and more to...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 12/18 11:00P Allison Lax

Getting a home-for-the-holidays refresh has never been easier.

Letter: Loosen Airbnb rules to provide an economic lifeline

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/17 3:03A Gia Sharp

Recent coverage of the pending short-term rental legislation has focused on the large corporations battling for market share, overshadowing the everyday New Yorkers that Councilmember Narcisse’s bill, Intro 948, is meant to help [" Editorial:...

Hoops star Paige Bueckers shares her Christmas traditions and holiday-glam game plan

NYPost.com (Fashion) 12/17 12:00A Alev Aktar

As a professional athlete, WNBA star Paige Bueckers, is often on the road. That s why getting to spend quality time with her family over the holidays is all the more precious. Bueckers loves nothing more than kicking back with her nearest and...

Ultra-luxury hotel planned for Madison Avenue in rare post-pandemic development

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/16 11:33P Julianne Cuba

The owners of Manhattan's upscale Lowell Hotel are moving ahead with plans to convert a 21-story Madison Avenue office building into an even ritzier property—one of the first new hotel developments in the city since the pandemic upended the...