Op-ed: Don't let the GOP kill residential solar

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/30 7:03A TR Ludwig

President Donald Trump ran on a platform of ushering a renaissance of domestic manufacturing, creating American jobs and reducing energy costs. The House budget bill, as passed this week, will do the opposite. The cuts to clean energy programs...

State health regulators signal support for long-awaited trauma center in the Rockaways

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/30 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

A once far-fetched goal of building a new trauma center in the Rockaways is plodding forward, but is not guaranteed just yet. The Rockaway peninsula, often characterized as a health care desert, has gone without a trauma center for more than a...

At a Glance: May 30

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/30 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth, Amanda D

STRIKE VOTE: Midwives at two public hospitals in the Bronx voted to authorize a strike over contract negotiations after an impasse over the workers’ demand for better pay and staffing. Midwives at New York City Health + Hospitals Jacobi and North...

7 restaurants worth the drive out of New York City

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/30 12:33A Kat Odell, Bloomberg

Inarguably, New York City is one of the world’s top dining capitals. And maybe the best. But there are a handful of destination restaurants—many led by chefs who made their names in the city—transforming the culinary landscape outside the Big...

I’m a 103-year-old influencer — here are my tips for eternal beauty

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/29 7:41A SWNS

A care home gran has found unlikely fame as Britain's oldest influencer at age 103 -- after becoming an online sensation with her viral makeup tutorials on TikTok.

I scored a ‘free’ nose job — then got the shock of my life that came with a $26K pricetag

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/29 7:03A Adriana Diaz

“I was shocked. It looked to me like a Voldemort nose."

United Airlines set to return to JFK in far-reaching partnership with JetBlue

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/29 4:38A Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg

United Airlines Holdings Inc. and JetBlue Airways Corp. agreed to a far-reaching partnership that will allow travelers to use loyalty points and book flights across the two carriers. The tie-up will integrate the airlines’ operations in the New...

At a Glance: May 29

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/29 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

CORRECTION: The number of emergency room visits at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in the six months ending in February was approximately 48,000 and the number of admissions across both the health system's Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses, not just...

Op-ed: Upfront payments will empower nonprofits

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/28 7:03A Jocelynne Rainey

Reforming how New York City pays nonprofits to provide a whole host of services to City residents is long overdue.Human services - everything from providing childcare to representing New Yorkers in court - are provided by nonprofit contractors...

City’s non-police mental health response fails to meet demand, audit finds

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/28 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

A city initiative to respond to mental health emergencies with social workers and EMTs instead of police officers is failing to keep up with demand, a new audit found. The city received more than 37,000 mental health-related 911 calls between...

Ritzy, celeb-fave restaurant sells a $33K cocktail — and it comes with a Birkin bag

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/27 6:05A Brooke Steinberg

It's top-shelf — and top-of-the-line.

At a Glance: May 27

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/27 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth, Amanda D

VAPE BLOCK: Mayor Eric Adams announced a consent order to permanently close operations of Price Point Distributors, a Farmingdale, Long Island-based online vape retailer, for selling illegal flavored nicotine products. The company must close its...

Cash-strapped NY weed businesses 'bet the farm' on a risky tax strategy to save millions

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/27 12:33A John Schroyer

Nobody likes paying taxes, least of all cash-strapped businesses struggling for their lives. That’s why a new business strategy has taken off over the past year in the legal cannabis trade: claiming exemption from a burdensome federal tax...

Editorial: Unleashing AI innovation to solve the city’s biggest public challenges

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/23 7:03A https://www.crainsnewyork.com/ed

Artificial intelligence is often viewed through a lens of uncertainty — both promise and peril. But a new report from Tech:NYC and the Center for an Urban Future makes a compelling case that New York City should lean into AI’s potential,...

City reaches record 4.9 million jobs, EDC says

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/23 6:33A Lilah Burke

New York City has more workers than ever before. The total number of jobs in the city reached its highest level ever in April at about 4.9 million, up about 7,000 from March, according to a monthly report from the New York City Economic...