Women are putting tacks in their flip-flops to mimic celeb-fave brand — but critics warn...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/19 5:40A Ben Cost

These shoes are really tack-y.

NJ Transit makes deal with engineers, ending three-day strike

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/19 3:50A Sri Taylor, Bloomberg

New Jersey Transit and its locomotive engineers reached an agreement on a new contract, ending a three-day transit strike that disrupted trains for thousands of riders. NJ Transit said service will resume on Tuesday as it takes about 24 hours to...

City's tech jobs are growing four times faster than rest of economy, report finds

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/19 12:33A Jack Grieve

More New Yorkers are being hired to work in tech than any other industry, and the next-highest category is not all that close. The city's role as a global hub for tech talent is not a given, however, and there are two key challenges New York must...

These are the highest-paid doctors and hospital executives in New York

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/19 12:33A Jack Grieve

The leaders of New York's most prestigious medical institutions take home millions of dollars in pay each year, as do many of the doctors who work for them. Crain's latest lists spotlight the region's top-compensated executives and doctors in...

Gen Z is embracing the new ‘Boom Boom’ fashion trend — and it looks familiar

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/16 7:43A Fox News

Dress for the lifestyle you want, not the lifestyle you have – what was once a philosophy synonymous with 1980s fashion culture is now reemerging in Gen Z form.

Viral ‘Barbie drug’ for tanning can cause brain swelling and even cancer, experts warn

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/16 6:22A Reda Wigle

A nose spray earning attention on social media promises to help users get tan skinned from the inside out, but experts are warning about serious side effects.

‘Diaper shorts’ are hot now thanks to Sydney Sweeney — but are the butt of the joke online: ‘Little...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/16 6:19A Asia Grace

Fashion plates are pooh-poohing these poofy pants.

Editorial: A needed course correction on discovery reform

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/16 12:48A https://www.crainsnewyork.com/ed

Gov. Kathy Hochul made public safety the defining battle of her 2025 budget, holding the line for weeks in a standoff with the Legislature over changes to New York’s discovery laws. She appeared alongside crime victims, district attorneys and law...

The top 9 new places to eat, drink and party in the Hamptons this summer

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/16 12:33A Kat Odell, Bloomberg

Welcome to the unofficial start of the Hamptons summertime dining season. It will be as busy as ever out on the East End. There’s been brisk demand for houses among well-heeled buyers, according to a first-quarter report from Douglas Elliman....

Op-ed: How the city is helping small businesses bridge the digital advertising divide

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/15 7:03A Dynishal Gross

New York City is home to nearly 200,000 small businesses — a record in our city’s history. Locally-operated storefronts line our streets in every neighborhood of every borough. From the corner bodega to the coffee shop next door, or the dry...

Premature end to federal housing aid threatens 5,000 NYC landlords, 16,000 tenants

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/14 10:33A Nick Garber

The abrupt end of a federal housing assistance program could put thousands of vulnerable New York City tenants at risk of homelessness and blow a hole in their landlords’ budgets. The Emergency Housing Voucher Program, created in 2021 to keep...

Hairstylist to the stars lists SoHo home for $5.3 million

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/14 7:51A C. J. Hughes

Celebrity hairstylist Laurent Dufourg wants to cut ties with his SoHo apartment. The salon owner best known as “Laurent D” has listed a 2,700-square-foot full-floor unit on Prince Street for $5.3 million, according to a listing that appeared...

Op-ed: Want an “abundant” New York? Let’s be bold at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/14 7:03A Carlo A. Scissura

When my parents arrived in Brooklyn from Sicily in the 1960s, the bustling waterfronts were a symbol of the unbound opportunity that New York City offered to immigrants from around the world. Many of their fellow Italians worked as longshoremen,...

9 W. 57th landlord pitches equity bet for its Manhattan casino plan

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/14 5:36A Nacha Cattan, Bloomberg

Soloviev Group, the real estate developer that owns a major office tower at 9 West 57th St. in Manhattan, is proposing a way for New York City residents to benefit from its potential casino project. Soloviev and its partner, Mohegan, aim to...

At a Glance: May 14

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/14 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio, Ethan Geringe

DERMATOLOGY LAUNCH: New York City Health + Hospitals is now offering dermatology services at its Gotham Health outpatient clinics including skin screenings and treatments for eczema, acne or psoriasis, the health system said Tuesday. The new...