City plans closure of Rockaway senior health center

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/10 5:14A Amanda D Ambrosio

The city’s public hospital system is planning to shutter a medical center in the Rockaways that provides day services to seniors. Though the facility has become underused in recent years, some local officials are voicing concerns that the closure...

Editorial: State's effort to hire axed federal employees is a smart move

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/10 1:03A The editors

Savvy companies seize every opportunity to hire talent from competitors. So why not the state and local government? Gov. Kathy Hochul has smartly launched a program encouraging former federal employees abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and...

New York’s middle market companies to prepare for growth at panel discussion

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/7 5:43A https://www.crainsnewyork.com/cr

With the economy evolving rapidly, many job-creating middle-market companies are adjusting their strategies to seize new opportunities and position themselves for growth. Industry leaders will gather for a panel discussion on how they are...

Adams appoints 4 new deputy mayors to replace resigning aides

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/7 4:23A Nick Garber

Mayor Eric Adams announced four new deputy mayors on Friday to replace the four respected aides whose planned resignations have destabilized his administration. Adolfo Carrión, Jr., Kaz Daughtry, Suzanne Miles-Gustave and Jeffrey D. Roth will...

H+H CEO says service reductions unavoidable amid looming federal budget cuts

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/7 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

The city’s public hospital system is bracing for potential losses in the next few years amid looming federal budget cuts, which could force it to reduce services, its chief executive said. New York City Health + Hospitals, which operates 11...

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joins mayor’s race

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/6 3:04A Nick Garber

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is running for mayor, becoming the 10th entrant into the crowded Democratic primary race to unseat Eric Adams. Speaker Adams confirmed her plans late Wednesday, saying that “it’s time to stand up.”...

At a Glance: March 6

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/6 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio, Ethan Geringe

PUBLIC HOSPITALS BUDGETING: With preliminary budget hearings beginning this week, the City Council will hold its first health-related inquest of the cycle with an oversight hearing of New York City Health + Hospitals’ preliminary budget proposal....

At a Glance: March 5

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/5 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth, Amanda D

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION: Mount Sinai South Nassau is opening its new, expanded emergency department today after spending $50 million and five years on renovations. The new addition, known as the Fennessy Family Emergency Department, is part...

Hochul aims to recruit federal workers fired by DOGE

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/4 1:03A Jack Grieve

New York officials are encouraging former federal employees fired by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to come get jobs in the state workforce. Gov. Kathy Hochul launched a job-recruiting initiative last...

On Politics: Cuomo is the front-runner, but that could change quickly

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/3 5:46A Ross Barkan

At last, it’s official: Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City. That sentence would have seemed inordinately strange a year or two ago. But Cuomo had been telegraphing for many months that he wanted to launch a comeback. And now he’s...

Brooklyn startup sees growth by helping get unsightly, rat-prone trash bags off the curb

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/3 1:03A Caroline Spivack

In 2022, when New York City began exploring ways to gather mountains of garbage bags off the curb and contain them in attractive, rat-proof bins, Brooklynite Liz Picarazzi was ready. She had seen the writing on the wall and primed her company,...

Kings County hospital to exchange substance-use beds for medical ones

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/3 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A series of events that began with the pandemic and continued with the closure of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center has led the city’s public hospital system to decertify dozens of drug treatment beds and replace them with medical beds to meet an...

Andrew Cuomo declares mayoral campaign, entering race as the front-runner

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 3/1 8:06A Nick Garber

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared his long-expected candidacy for mayor of New York on Saturday, becoming the immediate front-runner in the crowded field of primary contenders including incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. In a 17-minute video...

New York braces for fewer Canadian tourists amid Trump tariff threat

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 2/27 1:03A Jack Grieve

Tenth grade students at the private Collège Mont Sacré-Cœur school in Quebec typically take a field trip to New York City each April. This spring, they plan to stay in Canada. Principal David Choinière made the decision after President Donald...

City hospitals prep for more patients, higher costs ahead of Beth Israel closure

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 2/27 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Now that Beth Israel Hospital is a month away from shutting its doors, its remaining patients must seek care at surrounding medical centers. Hospitals say that the shift won’t necessarily bolster their finances. A judge dismissed the lawsuit...