Work from home is over, BlackRock tells senior staff

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/8 7:24A Aaron Elstein

BlackRock is telling managing directors to return to the office five days a week, joining the ranks of big companies saying the era of work from home must end.  BlackRock manages $10.5 trillion in client assets and employs about 4,000 New Yorkers...

Op-ed: To safeguard NYC’s health, protect CUNY’s research

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/8 7:03A Nicholas Freudenberg

For the past forty years, I have taught health students at City University of New York and conducted research on New York’s health problems. Over this time, CUNY has faced recurrent threats to its role as the largest educator of the city’s health...

Our newest list ranks New York's largest commercial real estate brokerages

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/8 5:10A Jack Grieve

New York is home to the busiest commercial real estate market in the world, so it's no surprise that some big names in the business topped Crain's new list of the largest local brokerages. In the inaugural edition of the rankings — based on the...

Gen Z hail this $18 item as the hottest garment for summer — but fashionistas fume over the stale...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/7 4:25A Asia Grace

“Hell nah,” one critic complained about the fast fashion garment.

Women are more attracted to bald men — here are the other attributes they want in a boyfriend

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/7 4:16A Adriana Diaz

They “are among the sexiest looking chaps out there," the survey found.

‘The Bear’ star Abby Elliott serves up the year’s most dazzling jewelry

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/7 1:15A Sara Stewart

Abby Elliott talk gems and caftans, improv and impressions, and the singular emotional support to be found in a ladies’ text thread.

Northwell completes merger with Nuvance Health

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/7 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Northwell Health has completed its merger with financially distressed hospital system Nuvance Health, becoming the northeast region’s largest nonprofit health provider, it said Wednesday. The New Hyde Park-based health system took over Nuvance’s...

Europe’s blackout was a warning for New York’s power grid

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/7 12:33A Caroline Spivack

The day-long blackout in Spain and Portugal last week raised urgent questions for New York’s power grid: How vulnerable is the city’s energy infrastructure to a widespread meltdown? Is there enough power to meet the city’s growing electricity...

State will pay $7B to settle Covid-era unemployment debt in win for businesses

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/6 7:58A Nick Garber

New York will spend upwards of $7 billion to pay off debt to the federal government that it took on during the Covid-19 pandemic to pay for unemployment benefits, Gov. Kathy Hochul said this week. The last-minute deal, which will be included in...

Met Gala 2025 afterparties: Here’s where Rihanna, Heidi Klum, Spike Lee, Janelle Monáe and more kept...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/6 7:25A Adriana Diaz

It was a fine and dandy night that carried on for hours.

I spent $6K on a nose job, eyelid surgery before my wedding — it was worth every penny

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/6 4:59A SWNS

A bride-to-be on the quest to look picture perfect on her big day had surgery to remove saggy skin from her eyelids costing $1.5k and says it was "worth every penny"

City hospital system plans $46M ER upgrade to prep for delayed unit for Rikers detainees

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/6 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

North Central Bronx Hospital is planning a $46 million renovation of its emergency department to make space to build a medical unit for Rikers detainees that’s years behind schedule. The Norwood public hospital is seeking to restructure its...

What you missed at the Met Gala 2025: Diana Ross, Kim Kardashian, Madonna and more

NYPost.com (Fashion) 5/5 11:30P Nadine DeNinno

Rain or shine — A-listers at the Met Gala were looking superfine.

Major expansion of street-vending licenses gains momentum in City Council

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/5 10:39A Nick Garber

A hotly contested bill that would eliminate New York’s longstanding limits on street-vending licenses is gaining momentum in the City Council, heartening supporters in the immigrant-heavy vending community but stoking a new wave of anxiety among...

Occupancy falls at New York Hilton Midtown

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 5/5 8:27A Aaron Elstein

Fewer travelers checked in last quarter at the New York Hilton Midtown, one of the city’s biggest hotels, and the property’s owner could turn unprofitable this year due to a decline in overseas guests. “We’ve got tremendous uncertainty now for...