Mamdani says Trump told him Columbia student will be released

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/26 9:01A Myles Miller and Nacha Cattan, B

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that President Donald Trump told him that a Columbia University student detained Thursday morning by federal immigration agents will be released imminently. "In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about...

‘Worst landlord’ delinquency sends Bronx housing loan to special servicing

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/26 7:38A Aaron Elstein

A Bronx affordable housing portfolio owned by a repeat contender for New York’s “worst landlord” has been sent to special servicing, a new sign of mounting financial pressure on rent-regulated apartments. Landlord Barry Singer fell behind on the...

Mamdani has surprise White House meeting with Trump for housing talk

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/26 7:12A Jack Grieve

Mayor Zohran Mamdani made an unannounced trip to Washington D.C. to meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office this afternoon, sources familiar with the plans told Crain's . After they talked, Mamdani posted on X, "I had a productive...

Letter: LL97 presents insurmountable costs

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/26 5:03A Jane Menton

On Feb. 3, Crain’s published an op-ed purporting to help NYC landlords get ahead of Local Law 97 compliance. The author, Drew Maggio, is the technical director at Highmark, a company positioning itself as a "leader in efficient building...

MTA threatens to sue U.S. for frozen subway cash

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/26 4:10A Michelle Kaske, Bloomberg

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority warned the Trump administration that it will sue unless it receives by March 6 about $60 million of funding for a subway extension project that’s been stalled since October. New York City’s mass transit...

Business leaders give Mamdani good grades for winter response

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/25 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Harsh winter weather has proven to be an Achilles’ heel for many new mayors, cutting through the ideological thrust of their hustings with an early test of managerial chops. Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio were not spared that fate,...

Op-ed: New York can ignite global sustainability innovation

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/25 5:03A Steven Cohen

In his post-election victory speech, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani proclaimed that in these politically dark times, “New York will be the light.” It’s up to us to make sure that the light is sustainable. While globally the drive toward climate...

New York City nonprofit files plans for 21-story, 350-unit resi building in the East Village

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/23 11:33P Julian Nazar

Community Access plans to bring a new residential building to the East Village. The New York City nonprofit filed plans with the city's Department of Buildings to construct a 21-story, 350-unit residential building at 743 E. 12th St. A vacant...

New York's largest VC firms are betting big on a controversial company

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/23 11:33P Aaron Elstein

Thirty years ago venture capitalists were harder to find in New York than a taxi in the rain. That started to change in 1997, when Henry Kravis — the second K in the famed investment firm KKR — persuaded 67 wealthy individuals to ante up $1...

Hochul to restore millions in public health aid to the city after Cuomo cuts

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/18 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to restore tens of millions of dollars in recurring public health aid to the city that was cut by her predecessor as part of a $1.5 billion infusion to help Mayor Zohran Mamdani fill the city’s two-year budget gap. The...

‘Go to hell’: A look at a legal standoff at the former Modell’s site in Bay Ridge

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/18 11:33P Julian Nazar

Sammy Alsidi, Launch Trampoline Park's New York City operator, says he never wanted to take his landlord to court. But he now finds himself at the center of a legal battle that is threatening to upend the entertainment destination's Bay Ridge...

NYCFC plans move into new $780 million Queens stadium for summer 2027

NYPost.com (Sports) 2/18 6:07A Christian Arnold

New York City FC now knows when it will be moving into its new stadium in Queens.

Mamdani names Christina Farrell the next emergency management commissioner

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/17 8:37A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has named Christina Farrell to permanently lead New York City Emergency Management, placing a veteran of operations at the helm of the city’s disaster response. Farrell, the former first deputy commissioner, began leading the...

Mamdani plans to hike NYC property tax to fill $5B hole

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/17 6:54A Laura Nahmias, Bloomberg

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is proposing raising New York City’s property taxes for the first time in more than two decades and is looking to raid the city’s reserve funds to fill a roughly $5 billion budget gap. “He’s put a pretty extreme...

Op-ed: Small businesses need room to breathe, not economic justice

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/17 6:03A Matt Coleman

New York City’s ecosystem of 183,000 small businesses are not social experiments. From Main Street staples to bodegas, job creators fight every day to survive a rough city climate: skyrocketing rents, rising labor costs, and complex local taxes....