Supreme Court preserves NY GOP-held congressional district

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/3 3:32A Greg Stohr, Bloomberg

A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court halted the redrawing of a Republican-held congressional district in New York City in a decision likely to keep the seat safely in GOP hands in the November election. Over dissents from the court’s three...

Maimonides could gain $9M monthly once H+H deal closes, exec says

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/2 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

Maimonides Health could get an immediate financial boost as early as next month if its merger with New York City Health + Hospitals clears regulatory hurdles, H+H CEO Mitchell Katz said Monday. The Borough Park safety-net hospital system could...

Jamie Rubin to chair Regional Plan Association board

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/2 11:33P Julianne Cuba

Jamie Rubin, who led New York's Hurricane Sandy recovery and the state's housing agency under Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will become the next board chair of the Regional Plan Association. Rubin's nomination to the board, which is expected to be...

City health officials expand pregnancy, childhood services with $20M investment

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/1 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will receive $20 million in city funds over the next three years to expand pregnancy services and early childhood health programs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday. The goal is to provide early support...

H+H opens new oncology center in Coney Island that could double patient volume

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/1 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

New York City Health + Hospitals opened a new oncology and infusion center at its Coney Island hospital on Friday, a facility expected to double patient volume amid rising demand for cancer care. The new cancer center at South Brooklyn Health...

Downtown Brooklyn emerges as cultural, entertainment destination following residential boom

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/1 11:33P Julianne Cuba

The real estate industry axiom that retail follows residential is proving true in Downtown Brooklyn. The mixed-use neighborhood, which was rezoned in the early aughts and is sandwiched between the more suburban-style communities of Brooklyn...

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...