Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joins mayor’s race

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/6 2:04A 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 (Education) 3/5 11:33P 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....

New Yorkers stressed by prices now face higher electricity bills

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/5 10:23A Arvelisse Bonilla Ramos, Josh Sa

No one expects city living to come cheap. But even as rents soar across the five boroughs and egg prices can top $10 per dozen, residents now face the prospect of another cost increase they can’t control: a jump in their electric bills. Energy...

Universal Music nears deal for offices at Vornado's Penn 2

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/5 9:43A Natalie Wong and Nacha Cattan, B

Universal Music Group NV is in talks with Vornado Realty Trust to take office space at the landlord's newly upgraded Penn 2 tower in Manhattan, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Universal Music is discussing a lease that would...

Trump policies could damage city’s finances, Adams’ budget director warns

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/5 8:57A Nick Garber

Mayor Eric Adams may be taking a friendly approach toward President Donald Trump, but his budget director painted a stark picture on Wednesday of how the city’s finances could be threatened by the White House’s policies. Budget director Jacques...

City aims to turn housing agency HQ into housing

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/5 6:50A Eddie Small

The city wants to transform the headquarters of one of its main housing agencies into housing itself. The New York City Economic Development Corp. is releasing a request for proposals for developers to purchase and build a mixed-income...

Op-ed: For construction employers, going green calls for clear guidelines

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/5 6:03A Ken Adams, David Meade

If you’re in New York City real estate development, you’ve no doubt gotten the message that the future is green. The city’s Green Economy Action Plan, published earlier this year, set an ambitious goal to create 400,000 green collar jobs by 2040,...

At a Glance: March 5

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/4 11:33P 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 (Education) 3/4 12:03A 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...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/3 12:03A 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 (Education) 3/2 11:33P 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 (Education) 3/1 7:06A 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 (Education) 2/27 12:03A 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 (Education) 2/26 11:33P 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...

Op-ed: How anti-Trump sentiment and a surge to the left will benefit Andrew Cuomo in mayor's race

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/26 6:03A Bradley Honan, Elisabeth Zeche

Our most recent January polling of New York City Democratic primary voters identified two key trends, Andrew Cuomo is the unmistakable front-runner in the race for Mayor and two – the political left, and specifically DSA-back Queens Assemblyman...