Hochul vetoes hospital closure reform bill for the second year in a row

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/22 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

Gov. Kathy Hochul for the second time vetoed a bill to give communities more warning before hospitals close, blocking a measure that health advocates say is critical as federal funding cuts threaten to push financially struggling hospitals toward...

Flatiron medical transit company raises $15M for its provider-based ride platform

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/22 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Flatiron District-based medical transit management company Ride Health raised $15 million from investors to advance its tailored ride-sharing platform, according to a federal filing. The company connects passengers to transportation to and from...

Cuomo campaign probed over interactions with business-funded PAC

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/22 5:57A Nick Garber

New York City’s Campaign Finance Board is investigating whether Andrew Cuomo improperly coordinated with a group of business people who spent millions of dollars boosting his failed mayoral campaign through an unusual middle-man political action...

On Politics: Elise Stefanik’s final indignity

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/22 4:49A Ross Barkan

Elise Stefanik’s shock announcement that she would not only leave the governor’s race but Congress entirely demonstrates to a remarkable degree how disillusioned with electoral politics she had become — and also how her inability to secure the...

Northwell Health expands into Pennsylvania with health center in Dingmans Ferry

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/21 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The region’s largest health system is moving west. Northwell Health is expanding into Pennsylvania with a new primary and immediate care center in Dingmans Ferry. The 2,800 square foot facility is the first of two primary care offices opening in...

Letter: Loosen Airbnb rules to provide an economic lifeline

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/17 3:03A Gia Sharp

Recent coverage of the pending short-term rental legislation has focused on the large corporations battling for market share, overshadowing the everyday New Yorkers that Councilmember Narcisse’s bill, Intro 948, is meant to help [" Editorial:...

Ultra-luxury hotel planned for Madison Avenue in rare post-pandemic development

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/16 11:33P Julianne Cuba

The owners of Manhattan's upscale Lowell Hotel are moving ahead with plans to convert a 21-story Madison Avenue office building into an even ritzier property—one of the first new hotel developments in the city since the pandemic upended the...

NYC expands job training as new SNAP work requirements loom

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/15 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

As new federal work requirements loom for SNAP benefits, New York City is expanding job training and education programs to help thousands of affected recipients comply. The Trump administration's upcoming rule change, which takes effect in March,...

Philanthropist supports the arts and sports as a path to wellbeing

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/15 3:50A https://www.crainsnewyork.com/cr

In establishing the fund in 2007, Tisch — a 2025 Crain’s Notable Leader in Philanthropy — built on decades of experience in nonprofits and civic affairs in New York City. She co-chairs the campaign committee for the Children’s Museum of Manhattan...

Trump’s ‘deadly’ policies could reverse NYC's life expectancy gains, health chief warns

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/14 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

Federal policy changes under the Trump administration could reverse New York City’s historic rise in life expectancy, the city's top doctor warned Friday. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration set a goal in 2023 to boost New Yorkers’ life expectancy to...

Record $83M in big-money spending couldn't buy NYC mayoral race

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/14 11:33P Nick Garber

Corporations and wealthy people dumped nearly $83 million into New York City’s elections this year, shattering previous records. But Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory proved that the city’s generous public matching funds program is an effective...

NYC Health and Hospitals launches $32M mental health outreach teams

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/11 8:23A Amanda D Ambrosio

New York City's public hospital system is dispatching new mental health outreach teams to help patients avoid cycling back into emergency rooms and psychiatric wards — a move aimed at addressing a behavioral health crisis that sends tens of...

Harvard professor, Vanderbilt chief exit Columbia’s top job search

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/11 6:58A Francesca Maglione and Nacha Cat

Columbia University extended its search for a new president as it seeks to find a permanent replacement after losing two leaders in the past 16 months. The school said in April it wanted a new president to take office no later than Jan. 1 but has...

City to ship goods between Brooklyn and Manhattan in test of ‘Blue Highways’

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/11 5:48A Nick Garber

Consumer goods will be shipped on ferryboats between Brooklyn and Manhattan starting Thursday in the first major test of the Blue Highways plan — an initiative by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration that aims to reduce the use of trucks by...

These are the New York area's largest tech unicorns

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/10 11:48P Jack Grieve

New York has a new largest tech unicorn, and it's not even close. Corporate spending automation platform Ramp ranked No. 1 on Crain's annual list of the city's largest tech unicorns after a recent $32 billion valuation. The Flatiron-based fintech...