All 3 New York City casinos win licenses after yearslong battle

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/1 4:22A Nick Garber

The state will give casino licenses to all three of the remaining New York City proposals, officials announced Monday — ending a yearslong saga and paving the way for multibillion-dollar gambling facilities to be built next to Citi Field, in the...

Montefiore opens new $16M child psychiatric center

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/30 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Montefiore Medical Center opened a new state-funded psychiatric center for children, part of a long-term effort to add psychiatric beds after hospitals closed wards during the height of the pandemic. The 21-bed, 18,300 square-foot facility on the...

Lander recommends dropping city's $42B BlackRock mandate

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/26 3:24A Olivia Raimonde, Bloomberg

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing to tackle global warming. The guidance to...

City Council rejects Mayor Adams’ Board of Health picks

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

The New York City Council rejected two of Mayor Eric Adams’ appointees to the city Board of Health after three others withdrew their applications in the final weeks of his term. The Council on Tuesday voted against the appointment of former...

NYCHA resists pressure from elected officials to halt relocation of Chelsea seniors

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/25 11:33P Aaron Elstein

The New York City Housing Authority said it won’t yield to pressure after Attorney General Letitia James and other elected officials asked it to stop relocating senior citizens in Chelsea who don’t want to leave their homes.  About 20 elderly...

Mamdani’s new transition members span from REBNY to DSA

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/24 9:49A Nick Garber

Labor leaders, real estate developers, tenant activists and city government veterans are among the hundreds of people that will advise Zohran Mamdani’s transition to City Hall, help with hiring and guide his administration on policy, the...

New York affirms hepatitis B vaccine guidance as federal officials consider delays

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/24 8:22A Amanda D Ambrosio

New York City and state health officials are urging providers to vaccinate newborns against hepatitis B immediately after birth as federal authorities consider delaying the shots. The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the state...

On Politics: Rare wave of Congressional primaries is about to hit New York City

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/24 4:26A Ross Barkan

It’s hard to remember a time when New York had so many high-profile and competitive congressional primaries. Nydia Velázquez’s sudden retirement, coupled with Jerry Nadler’s exit, will make for at least two volatile and potentially bitter open...

Elizabeth Street Garden developers sue city over ‘unlawful’ parkland move

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/19 5:39A Nick Garber

The developers behind the scuttled affordable housing project on the site of the Elizabeth Street Garden sued Mayor Eric Adams’ administration on Wednesday over his move to designate the lot as parkland. The suit marks the latest chapter in the...

Op-ed: To help small businesses, our leaders must listen first

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/19 5:03A Patrick Hall , Deborah Koenigsbe

To the newly elected officials for New York City: congratulations. You’re assuming leadership at a time when our city – and its business community – is facing more than its fair share of challenges. In the face of inflation, the onset of...

Tisch accepts Mamdani’s offer to stay as police commissioner

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/19 3:03A Nick Garber

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has accepted Zohran Mamdani’s offer to remain in her post once he takes office, the mayor-elect’s transition team announced Wednesday. Tisch’s appointment settles weeks of speculation about whether she would...

Former NY Gov. Spitzer pitches luxury Upper East Side tower

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/18 11:33P Julianne Cuba

One of New York's disgraced former governors made a rare public appearance Tuesday when he made the case for his new luxury development on the Upper East side. Eliot Spitzer resigned from office in 2008 after getting caught in a prostitution...

State invests in non-police mental health response after death of Daniel Prude

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

The Hochul administration is investing in expanding non-police responses to mental health crises following the death of Daniel Prude, whose killing in 2020 by Rochester police led to calls for reform. The state Office of Mental Health is offering...

Levine, taking reins of powerful comptroller’s office, will push for more honest budgeting

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/18 6:16A Nick Garber

Mark Levine’s ascent to the powerful city comptroller’s office has been overshadowed by Zohran Mamdani’s rise to City Hall. But New York’s incoming chief fiscal officer gave some clues about his approach to the job at a wonky event on Tuesday,...

Resorts World to ask New York to reconsider casino tax rates after bid

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 11/17 6:54A Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg

Resorts World, one of three bidders for a casino license in the greater New York City area, will ask the state to reconsider the company's tax proposal after offering to pay far more than two other possible projects, a person with knowledge of...