Op-ed: City's new comptroller, pension trustees must lead on climate

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/12 5:03A Loren Blackford

Three of New York City’s pension funds are now weighing whether to move tens of billions of dollars from BlackRock over concerns about the asset manager’s climate risk management and decarbonization plans. This decision could be a wake-up call...

Mamdani names entrepreneur, Obama admin alum to city's chief tech role

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/10 11:33P Jack Grieve

An Obama administration alum and veteran computer scientist who helped create GIF technology and launch Hulu is set to become New York City's next chief technology officer. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday afternoon that Lisa Gelobter, current...

Workplace provider Mindspace adds more than 11K in Williamsburg

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/9 6:40A Julian Nazar

Mindspace will expand its office footprint at a Class-A office building in Williamsburg by around 11,500 square feet this summer.   With this expansion, the global flexible workplace provider will occupy approximately 50,000 square feet on the...

Op-ed: A democratic socialist mayor could have the credibility to tame government

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/8 11:33P Andrew Rein

Mayor Zohran Mamdani agreeing with Comptroller Mark Levine that New York City faces a massive budget shortfall evokes "Casablanca’s" famous line: "I'm shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here!” The daunting gap should not be a...

Op-ed: AI Is quietly killing entry-level white-collar jobs. NYC will feel it first.

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/5 9:03A James Ding

The New York City economy runs on a specific demographic: the 24-year-old analyst working 80-hour weeks, the first-year associate billing midnight hours, the junior consultant traveling Monday through Thursday. These ambitious, well-compensated...

Developer scoops up Gowanus site for $19M

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/5 7:34A Julian Nazar

Real estate executive Zelig Weiss has purchased a development site in Brooklyn's red-hot Gowanus neighborhood for $19 million, according to sources familiar with the matter. Weiss intends to build a six-story, approximately 95,200-square-foot...

Mamdani backs Hochul’s reelection bid

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/5 5:23A Nacha Cattan and Laura Nahmias,

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has backed the state’s governor, Kathy Hochul, in her reelection bid, a key endorsement from one of the most influential progressive voices in the nation.  Mamdani  made the announcement  in a column in The...

Op-ed: Layoffs have become routine. New York employers can lead better.

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/5 5:03A Amy Bloustine

New York City is no stranger to economic cycles, but the wave of layoffs hitting workers in 2026 seems different — deeper, broader and more destabilizing. Already this January, major employers announced cuts of staggering scale: Dow is...

Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building's rooftop to open to the public

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/2 8:28A Jack Grieve

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday morning that the city will open the cupola of the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building to the public following a $6 million renovation of the landmark tower. The building is located at 1 Centre St.,...

On Politics: The abolish ICE movement is having a moment in New York

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/2 8:21A Ross Barkan

It’s becoming clear, for obvious reasons, that ICE is going to be a major part of the political season this year. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is running for re-election, is on the offensive against Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who is likely...

Top New York hotels aim to double rates for World Cup

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/2 6:59A Aaron Elstein

The World Cup is four months away, but one group of excited fans is already preparing a victory dance: New York’s hoteliers.  Average rates at top Manhattan hotels are expected to double during the tournament, according to a new report from Bank...

MTA unveils $12B push to replace aging trains, buses

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/2 5:25A Michelle Kaske, Bloomberg

New York City’s transit system, the largest in the U.S., is creating a new unit to steer a $12 billion effort to replace decades-old trains and modernize its bus fleet.  Jessie Lazarus, who led the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s shift...

City reiterates hospital shelter guidance after 10 died during cold weather emergency

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/29 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

The city urged local hospitals this week to allow homeless New Yorkers to seek refuge in their facilities during freezing temperatures, reiterating longstanding guidance after 10 people died outdoors during the cold weather emergency. The...

Hotelier loses two Midtown sites after pandemic and legal struggles

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/28 11:33P C. J. Hughes

An Indian-American investor has lost two Midtown hotels-turned-shelters following troubles with Covid travel restrictions, infighting among the owners and lawsuits from lenders. The two properties are 59 W. 46th St., known as the Hotel at Times...

Trump’s Penn Station revamp heads for funding fight with states

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/28 11:33P Michelle Kaske, Bloomberg

Amtrak, which the Trump administration put in charge of overhauling Manhattan’s Penn Station, will ask New Jersey and New York to help finance the renovation of North America’s busiest train depot. When the administration  took over  the project...