Editorial: Hochul’s agenda now meets Albany’s math

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/15 11:33P https://www.crainsnewyork.com/ed

New York’s CEOs and business leaders have many reasons to watch Albany closely. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s sweeping State of the State address outlined major commitments — from child care to housing to infrastructure — that could reshape the state’s...

Eric Adams says he did not profit from launch of NYC memecoin

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/15 11:33P Muyao Shen, Bloomberg

Eric Adams said he did not profit from the launch of the NYC Token memecoin he is promoting, which initially soared in value before crashing following its debut on Monday, prompting crypto market observers to draw parallels to a “rug pull.” The...

Ground leases emerge as hidden risk for New York apartment buyers

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/15 11:33P Aaron Elstein

If you’re looking to buy a New York City apartment, you’ll surely consider the building’s location and condition. You should also ask a new question: Does the building own its dirt underneath? “This was something most people never bothered to...

Letter to the editor: Crain's reporting mischaracterizes Chelsea houses financing

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/14 5:03A Jessica Katz

The recent article on the Chelsea NYCHA redevelopment gets the economics wrong and mischaracterizes the actual risk for public housing residents [" New public housing in Chelsea to cost $1.2M per apartment ," Dec. 10]. The $1.2 million-per-unit...

Less red tape, more child care money and the same tax rates: 3 takeaways from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s...

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/13 11:33P C. J. Hughes, Ethan Geringer-Sam

When it comes to the city’s business community, Gov. Kathy Hochul seemed to channel her inner Goldilocks Tuesday in her State of the State address. Her wish list of policies promises not to be too tough on real estate investors and high earners....

Kathy Wylde’s exit interview: her career, her successor and why she voted for Mamdani

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/11 11:33P Nick Garber

For a quarter century, any politician pushing to restrain or regulate New York City’s big businesses could count on receiving a call from Kathryn Wylde. Executives looking to influence local government have called on her for advice. After Friday,...

Four safety-net hospitals reach labor deals with nurses, but strike threat remains

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/8 9:16A Amanda D Ambrosio

Four safety-net hospitals in Brooklyn and Queens reached tentative labor deals with the nurses’ union late Wednesday on staffing and workplace protections — but the nurses’ wage increases remain contingent on negotiations with major academic...

Op-ed: How Mamdani can make NYC green AND affordable

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/8 5:03A Carter Strickland , John Surico

Floods in October claimed the lives of two more basement residents, a visceral reminder that poor New Yorkers suffer the most from extreme weather and that housing is intertwined with climate. Coming just weeks before an election in which climate...

Hochul to expand free child care in New York City, handing a win to Mamdani

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/8 3:51A Nick Garber

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Thursday to significantly expand free child care across the state, including new efforts in New York City — handing a major, if partial, victory to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on a promise of universal...

Julie Menin elected council speaker, pledges to be ‘proactive’ in powerful post

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/7 7:43A Nick Garber

Julie Menin was unanimously elected Speaker of the City Council on Wednesday, elevating the Upper East Side moderate to one of the most powerful posts in the city in which she can both bolster and hamstring Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s agenda. Menin...

Mamdani appoints civil rights attorney to lead city human rights commission

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/7 6:40A Julianne Cuba

Mayor Zohran Mamdani tapped Christine Clarke, chief of litigation and advocacy at Legal Services NYC, to run the city's Commission on Human Rights. Clarke, who now leads Legal Services' strategic advocacy on behalf of low-income New Yorkers,...

NYC fights sale of bankrupt rentals after Mamdani blasts living conditions

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/7 5:46A Jonathan Randles, Bloomberg

Newly-inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s housing agenda is facing its first test as the city balks at the  bankruptcy sale  of thousands of rent-stabilized apartments owned by Pinnacle Group, where residents have railed against...

Former state senator sues to block NYCHA's Chelsea housing redevelopment

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/5 11:33P Aaron Elstein

A former state lawmaker claims the New York City Housing Authority’s plan to have a private developer raze and rebuild a public housing complex in Chelsea is illegal. In a lawsuit, former state Sen. Thomas Duane argued that NYCHA’s proposal to...

Two of New Jersey’s largest health care providers plan to merge

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/5 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Two of the largest health care providers in New Jersey plan to merge. RWJBarnabas Health announced Monday that it reached an agreement to merge with Englewood Health, absorbing its flagship hospital and 100 outpatient locations in northern New...

On Politics: Why Mamdani and Hochul need each other

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/5 5:26A Ross Barkan

For most New York City residents, the most consequential political relationship of 2026 will probably not be Zohran Mamdani’s with Donald Trump, no matter how much justified attention it has attracted. Rather, it will be Mamdani’s ties to Gov....