Thousands of new homes planned for infamously failed Staten Island Ferris wheel site

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 11/19 10:04A Eddie Small

The city plans to build a reimagined neighborhood with as many as 2,500 homes at the site of an ill-fated Ferris wheel project and struggling outlet mall on Staten Island's North Shore. The New York City Economic Development Corp. and Staten...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 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 (Banking) 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 (Banking) 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 (Energy & Utilities) 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 (Energy & Utilities) 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 (Nonprofits) 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,...

Friendly reminder: DSNY wants to pay you money to rat on your neighbors

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 11/18 5:48A NBC New York Staff

New York City’s Department of Sanitation wants to remind you they’re willing to pay you money to out illegal dumpers, and with a summons uptick ahead of the holidays, they’re hoping for some takers. With illegal dumping summonses up more than 20...

AOC throws cold water on fellow lefty’s primary challenge to Hakeem Jeffries

NYPost.com (Metro) 11/18 5:43A Matthew Fischetti

Progressive stalwart Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is pouring cold water on a lefty New York City lawmaker's attempt to unseat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

City budget gap shrinks as Mamdani prepares to enter office

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 11/17 9:49A Nick Garber

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will inherit a city budget in better shape than expected, with tax revenues running ahead of projections and an upcoming gap shrinking modestly — though watchdogs warn that federal cuts and chronic under-budgeting could...

Eric Adams meets with Netanyahu on taxpayer-funded Israel trip as he rips Mayor-elect Zohran...

NYPost.com (Metro) 11/17 6:56A Ronny Reyes

Outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday as part of his multi-day trip to the Jewish state — as he slammed his successor Zohran Mamdani's incoming tenure as concerning for Jewish New...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 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...

With no accountability for school lockdowns, freedom’s foes soldier on, a new doc reveals

NYPost.com (Opinion) 11/17 5:39A Natalya Murakhver

I was just a New York City mom with two public-school kids in March 2020. An immigrant from the Soviet Union who arrived at age 6 in 1977, I knew what it means to escape tyranny and find freedom in America. I knew what public education means for...

On Politics: Does Elise Stefanik have a shot at becoming governor?

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 11/17 4:48A Ross Barkan

Now that Elise Stefanik, the Republican congresswoman from the North Country, has entered the race for governor, the question is whether she can actually win. Political insiders see real strengths to her candidacy. Republican operatives, both...

Judge rules NYCHA can’t relocate seniors from Chelsea apartments set for demolition

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 11/17 4:36A Aaron Elstein

A judge last week blocked the New York City Housing Authority from forcing two senior citizens to immediately vacate Chelsea apartments slated for demolition, a ruling that could delay the authority’s $2 billion plan to raze and rebuild the...