Business leaders give Mamdani good grades for winter response

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/25 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Harsh winter weather has proven to be an Achilles’ heel for many new mayors, cutting through the ideological thrust of their hustings with an early test of managerial chops. Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio were not spared that fate,...

The new snowstorm playbook for New York businesses

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/25 11:33P Jack Grieve

The mantra was simple: "If the markets are open, we're open." Not anymore. The New York Stock Exchange operated as normal on Monday despite a blizzard blanketing Manhattan with 20 inches of snow and a citywide ban on rush-hour traffic. However,...

Montefiore seeks major expansion with 20-story medical tower

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/25 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

Montefiore Health System is moving forward with plans to build a 20-story medical pavilion on its Morris Park campus, proposing a significant expansion of its Bronx footprint, city filings show. The health system submitted an application to the...

Hochul's budget director talks Mamdani tax proposals, state funding for New York City

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/25 7:41A Jack Grieve

New York State Budget Director Blake G. Washington came down to Manhattan Wednesday morning for an open discussion on the state's fiscal outlook with Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission. During their conversation, he offered...

Op-ed: New York can ignite global sustainability innovation

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/25 5:03A Steven Cohen

In his post-election victory speech, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani proclaimed that in these politically dark times, “New York will be the light.” It’s up to us to make sure that the light is sustainable. While globally the drive toward climate...

Mamdani picks former chief equity officer to lead City Planning

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 2/24 8:43A Jack Grieve

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tapped Sideya Sherman, a longtime racial justice advocate and public housing official, to head the increasingly powerful Department of City Planning and City Planning Commission. Sherman will be tasked with speeding up...

Flexible workspace provider Industrious grabs two floors in NoMad

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/24 7:48A Julian Nazar

Flexible workspace provider Industrious will open its 35th New York City location this May as the relatively low-profile firm continues to expand at a steady pace. The 23,000-square-foot space, which spans the entire 18th and 19th floors of 386...

Op-ed: Mamdani should scale affordable housing services to help the homeless

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/24 5:03A Jody Rudin, Rick Gropper

No single policy will solve New York City’s homelessness crisis on its own, but a little-known program with tremendous potential offers one of the most effective paths from shelter to permanent housing. Affordable Housing Services is a proven...

NYC students, teachers trudge through snow as Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s back-to-school order met with...

NYPost.com (Metro) 2/24 4:45A Craig McCarthy

New York City's biggest snowstorm in years is still wreaking havoc on parents, students, and school staff after Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered students to return to the classroom a day after a storm dumped 2 feet of powder on the city.

New York City nonprofit files plans for 21-story, 350-unit resi building in the East Village

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 2/23 11:33P Julian Nazar

Community Access plans to bring a new residential building to the East Village. The New York City nonprofit filed plans with the city's Department of Buildings to construct a 21-story, 350-unit residential building at 743 E. 12th St. A vacant...

New York's largest VC firms are betting big on a controversial company

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 2/23 11:33P Aaron Elstein

Thirty years ago venture capitalists were harder to find in New York than a taxi in the rain. That started to change in 1997, when Henry Kravis — the second K in the famed investment firm KKR — persuaded 67 wealthy individuals to ante up $1...

‘Impassable!' Tensions boil over NYC schools decision so soon after the blizzard

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 2/23 10:27P NBC New York Staff and The Assoc

Students aren’t the only ones unhappy about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s decision to resume in-person classes on Tuesday. Officials in Staten Island, which saw some of the highest snow totals in the city, bashed Mamdani’s announcement...

Tri-state digs out, NYC schools back in session after historic blizzard shut down region

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 2/23 9:34P Tom Shea and NBC New York Staff

A record-breaking blizzard, the first one to hit the New York City area in a decade, brought the entire northeast of the United States to a halt on Monday. Now, everyone is left to dig out — and some even have to go to school.

Mamdani lifts travel ban but urges New Yorkers to stay off roads during winter storm

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 2/23 9:58A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mayor Zohran Mamdani lifted a ban on non-emergency travel in the city this afternoon, but a hazardous travel advisory remains in effect until midnight after the five boroughs received more than a foot of snow from the ongoing storm. The ban had...

On Politics: Trump’s ICE truce with New York — for now

CrainsNewYork.com (Politics) 2/23 9:30A Ross Barkan

Will ICE actually menace New York less in 2026? It’s hard to know, especially with a mercurial president like Donald Trump, who has allowed ICE to hang around at 26 Federal Plaza terrorizing the immigrants who pass through there. Schoolchildren...