Frank Gehry, pioneering architect, dies at 96

CrainsNewYork.com (Politics) 12/5 9:07A Laurence Arnold, Bloomberg

Frank Gehry, the architect whose undulating, titanium-sheathed museum turned little-known Bilbao, Spain, into an international travel destination and ushered in an era of spectacular form-making, has died. He was 96. He died on Friday at his home...

CDC advisers vote to end universal hep B shots for newborns, clashing with New York

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 12/5 7:56A Amanda D Ambrosio

A federal vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to overturn a decades-old policy requiring babies to be vaccinated against hepatitis B shortly after birth — a move that would put the U.S. at odds with New York health officials who just reaffirmed...

NYC to get 12,000 new apartments from old office buildings

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 12/5 7:53A Nacha Cattan

(Bloomberg) -- New York developers are transforming struggling office buildings into more than 12,000 new apartments in a bid to help offset the city’s worst housing crisis in decades.  Most of the units are either starting or completing...

Judge allows elderly residents to stay in Chelsea public housing targeted for demolition

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 12/4 11:33P Aaron Elstein

About 20 elderly residents who have refused to move out of Chelsea public housing slated for imminent demolition can remain in their homes for at least a while longer after a judge denied the New York City Housing Authority’s request for an order...

Judge allows elderly residents to stay in Chelsea public housing targeted for demolition

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 12/4 11:33P Aaron Elstein

About 20 elderly residents who have refused to move out of Chelsea public housing slated for imminent demolition can remain in their homes for at least a while longer after a judge denied the New York City Housing Authority’s request for an order...

Adams issues order banning Israel divestment

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 12/4 11:33P Laura Nahmias, Bloomberg

Mayor Eric Adams issued a pair of executive orders aimed at addressing antisemitism, his office said, weeks before Zohran Mamdani takes his place. Adams, who recently returned from a trip to Israel, issued an executive order prohibiting city...

NYPD officer violated sanctuary city laws, investigation finds

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 12/4 9:28A Julio "Gaby" Acevedo

An investigation by the New York City Department of Investigations (DOI) revealed that an NYPD officer may have violated sanctuary city laws by cooperating with federal immigration enforcement agents. Now, some elected officials are questioning...

The 16 best new burgers in NYC in 2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 12/4 7:11A Matthew Kronsberg, Bloomberg

Late on a weekday afternoon, Cafe O’Te in Greenpoint, Brooklyn was bustling with customers lunching on the restaurant’s specialty: the Hamburg steak. At the restaurant within the Japanese food and retail complex 50 Norman, the fat, well-browned...

Zohran Mamdani and the Louvre make the list of most mispronounced words of 2025

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 12/4 5:19A Jamie Stengle | The Associated P

From New York City's incoming mayor to the most famous museum in Paris, here are the words people struggled to pronounce in 2025.

On Politics: Will a Speaker Julie Menin be Mamdani’s friend, or foe?

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 12/3 5:36A Ross Barkan

Julie Menin is set, come January, to become the next speaker of the City Council. She’ll make history in at least two ways: She’s the earliest candidate to ever declare victory in the backroom contest among council members, and she’ll be the...

How much snow did your town get? See totals from New York and New Jersey

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 12/3 12:00A Storm Team 4

The first winter storm of the season for the tri-state area threatened to dump up to eight inches of snow for some areas north and west of New York City, which saw almost exclusively rain for hours. While there was little to no action in terms of...

Instacart sues city to block minimum wage for grocery delivery workers

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 12/2 6:24A Nick Garber

Instacart is asking a federal judge to strike down New York City's minimum wage for grocery delivery workers and four other new protections governing the industry, escalating a legal fight that could shape pay standards for 20,000 workers....

NYC faces soggy Tuesday as heavy snow pushes Northeast

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 12/2 5:46A Brian K. Sullivan and Lauren Ros

New York City will be soggy Tuesday as a fast-moving winter storm brings heavy snow north and east of the city, raising the risk of airline delays and snarling ground traffic across the interior Northeast.  Rains are likely to arrive in New York...

Op-ed: The best way for Mamdani to lift workers' incomes

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 12/2 5:03A Kenneth Adams

During his campaign, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a compelling case for the need to address New York City’s affordability crisis. Now it’s time to turn campaign promises into policy solutions.  Proposals to make things cheaper, or free, like...

Thieves allegedly steal $2 million in heist at exclusive SoHo clothing store for celebs

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 12/1 11:38P Ida Siegal

A SoHo boutique that caters exclusively to famous clientele was left to pick up the pieces after an early morning break-in burglary by thieves who allegedly made off with nearly $2 million in stolen goods. 4G Sellers is the kind of New York City...