City comptroller greenlights new insurance contract for municipal workers amid lawsuits

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 11/14 7:44A Amanda D Ambrosio

Comptroller Brad Lander greenlit a contract Thursday that switches roughly 750,000 city workers and their dependents to a new health insurance plan for the first time in decades. Lander’s decision to register the contract, the final step of the...

NY Governor weighs corporate tax hike to help fund Mamdani plans

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 11/14 6:40A Laura Nahmias , Nacha Cattan

(Bloomberg) --New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering raising corporate taxes as part of broader efforts to close a potential budget shortfall and help fund some of Zohran Mamdani’s agenda as New York City mayor, according to a person with...

Starwood parts with South Bronx commercial condos for nearly $100M

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 11/14 6:36A Eddie Small

A Starwood Capital affiliate has sold the vast majority of a South Bronx property to an education nonprofit that plans to renovate the space for the building's current tenant Zeta Charter Schools, city records show. An affiliate of the Barry...

NYPD officers kill man in shootout after he threatened people, Upper East Side hospital

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 11/14 2:41A The Associated Press

A man with a gun was killed Thursday in a shootout with police in New York City after he pointed his weapon at a man in an apartment building elevator and a deli worker and threatened to shoot up a hospital, police said.

U.S. Open sues city to block concerts at planned Citi Field casino during tournament

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 11/13 11:33P C. J. Hughes

U.S. Open officials want to make sure that the casino planned for next-door Citi Field doesn’t serve up concerts during match times. Worried that shows at the Hard Rock-backed Metropolitan Park would clog the Flushing neighborhood with traffic,...

Doctors, nurses ask Mamdani’s City Hall to prioritize health care

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 11/13 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani did not focus on health care during his campaign, but a group that helped him get elected is pushing for City Hall to prioritize public health by opposing the closure of safety-net hospitals and expanding primary care...

Editorial: Mamdani’s picks signal a pragmatic shift

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 11/13 11:33P https://www.crainsnewyork.com/ed

Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, well-known for his democratic socialist credentials, is making early moves that suggest a more pragmatic approach to governing than some may have expected. With the announcement of several key appointments Mamdani...

Mamdani concedes housing may be dead at Elizabeth Street Garden after Adams makes it a park

CrainsNewYork.com (Energy & Utilities) 11/13 9:27A Nick Garber

Housing may never be built at the long-disputed site of the Elizabeth Street Garden, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani acknowledged Thursday, after outgoing Mayor Eric Adams officially converted the Lower Manhattan lot into parkland that cannot be...

Lina Khan wants to amplify Mamdani’s power with little-used laws

CrainsNewYork.com (Politics) 11/13 8:30A Laura Nahmias and Leah Nylen, Bl

Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said she’s exploring ways to maximize New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s executive authority through little-used laws already in place. Khan, who Mamdani named as co-chair of his transition...

Elevance Health seeks to keep NYC contract in secretive legal fight

CrainsNewYork.com (Politics) 11/13 8:13A John Tozzi

(Bloomberg) --Elevance Health Inc. is trying to keep a major contract to provide health benefits for New York City public employees by arguing the city was “arbitrary and capricious” when it gave the lucrative award to its rivals. The contract to...

Op-Ed: How the Long Island City rezoning overcame past failures

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 11/13 6:01A Julie Won and Nate Bliss

Seven years ago today, in an overcrowded press room at the New York governor’s Manhattan offices, it was announced that Amazon had picked Long Island City (along with Arlington, Va.) in its nationwide search for an “HQ2.” At the time, one of us was...

Chelsea seniors face eviction lawsuits as NYCHA pushes $2B housing project

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

The New York City Housing Authority has sued at least nine senior citizens living in a Chelsea public housing complex, demanding they vacate their homes to make way for a $2 billion redevelopment. The seniors are charged with violating their...

Chetrit's felony case for tenant harassment highlights rent-stabilized tensions

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

In 2000 real estate investor Meyer Chetrit and a partner bought Park West Village, an 850-apartment complex on the Upper West Side. The seller was Leona Helmsley, New York’s “Queen of Mean,” who famously said “Only the little people pay taxes”...

Long Island City’s 14,700-unit rezoning approved by City Council

CrainsNewYork.com (Professional Services) 11/12 9:57A Nick Garber

The plan to revamp 54 blocks of Long Island City by permitting up to 14,700 homes was approved by the City Council on Wednesday — marking the biggest single rezoning approved in decades and cementing a major achievement of Eric Adams’ one-term...

Op-Ed: Illegal vendors are crushing South Bronx businesses

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 11/12 5:03A Trey Jenkins

The 161st Street Business Improvement District was established to maintain the South Bronx as a vibrant, safe, and welcoming community for its residents, workers, and the millions of visitors who pass through Yankee Stadium annually.  Instead,...