Appeals court rejects REBNY’s bid to pause broker law, but case continues

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 9/17 10:57A Nick Garber

For the third time, a court has rejected a request by the Real Estate Board of New York to block the city from implementing the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses Act that bars apartment brokers from charging fees to tenants who did not hire...

Inside the Second Avenue subway: Former MTA executive on getting Phase Two right

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 9/17 9:30A Caroline Spivack

In seven years New Yorkers will get three new Q line stations along Second Avenue in Harlem. That’s, of course, if things go according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plans. That was decidedly not the case for the first phase of...

City built, preserved more than 33K affordable housing units in FY2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/17 6:30A Eddie Small

The Adams administration built and preserved more than 33,000 affordable housing units during fiscal year 2025, up 15% year over year, according to the mayor's annual management report, to be released later today. Of those, roughly 13,400 were...

SL Green, Silverstein casinos killed by committees

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 9/17 5:14A Nick Garber

The Manhattan casino proposals by SL Green and Silverstein Properties were both rejected by neighborhood committees on Wednesday, bringing an abrupt end to the multibillion-dollar developments. Within about an hour Wednesday morning, two separate...

Manhattan’s class-obsessed office landlords turn to building-grade inflation

CrainsNewYork.com (Professional Services) 9/17 12:33A Aaron Elstein

Behind the stolid facades of New York’s office towers lies a world seething with class envy. The jealousy stems from the pecking order that’s developed over the last four decades across Manhattan’s 600 million square feet of office space....

Beyoncé and Drake producer Sidney ‘Omen’ Brown found dead at 49 in NYC apartment

NYPost.com (Metro) 9/16 10:19P Nika Shakhnazarova

The hitmaker, who went by the moniker "Omen" in the music industry, was found dead in his Harlem apartment in New York City. He was 49.

Cuomo and Mamdani will field business questions at Crain’s forum

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 9/16 10:03A Nick Garber

Andrew Cuomo has committed to Crain’s October mayoral forum . With Zohran Mamdani also set to appear, the two leading candidates will each field questions from business leaders about their plans to lead New York City less than a month before the...

Brooklyn neighborhood next to join mayor's trash revolution

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 9/16 9:07A NBC New York Staff

Mayor Eric Adams is inducting a new borough into his "trash revolution," a plan slowly rolled out across New York City to containerize garbage and combat the city's longstanding rat crisis.

Best Places to Work in New York City 2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 9/16 9:03A Amanda Glodowski

In New York, success is measured not only by the bottom line but by the ability to attract and keep talent in one of the most competitive markets in the world. Companies that thrive here understand that culture, recognition and opportunity are...

Mamdani leads big in 4-way NYC mayor race, but Cuomo closes gap 1-on-1: Poll

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 9/16 3:12A Tara Guaimano and NBC New York S

Zohran Mamdani got more good news regarding his lead in the race for New York City mayor, a new poll shows, though one of his rivals does still stand to gain quite a bit of support if one of the others exits the race. The new Marist poll released...

Mamdani leads big in 4-way race for NYC mayor, but Cuomo closes gap in 1-on-1 contest: Poll

NBCNewYork.com (Politics News) 9/16 12:54A Tara Guaimano and NBC New York S

Zohran Mamdani got more good news regarding his lead in the race for New York City mayor, a new poll shows, though one of his rivals does still stand to gain quite a bit of support if one of the others exits the race. The new Marist poll released...

Our newest list ranks New York's largest residential real estate brokerages

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 9/16 12:48A Jack Grieve

Crain's first-ever list of the largest residential real estate brokerages in the New York area is here, and three companies with headquarters in Manhattan ranked well above the rest. Flatiron-based Compass took the top spot with $19.3 billion in...

Adams’ administration skips questioning about federal cuts for the second time

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 9/16 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Representatives for Mayor Eric Adams skipped a City Council oversight hearing on Monday, the second time the administration has dodged questions from the body on how it is preparing New York for billions of dollars in cuts from the federal...

On Politics: Race to replace Nadler has an early front-runner

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 9/15 8:03A Ross Barkan

Jerry Nadler’s recent announcement that he’ll retire from Congress has, naturally, set off a mad scramble to replace him. Nadler has represented various versions of his district for more than 30 years, and now presides over prime territory...

Trump dismisses Curtis Sliwa for mayor: ‘we don't need thousands of cats'

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 9/14 3:20A Philip Marcelo

President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed Curtis Sliwa — his own party’s New York City mayoral candidate — as “not exactly prime time.”