Outgoing FIT president sells Upper West Side co-op for about $3M

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 11/4 11:33P C. J. Hughes

Dr. Joyce Brown, who will step down from the presidency of the Fashion Institute of Technology next month after a 27-year tenure, has already unloaded an Upper West Side property. Brown and her husband, onetime Democratic gubernatorial candidate...

New York-Presbyterian plans $24M cancer treatment center in Flushing

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 10/31 8:36A Amanda D Ambrosio

New York-Presbyterian filed plans Thursday to construct a new oncology infusion suite at its Queens hospital, becoming the latest health system to build out services for cancer patients. The Flushing hospital, which has 535 beds, is seeking...

Jamaica practice plans $92M revamp into full-scale ambulatory medical center

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 10/27 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A Jamaica health clinic serving predominantly low-income patients has filed plans for a $92.6 million expansion that would expand its footprint and add an ambulatory surgery center to the neighborhood. The new Hillside Polymedic Diagnostic and...

City officials say revamped housing tax break is working, contradicting doubters

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 10/23 9:45A Nick Garber

The controversial 485-x tax break for housing construction is working well, city officials asserted Thursday — contradicting widespread criticism that the program has faced from developers and even other members of Mayor Eric Adams’...

Autism nonprofit inks major office lease in Jamaica

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 10/19 11:33P Eddie Small

A storied New York nonprofit focused on supporting children and adults with autism is opening a new center in Jamaica . Quality Services for the Autism Community has inked a lease for roughly 42,000 square feet at 222-25 Jamaica Ave. in the...

Casino finalists face a blind bidding war over tax rates

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 10/13 8:21A Nick Garber

The four surviving bidders for a New York City-area casino face a crucial decision this week: deciding how much they're willing to pay in taxes without knowing what their rivals are offering, a blind bidding war that could push rates far above...

Jamaica rezoning permitting 12K homes advances in City Council

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 10/9 9:24A Nick Garber

City Council members reached a deal on Thursday to advance a sprawling rezoning of Jamaica, Queens that will permit some 11,800 new homes across 230 blocks, one of the biggest such plans in decades. The council’s zoning subcommittee and land use...

Government shutdown removes report on elder abuse at St. Albans VA facility

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 10/2 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A now-removed report from the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General documented the government’s failure to protect elderly patients from abuse at St. Albans VA Medical Center in Jamaica. The report, which was removed when the federal...

Resorts World, Empire City casino bids sail through crucial committee votes

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 9/25 4:47A Nick Garber

Resorts World’s Queens casino bid sailed through a crucial committee vote on Thursday, becoming the first proposal from within the five boroughs to make it to the last stage of the state’s casino sweepstakes. A community advisory committee voted...

Coney Island casino appears dead, continuing string of rejections

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 9/22 6:44A Nick Garber

Thor Equities’ Coney Island casino proposal appeared dead on Monday after three people with the power to sink the bid announced that they plan to oppose it — continuing a week of bad news for New York City’s would-be casino builders. City...

Freedom Plaza casino rejected by committee, ending last Manhattan bid

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 9/22 4:13A Nick Garber

A neighborhood panel rejected the Soloviev Group’s $11 billion East Side casino proposal Freedom Plaza in a vote on Monday, leaving zero remaining Manhattan bids in the running for the state’s three casino licenses. The enormous project would...

An LIRR strike is looming. Here’s what to know

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 9/11 11:33P Caroline Spivack

A standoff on contract terms between some of the Long Island Rail Road’s unionized workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could spur the railway’s first strike in nearly 30 years, threatening to upend the commutes of nearly 300,000...

City real estate chief resigns following bribery indictment

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 8/22 5:50A Eddie Small

Jesse Hamilton has resigned from city government in the wake of his Thursday indictment on bribery and conspiracy charges. Hamilton had served as a deputy commissioner at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, where he oversaw the...