State health regulators signal support for long-awaited trauma center in the Rockaways

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 5/30 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

A once far-fetched goal of building a new trauma center in the Rockaways is plodding forward, but is not guaranteed just yet. The Rockaway peninsula, often characterized as a health care desert, has gone without a trauma center for more than a...

Knicks’ chief orthopedist keeps the team ready for big games that go down to the wire

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 5/29 9:25A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Dr. Answorth Allen’s career and love for New York sports fit together like a healthy knee joint. Allen is the associate surgeon-in-chief at Hospital for Special Surgery and the chief orthopedist for the NBA’s New York Knicks. A sports fan and...

Council to approve 4,600-home revamp of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 5/28 7:59A Nick Garber

The City Council on Wednesday will approve a major rezoning of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, which promises to transform a thoroughfare lined with warehouses and auto shops into a mixed-use neighborhood with some 4,600 new homes. The...

Council approves 4,600-home revamp of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 5/28 7:59A Nick Garber

The City Council on Wednesday approved a major rezoning of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, which promises to transform a thoroughfare lined with warehouses and auto shops into a mixed-use neighborhood with some 4,600 new homes. The...

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center forges ahead on state-funded cancer center

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 5/27 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is mapping out construction of a new oncology hub in Queens as part of a state-funded effort to modernize struggling safety-net hospitals. The 408-bed facility, based in Richmond Hill, requested approval last week...

The A train to Rockaway reopens for summer with storm-proof upgrades

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 5/19 9:31A Caroline Spivack

A five-mile stretch of the A train in the Rockaways reopened on Monday, just in time for beach season, after a 17-week shutdown to bolster the low-lying subway line against extreme flooding. The $393 million Metropolitan Transportation Authority...

UES medical office building near Lenox Hill Hospital faces foreclosure

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 5/8 11:40A C. J. Hughes

A half-full medical building around the corner from Lenox Hill Hospital is at risk of being auctioned off to the highest bidder after some lenders have accused its owners of being more than a year behind on mortgage bills. A group of investors...

Crime is dropping in city’s business districts, Tisch says

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/23 6:10A Nick Garber

Crime has dropped significantly in some key business districts in the first few months of 2025, mirroring an encouraging citywide trend, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Crain’s New York event Wednesday morning. There were zero...

Crime is dropping in business districts, Tisch tells city leaders

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 4/23 6:10A Nick Garber

Crime has dropped significantly in some key business districts in the first few months of 2025, mirroring an encouraging citywide trend, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Crain’s New York event Wednesday morning. There were zero...

Adams’ neighborhood-reshaping rezonings could permit 40,000 homes in 2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 4/22 12:48A Nick Garber

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is making steady progress in its quest to rezone four neighborhoods by the end of 2025, an effort that could produce some 40,000 new homes and burnish Adams’ legacy if he leaves office after this year. The largest...

Judge appoints receiver for Chetrit-owned apartment complex in Queens

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 3/26 7:28A Aaron Elstein

A federal judge appointed a receiver to manage two market-rate apartment buildings in Queens after their owner, Meyer Chetrit, fell behind on nearly $2 million in utility bills and risks putting thousands of residents in the dark. The appointment...

City's hospitals try to tackle housing with mixed success

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 3/20 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

A building with three-bedroom apartments in a refurbished tuberculosis treatment center in Jamaica. Studio apartments with a back garden on an old parking lot in Bed-Stuy. A residence with one-bedroom units and a community health clinic on the...

State awards more than $50M to 4 city affordable housing projects

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 3/18 8:28A Eddie Small

A quartet of affordable housing projects in the city are getting a funding boost of more than $50 million total. The money for the outer-borough developments comes from federal and state low-income housing tax credits, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep....

Northwell spends big on lobbyists as it seeks Upper East Side expansion

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 3/5 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The state’s largest health care system was also one of the biggest spenders on lobbyists trying to influence city government last year. Northwell Health, a New Hyde Park-based provider network with 21 hospitals and over 800 clinics in the region,...