Miss Jamaica’s health status revealed after scary fall off Miss Universe stage sent her to ICU

NYPost.com (Entertainment) 11/24 4:56A Eric Todisco

Miss Universe President Raúl Rocha gave an update on Miss Jamaica five days after her fall.

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae legend, dead at 81

NYPost.com (Entertainment) 11/24 12:47A Eric Todisco

The musician suffered a seizure and had pneumonia.

Miss Jamaica skips Miss Universe pageant 1 day after falling off stage in brutal accident

NYPost.com (Entertainment) 11/21 3:28A Lauren Sarner

Gabrielle Henry, aka Miss Jamaica, was missing from the end of the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, after an earlier incident sent her to the hospital.

Steve Cohen signs casino deal with city despite surprise court ruling

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 11/17 8:03A Nick Garber

Steve Cohen has signed a deal with the city to build his potential casino on public land next to Citi Field, the Mets owner’s representatives said Monday — despite an unexpected court ruling last week that seemed to throw a wrench into the...

Kingsbridge commercial sites sell for first time in more than 50 years

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 11/6 6:26A Eddie Small

Three properties in the Bronx's Kingsbridge neighborhood have sold for more than $17 million, marking the first time since the mid-1970s that the sites will have a new owner. Brooklyn-based developer Leonid Yevdayev has purchased 5760 Broadway,...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 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 (Arts) 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...

Adams cements housing legacy with 4 neighborhood rezonings — and one more to go

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/30 11:33P Eddie Small

Increasing the city's housing supply has been one of the driving goals of Mayor Eric Adams' administration, and with the City Council's Wednesday passage of the rezoning of Jamaica, Queens, to allow for more residential development and its likely...

Jamaica site with potential for over 1,800 homes hits market following rezoning

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 10/30 6:59A Eddie Small

A massive development site in Jamaica that could house a project with almost 2,000 apartments has hit the market following the neighborhood's recent rezoning. Manhattan-based real estate investment firm Radix Capital and Queens-based developer DL...

Huge Long Island City rezoning poised for approval after $1.5B deal

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/29 9:05A Nick Garber

A 54-block rezoning of Long Island City advanced in the City Council on Wednesday after lawmakers struck a deal with Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to lower some building heights and dole out millions of dollars in neighborhood improvements....

Real estate execs slam new affordable housing tax break at Crain’s, REBNY event

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/29 7:58A Eddie Small

After the popular affordable housing tax break 421-a expired in 2022, the real estate industry spent nearly two years clamoring for a replacement. But they are not too happy with the one that finally came. "The program that we rely upon as...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 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 (Arts) 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’...

$200+ million, 425-unit mixed-use affordable housing development heading to Jamaica

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/22 11:35P Eddie Small

Jamaica is poised to get a rare new condominium project as part of a more than $200 million, 425-unit mixed-use affordable housing development, further transforming the bustling Queens neighborhood as it awaits a rezoning meant to turbocharge its...

Autism nonprofit inks major office lease in Jamaica

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 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...