F train tops most delayed subway lines in first half of 2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 8/8 12:33A Caroline Spivack, Amanda Glodows

Every subway rider dreads descending into a station to find a flustered crowd of commuters waiting for a delayed train. On some lines, the sight is far more common than others. A Crain’s analysis of MTA data found that for the first six months of...

Queens landlord faces second state lawsuit over allegedly overcharging tenants

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 8/7 10:43A Eddie Small

A Queens-based real estate firm allegedly has been forcing its stabilized tenants to pay illegally high rents for years, according to a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general's office and the Department of Homes and Community Renewal. The...

42-block Midtown South housing plan clears hurdle as Council trims some units

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 8/6 9:00A Nick Garber

Mayor Eric Adams’ potentially transformative plan to permit housing across 42 industrial Midtown blocks cleared its biggest remaining hurdle on Wednesday when it was approved by a pair of City Council committees — although lawmakers made changes...

Financial woes mount at Chetrit-owned apartment complex in Queens

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 8/4 8:34A Aaron Elstein

Financial problems are mounting at a 540-unit market-rate apartment complex in Jamaica, Queens, as developer Meyer Chetrit falls further behind on his bills. Parkhill City, which is almost fully occupied with amenities including 24-hour doorman...

Two more 99-unit buildings heading to Brooklyn

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 7/28 7:28A Eddie Small

A developer is planning a pair of new 99-unit residential buildings for Brooklyn, the latest indication that many in the city's real estate industry are determined to avoid paying the higher wage requirement that kicks in once a project hits 100...

Building projects with under 100 units remain popular in wake of new wage rule

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 7/23 8:17A Eddie Small

Buildings with fewer than 100 units are continuing to skyrocket in popularity amid the state's strict new wage requirement that kicks in once the number of residences in a project hits triple digits. Developers filed plans for 41 new projects...

Developer’s SoHo affordable housing project could trigger new minimum wage requirement

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 7/17 8:55A Eddie Small

The developer of a project planned for SoHo may be willing to pay the $40-per-hour minimum wage requirement tied to a new affordable housing tax break. Dallas-based real estate firm Trammell Crow recently filed plans with the Department of...

Half a dozen 99-unit buildings could rise in Jamaica, Queens

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 7/14 8:09A Julianne Cuba

A sextet of new residential buildings with no more than 99 dwelling units apiece is slated for Jamaica, Queens, records show. Local developer Ami Weinstock submitted plans to the Department of Buildings Monday for six new projects, each standing...

These 47 people will make or break NYC’s casino bids

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 7/8 7:45A Nick Garber

Forty-seven neighborhood activists, elected officials and city and state bureaucrats will decide this summer which of New York’s multibillion-dollar downstate casino proposals lives or dies. The state’s Gaming Commission on Monday announced the...

Adams’ Midtown housing plan faces fashion-industry pushback

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 7/8 12:33A Nick Garber

The City Council is close to approving a major rezoning of Midtown that could clear the way for 9,700 new homes in a transit-rich neighborhood with high office vacancies  — but criticism from the area’s remaining garment manufacturers could be...

Jamaica Hospital plans to start work on new cancer center

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 7/7 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is seeking state approval to start construction for a new six-story cancer facility as part of a state-funded initiative to keep the struggling safety-net hospital afloat. The Queens hospital, which has 408 beds,...

Jamaica’s Bluefields Bay villas may be the Caribbean’s best kept secret

NYPost.com (Living) 6/23 1:07A Robert Cocuzzo

Bluefields Bay might just be the best kept secret in all of Jamaica. For more than forty years, those in-the-know have snuck off to a series of hidden villas overlooking mesmerizing emerald waters where an old-world form of hospitality still...

Bronx company Golden Krust grows by introducing Jamaican food to new audiences

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 6/16 12:33A Lilah Burke

About 200,000 Jamaican-born people live in New York City, according to the American Community Survey. But many more New Yorkers than that have tasted Jamaican food. And Golden Krust, a fast-casual restaurant chain that serves the Caribbean...

Deals of the Day: June 11

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 6/11 7:43A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Leases Affordable housing nonprofit inks lease in FiDi tower Address: 60 Broad St., Manhattan  Landlord: Piedmont Realty Trust Tenant: The Center for New York City Neighborhoods Lease size: 10,979 square feet  Asset type: Mixed-use  Brokers:...

Two-alarm fire sparks at Grand Central, snarling LIRR service

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 6/10 7:55A Caroline Spivack

A Tuesday fire in a train tunnel has snarled Long Island Rail Road service at Grand Central Terminal, according to fire and transit officials. The FDNY responded to a track fire just after 8 a.m. that appeared to be sparked by an electrical...