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

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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 (Sports) 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...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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 practice plans $92M revamp into full-scale ambulatory medical center

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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 (Sports) 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...

Council takes fight against housing ballot questions straight to voters

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 10/14 11:33P Nick Garber

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has taken lately to calling her branch of government “the most pro-housing council in a generation.” But in their crusade against the ballot questions that would strip them of some power over land use, council...

Jamaica to receive nearly $100M to expand health care in city’s rezoning plan

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 10/13 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

The Jamaica neighborhood of Queens is slated to get nearly $100 million to expand health care infrastructure as part of a sweeping rezoning plan that advanced in the City Council last week. A key council committee approved the Jamaica...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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...

Op-ed: Flash-flooding is the new normal in NYC. Here's how we can live with it

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 9/3 5:03A Tyler Taba

It could be murky puddles at the 7th Avenue B/Q-train station in Park Slope or a geyser at the 28th Street 1-train station in Chelsea. Local businesses and restaurants incur $20,000 in damages in Bayside or expect to lose five business days per...

City real estate chief resigns following bribery indictment

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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...

​Mayor's chief adviser indicted for accepting $75,000 in bribes for city contracts

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 8/21 9:28A Aaron Elstein, Nick Garber

In early 2023, Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said the city would fall short of a mandate to install 50 miles of new bike lanes per year. He blamed  staff shortages and told the City Council to butt out of his agency’s decisions on...

City lowers mental health clubhouse enrollment goals

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 8/13 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The city is projecting that fewer New Yorkers than previously anticipated will be enrolled in mental health clubhouses under an expansion of the program. On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams announced that all 13 of the city’s clubhouses are now taking...

Developer advances 200-plus unit affordable housing project in Jamaica

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 8/13 6:44A Eddie Small

A busy New York developer is plowing ahead with plans to bring more than 200 units of affordable housing and new space for a church to Jamaica. Midtown-based Haussmann Development has filed plans with the Department of Buildings for a sprawling...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 8/7 11:33P 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...