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

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

Adams’ Midtown housing plan faces fashion-industry pushback

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

@yorkcardinals’ Sanchez lands on CSC Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Team

York College 6/18 7:00A

York College's Stanley Sanchez is a member of the All-District® Men's At-Large Team for the second-consecutive year

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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...

Le Chêne and 5 other restaurants to try in June

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/2 12:33A Lilah Burke

Alexia Duchêne says she’s ready for a solo project. The French chef, once a semifinalist on Top Chef France , trained in kitchens in Paris and London. But in New York, she saw an opening. Most of the French restaurants in the city skew very...

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

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

Bhote, Khan represent @yorkcardinals on CSC Academic All-District® Women’s Tennis Team

York College 5/29 7:00A

York College's Dawa Bhote and Maryam Khan are two of the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom

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

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

Four @yorkcardinals celebrated as CUNYAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honorable Mention selections

York College 5/16 6:32A

York College seniors Maryam Khan, Richard Reyes, Stanley Sanchez, and Jasmine Vega were honored Thursday as CUNYAC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention choices

@yorkcardinals’ Khamis lands on CUNYAC Men’s Tennis Sportsmanship Team

York College 5/2 10:00A

York College's Abubakar Khamis has garnered consecutive CUNYAC Men's Tennis Sportsmanship placements

@yorkcardinals’ Bawilliam snatches CUNYAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week laurel

York College 4/28 10:10A

York College's Ernest Bawilliam authored a pair of top-10 CUNYAC results at the Vassar College Twilight Invitational