City real estate chief resigns following bribery indictment

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 8/22 6:50A 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 10:28A 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) 8/14 12:33A 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 7:44A 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) 8/8 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...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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...

Two more 99-unit buildings heading to Brooklyn

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 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...

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...