On Politics: Hochul might be NYC transit's best ally in a century

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 1/20 8:12A Ross Barkan

Kathy Hochul’s tenure as governor has not always been smooth. Her approval ratings, at times, have been middling, and she barely survived a re-election challenge from a Trump Republican. Yet it’s becoming clear, more than four years after she...

Hochul advances subway extension along 125th Street; Jamaica Station revamp

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 1/12 11:03P Nick Garber

Gov. Kathy Hochul will announce Tuesday that she is advancing two major transit projects in the city: a westward extension of the future Second Avenue Subway along 125th Street, and a revamp of Jamaica Station in Queens, to improve connections...

Dan Garodnick to leave city government after big City Planning tenure

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 1/8 6:12A Nick Garber

Dan Garodnick is leaving city government under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, he said Thursday, concluding a significant four-year run leading the Department of City Planning in which he spearheaded the City of Yes housing plan and five major neighborhood...

Top earners at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 12/2 11:33P https://www.crainsnewyork.com/he

The compensation data below highlights the highest-paid employees at a tax-exempt organization that filed a Form 990 for 2023. See the top earners at other New York health systems here . Source: Total cash compensation includes base compensation,...

Long Island City’s 14,700-unit rezoning approved by City Council

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 11/12 9:57A Nick Garber

The plan to revamp 54 blocks of Long Island City by permitting up to 14,700 homes was approved by the City Council on Wednesday — marking the biggest single rezoning approved in decades and cementing a major achievement of Eric Adams’ one-term...

Three best friends all got jobs coaching New York college basketball teams: ‘We’re pinching...

NYPost.com (Sports) 11/7 6:15A Howie Kussoy

None of their offices are more than 14 miles apart. Their homes are within 10 minutes of each other. Their families gather for barbecues and playdates.

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...