Deals of the Day: Oct. 3

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 10/3 8:19A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Sales Barcelona investor acquires SoHo storefront Address: 56 Crosby St., Manhattan Seller: Invesco Real Estate Buyer: Punta NA Broadway LLC Sale price: $26.9 million Asset type: Retail Developer picks up part of yard behind church in Greenwood...

Largest clubhouse contract goes to provider once run by health commissioner

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 8/9 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A mental health clubhouse once led by city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan has become the biggest beneficiary of new rules that forced some providers out of the running for city funding. Fountain House received a $106 million, 10-year contract...

Op-ed: A call to transform gun violence prevention in New York

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 7/26 7:03A Erica Ford

In recent years, the United States has grappled with the devastating impact of gun violence, which continues to plague communities across the nation. As the founder of LIFE Camp and a dedicated advocate for peace, I have been at the forefront of...

New York City hospitals receive $2B in state capital grants with few strings attached

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 7/15 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

New York City hospitals have received billions in the past decade from state grants to build new emergency rooms or expand primary care, new data shows. But some experts criticize the flow of state money to hospitals with few conditions or...

The 18 best pasta dishes in New York City, picked by top chefs

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 7/10 1:03A Kate Krader, Bloomberg

The dog days of summer conjure daydreams of ice cream, picnics, barbecues?…?and heaping plates of hearty pasta? “I used to think I needed to make the pastas lighter in summer,” says Andrew Carmellini, who serves notable noodles at Locanda Verde,...

Developer to convert Bank of China employee dorms into apartments

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 7/2 7:57A C. J. Hughes

A church-turned-theater-turned-employee dorm in Hell’s Kitchen that housed Bank of China workers for years will be reinvented once again, this time as market-rate housing. Kings Capital Associates, a NoMad-based developer focused on smaller...

AirTrain fare to JFK airport is half price this summer

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 7/1 7:43A Caroline Spivack

Call it a summer sale: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey this week slashed the price of an AirTrain ticket to John F. Kennedy International Airport in half to $4.50 through Labor Day, Sept. 2. Port Authority officials have dropped the...