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

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 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...

Rising apartment inventory not bringing down rent prices in some neighborhoods

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 8/14 9:33A https://www.crainsnewyork.com/re

By the logic of the city’s pro-housing push, if more units are produced, rents will come down. But the reality might not be so simple, according to new data from listing service StreetEasy. In the past year, some of the neighborhoods with the...

City lowers mental health clubhouse enrollment goals

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 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 (Telecom) 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 (Nonprofits) 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...

Queens landlord faces second state lawsuit over allegedly overcharging tenants

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 8/7 10:43A Eddie Small

A Queens-based real estate firm allegedly has been forcing its stabilized tenants to pay illegally high rents for years, according to a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general's office and the Department of Homes and Community Renewal. The...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 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...

FORGOTTEN NEW YORK BY THE SEASHORE

Forgotten New York 8/6 4:15A Kevin Walsh

Forgotten New York - NESTLED in the middle of Jamaica Bay is an island community known as Broad Channel. It is the province of seagulls, roaring jets taking off from Kennedy Airport, The Jamaica Bay Forgotten New York -

Four NYPD officers hospitalized after two cruisers crash in Queens

NYPost.com (Metro) 8/5 2:38A Patrick Reilly

The cops were taken to Jamaica hospital in stable condition.

Financial woes mount at Chetrit-owned apartment complex in Queens

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 8/4 8:34A Aaron Elstein

Financial problems are mounting at a 540-unit market-rate apartment complex in Jamaica, Queens, as developer Meyer Chetrit falls further behind on his bills. Parkhill City, which is almost fully occupied with amenities including 24-hour doorman...

CoStar lawsuit over Zillow photos raises questions about online real estate marketing

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 8/1 10:38A C. J. Hughes

In a blockbuster new lawsuit, real estate listings provider CoStar Group has accused StreetEasy parent company Zillow of having improperly featured nearly 47,000 copyrighted CoStar photos on its related websites. CoStar hires photographers to...

Two more 99-unit buildings heading to Brooklyn

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 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...

Jamaica, Queens tries to rebrand with $100K marketing campaign as locals brace for change

NYPost.com (Metro) 7/27 10:40A Nicole Rosenthal

The new nickname "DJQ" -- for more than three dozen blocks along Jamaica Avenue -- comes ahead of a rezoning that officials believe will pave the way for new residential units, shops and public space.

Building projects with under 100 units remain popular in wake of new wage rule

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 7/23 8:17A Eddie Small

Buildings with fewer than 100 units are continuing to skyrocket in popularity amid the state's strict new wage requirement that kicks in once the number of residences in a project hits triple digits. Developers filed plans for 41 new projects...

INVICTUS TRIANGLE

Forgotten New York 7/22 5:50A Kevin Walsh

Forgotten New York - JAMAICA Estates, built on the northern edge of the former Town of Jamaica in the 1905-1907 period, occupies about 500 acres between Homelawn Street, Hillside Avenue, 188th Street and Union Forgotten New York -