Council takes fight against housing ballot questions straight to voters

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 10/15 12:33A Nick Garber

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has taken lately to calling her branch of government “the most pro-housing council in a generation.” But in their crusade against the ballot questions that would strip them of some power over land use, council...

Jamaica to receive nearly $100M to expand health care in city’s rezoning plan

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 10/14 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

The Jamaica neighborhood of Queens is slated to get nearly $100 million to expand health care infrastructure as part of a sweeping rezoning plan that advanced in the City Council last week. A key council committee approved the Jamaica...

Casino finalists face a blind bidding war over tax rates

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 10/13 9:21A Nick Garber

The four surviving bidders for a New York City-area casino face a crucial decision this week: deciding how much they're willing to pay in taxes without knowing what their rivals are offering, a blind bidding war that could push rates far above...

Jamaica rezoning permitting 12K homes advances in City Council

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 10/9 10:24A Nick Garber

City Council members reached a deal on Thursday to advance a sprawling rezoning of Jamaica, Queens that will permit some 11,800 new homes across 230 blocks, one of the biggest such plans in decades. The council’s zoning subcommittee and land use...

Government shutdown removes report on elder abuse at St. Albans VA facility

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 10/3 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A now-removed report from the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General documented the government’s failure to protect elderly patients from abuse at St. Albans VA Medical Center in Jamaica. The report, which was removed when the federal...

Booming South Bronx neighborhood could get new 304-unit residential project

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/24 7:29A Eddie Small

Plans for a Mott Haven development site that traded hands late last year are coming into focus. Midtown-based developer Shorewood Real Estate Group intends to construct a mixed-use building with 304 residential units and a grocery store at 350...

Coney Island casino appears dead, continuing string of rejections

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/22 7:44A Nick Garber

Thor Equities’ Coney Island casino proposal appeared dead on Monday after three people with the power to sink the bid announced that they plan to oppose it — continuing a week of bad news for New York City’s would-be casino builders. City...

Freedom Plaza casino rejected by committee, ending last Manhattan bid

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 9/22 5:13A Nick Garber

A neighborhood panel rejected the Soloviev Group’s $11 billion East Side casino proposal Freedom Plaza in a vote on Monday, leaving zero remaining Manhattan bids in the running for the state’s three casino licenses. The enormous project would...

City built, preserved more than 33K affordable housing units in FY2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/17 6:30A Eddie Small

The Adams administration built and preserved more than 33,000 affordable housing units during fiscal year 2025, up 15% year over year, according to the mayor's annual management report, to be released later today. Of those, roughly 13,400 were...

An LIRR strike is looming. Here’s what to know

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 9/12 12:33A Caroline Spivack

A standoff on contract terms between some of the Long Island Rail Road’s unionized workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could spur the railway’s first strike in nearly 30 years, threatening to upend the commutes of nearly 300,000...

A LIRR strike is looming. Here’s what to know

CrainsNewYork.com (Economy) 9/12 12:33A Caroline Spivack

A standoff on contract terms between some of the Long Island Rail Road’s unionized workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could spur the railway’s first strike in nearly 30 years, threatening to upend the commutes of nearly 300,000...

Long Island City rezoning heads to Council for make-or-break housing negotiations

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/8 7:42A Caroline Spivack, Nick Garber

A city plan to boost housing in fast-growing Long Island City is entering its most pivotal stage of negotiations as it heads to the City Council following the City Planning Commission’s approval last week. The effort would be the largest city...

Op-ed: Flash-flooding is the new normal in NYC. Here's how we can live with it

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 9/3 6:03A Tyler Taba

It could be murky puddles at the 7th Avenue B/Q-train station in Park Slope or a geyser at the 28th Street 1-train station in Chelsea. Local businesses and restaurants incur $20,000 in damages in Bayside or expect to lose five business days per...

Clogged housing pipeline led developer to bribe Adams’ top aide, prosecutors say

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 8/26 10:05A Nick Garber

Developers across New York who seek city funding for their projects are all too familiar with a severe backlog that forces them to wait months, or even years, to start construction. But one well-connected developer is now accused of going to...

NYPD Detective Corey Fisher leaves hospital three days after being injured in a case of friendly...

NYPost.com (Metro) 8/25 7:35A David Propper

The NYPD detective accidentally shot by another cop while helping to take down a would-be carjacker in Queens last week received a round of applause as he left Jamaica Hospital on Monday morning. Wounded officer Corey Fisher was surrounded by...