These 47 people will make or break NYC’s casino bids

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 7/8 7:45A Nick Garber

Forty-seven neighborhood activists, elected officials and city and state bureaucrats will decide this summer which of New York’s multibillion-dollar downstate casino proposals lives or dies. The state’s Gaming Commission on Monday announced the...

Adams’ Midtown housing plan faces fashion-industry pushback

CrainsNewYork.com (Wall Street) 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 (Transportation) 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,...

Bronx company Golden Krust grows by introducing Jamaican food to new audiences

CrainsNewYork.com (Small Business News) 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...

Deals of the Day: June 11

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 6/11 7:43A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Leases Affordable housing nonprofit inks lease in FiDi tower Address: 60 Broad St., Manhattan  Landlord: Piedmont Realty Trust Tenant: The Center for New York City Neighborhoods Lease size: 10,979 square feet  Asset type: Mixed-use  Brokers:...

Two-alarm fire sparks at Grand Central, snarling LIRR service

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 6/10 7:55A Caroline Spivack

A Tuesday fire in a train tunnel has snarled Long Island Rail Road service at Grand Central Terminal, according to fire and transit officials. The FDNY responded to a track fire just after 8 a.m. that appeared to be sparked by an electrical...

Le Chêne and 5 other restaurants to try in June

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 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 (Transportation) 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...

Knicks’ chief orthopedist keeps the team ready for big games that go down to the wire

CrainsNewYork.com (Professional Services) 5/29 9:25A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Dr. Answorth Allen’s career and love for New York sports fit together like a healthy knee joint. Allen is the associate surgeon-in-chief at Hospital for Special Surgery and the chief orthopedist for the NBA’s New York Knicks. A sports fan and...

Council to approve 4,600-home revamp of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 5/28 7:59A Nick Garber

The City Council on Wednesday will approve a major rezoning of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, which promises to transform a thoroughfare lined with warehouses and auto shops into a mixed-use neighborhood with some 4,600 new homes. The...

Council approves 4,600-home revamp of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 5/28 7:59A Nick Garber

The City Council on Wednesday approved a major rezoning of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, which promises to transform a thoroughfare lined with warehouses and auto shops into a mixed-use neighborhood with some 4,600 new homes. The...

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center forges ahead on state-funded cancer center

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 5/27 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is mapping out construction of a new oncology hub in Queens as part of a state-funded effort to modernize struggling safety-net hospitals. The 408-bed facility, based in Richmond Hill, requested approval last week...

The A train to Rockaway reopens for summer with storm-proof upgrades

CrainsNewYork.com (Technology) 5/19 9:31A Caroline Spivack

A five-mile stretch of the A train in the Rockaways reopened on Monday, just in time for beach season, after a 17-week shutdown to bolster the low-lying subway line against extreme flooding. The $393 million Metropolitan Transportation Authority...

UES medical office building near Lenox Hill Hospital faces foreclosure

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 5/8 11:40A C. J. Hughes

A half-full medical building around the corner from Lenox Hill Hospital is at risk of being auctioned off to the highest bidder after some lenders have accused its owners of being more than a year behind on mortgage bills. A group of investors...

As NEA Cuts Hit Hard, Arts Groups Are Readying Their Fundraising Pitches

Observer.com (Politics) 5/8 10:11A Daniel Grant

When Deborah Block, artistic director of Philadelphia’s nonprofit theater company Theatre Exile, received word last November that a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts had been...