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 -

Developer’s SoHo affordable housing project could trigger new minimum wage requirement

CrainsNewYork.com (Politics) 7/17 8:55A Eddie Small

The developer of a project planned for SoHo may be willing to pay the $40-per-hour minimum wage requirement tied to a new affordable housing tax break. Dallas-based real estate firm Trammell Crow recently filed plans with the Department of...

NYC mom gunned down in street by homeless estranged husband was trying to shield daughter

NYPost.com (Metro) 7/17 7:23A Amanda Woods

Audwin Caines, 62, allegedly approached 45-year-old Chaneil Ramsay as she walked with her 21-year-old daughter in South Jamaica around 2:30 p.m. June 23 and started opening fire, according to the Queens DA’s Office.

Husband busted for gunning down wife, 45, in cold-blooded daylight NYC attack: cops

NYPost.com (Metro) 7/16 10:18A Amanda Woods

Audwin Caines, who cops say is homeless, fired multiple shots at Chaneil Ramsay on 127th Avenue near 176th Street in South Jamaica around 2:30 p.m. June 23 – a few blocks from her home, police said.

Half a dozen 99-unit buildings could rise in Jamaica, Queens

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 7/14 8:09A Julianne Cuba

A sextet of new residential buildings with no more than 99 dwelling units apiece is slated for Jamaica, Queens, records show. Local developer Ami Weinstock submitted plans to the Department of Buildings Monday for six new projects, each standing...

Man fatally shot in the chest in Queens: NYPD

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 7/12 7:05A NBC New York Staff

A man was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest Saturday morning in Queens, police said. The NYPD received a call around 8:12 a.m. When they responded to the scene on Liverpool Avenue they found a 41-year-old man shot once in the chest,...

PASSIONIST RETREAT HOUSE SIGN

Forgotten New York 7/12 3:51A 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 Home Lawn Street, Hillside Avenue, 188th Street and Forgotten New York -

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...