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Op-ed: Closing NYC’s digital divide must be a mandate

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 12/16 5:03A Ana Rua
Next year, as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani takes office, New York City has a rare chance to finally close its digital divide -- not with slogans, but with structure. I’ve spent my career in telecommunications, helping extend broadband networks...

All 3 New York City casinos win licenses, ending state’s competition

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 12/15 7:37A Nick Garber
All three remaining New York City casino proposals were awarded licenses by the state’s Gaming Commission on Monday, officially concluding the years-long competition to break into the region’s huge, untapped gambling market. Steve Cohen’s...

Top earners at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 12/2 11:33P https://www.crainsnewyork.com/he
The compensation data below highlights the highest-paid employees at a tax-exempt organization that filed a Form 990 for 2023. See the top earners at other New York health systems here . Source: Total cash compensation includes base compensation,...

Casino race nears end as state board meets to pick winners

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 11/28 4:33A Nick Garber
After a years-long run-up, millions of dollars in lobbying and a series of dramatic political battles, New York City’s casino sweepstakes will come to an end on Monday. And while signs point to an anticlimax, there’s still some room for surprise....

Steve Cohen signs casino deal with city despite surprise court ruling

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 11/17 8:03A Nick Garber
Steve Cohen has signed a deal with the city to build his potential casino on public land next to Citi Field, despite an unexpected court ruling last week that seemed to throw a wrench into the development plan. The operators of the nearby USTA...

Long Island City’s 14,700-unit rezoning approved by City Council

CrainsNewYork.com (Professional Services) 11/12 9:57A Nick Garber
The plan to revamp 54 blocks of Long Island City by permitting up to 14,700 homes was approved by the City Council on Wednesday — marking the biggest single rezoning approved in decades and cementing a major achievement of Eric Adams’ one-term...

Kingsbridge commercial sites sell for first time in more than 50 years

CrainsNewYork.com (Energy & Utilities) 11/6 6:26A Eddie Small
Three properties in the Bronx's Kingsbridge neighborhood have sold for more than $17 million, marking the first time since the mid-1970s that the sites will have a new owner. Brooklyn-based developer Leonid Yevdayev has purchased 5760 Broadway,...

Outgoing FIT president sells Upper West Side co-op for about $3M

CrainsNewYork.com (Politics) 11/4 11:33P C. J. Hughes
Dr. Joyce Brown, who will step down from the presidency of the Fashion Institute of Technology next month after a 27-year tenure, has already unloaded an Upper West Side property. Brown and her husband, onetime Democratic gubernatorial candidate...

New York-Presbyterian plans $24M cancer treatment center in Flushing

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 10/31 8:36A Amanda D Ambrosio
New York-Presbyterian filed plans Thursday to construct a new oncology infusion suite at its Queens hospital, becoming the latest health system to build out services for cancer patients. The Flushing hospital, which has 535 beds, is seeking...

The neighborhood rezonings passed under Adams — and the one still left to go

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 10/30 11:33P Eddie Small
Increasing the city's housing supply has been one of the driving goals of Mayor Eric Adams' administration, and with the City Council's Wednesday passage of the rezoning of Jamaica, Queens, to allow for more residential development and its likely...

Huge Long Island City rezoning poised for approval after $1.5B deal

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 10/29 9:05A Nick Garber
A 54-block rezoning of Long Island City advanced in the City Council on Wednesday after lawmakers struck a deal with Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to lower some building heights and dole out millions of dollars in neighborhood improvements....
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