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...

City real estate chief resigns following bribery indictment

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 8/22 6:50A Eddie Small

Jesse Hamilton has resigned from city government in the wake of his Thursday indictment on bribery and conspiracy charges. Hamilton had served as a deputy commissioner at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, where he oversaw the...

​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 -