Deals of the Day: Oct. 3

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 10/3 8:19A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Sales Barcelona investor acquires SoHo storefront Address: 56 Crosby St., Manhattan Seller: Invesco Real Estate Buyer: Punta NA Broadway LLC Sale price: $26.9 million Asset type: Retail Developer picks up part of yard behind church in Greenwood...

Man tries to rob NYC bakery with a rifle

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 10/3 3:19A NBC New York Staff

Authorities are looking for a man in a blue bandana who tried to rob a Queens bakery with a rifle, police say. Jarring surveillance video shows the man point the long gun at someone off-camera in the Jamaica shop. He shoves chairs out of his way...

Rising costs drove a new Queens apartment complex into foreclosure

CrainsNewYork.com (Technology) 9/25 10:16A Aaron Elstein

Turns out leasing 92% of the apartments isn’t enough to spare a building from foreclosure. In May lenders filed to foreclose Parkhill City, a new 1,000-unit complex in Jamaica, Queens, after developer Chetrit Group defaulted on the $225 million...

Texas-based waste-services firm picks up city properties after quietly annexing rival

CrainsNewYork.com (International) 9/25 9:34A Julianne Cuba

A Texas-based waste-services company that quietly acquired one of the city's largest private haulers several weeks ago has scooped up two industrial properties, in Queens and the Bronx, as part of that deal for more than $39 million, records...

Deals of the Day: Sept. 23

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/23 8:08A Eddie Small, C. J. Hughes, Julia

Leases Catholic Charities expands downtown footprint Address: 80 Maiden Lane, Manhattan Landlord: Maiden Lane Asset Management Tenant: Catholic Charities of New York Lease size: 77,130 square feet Lease length: 30 years Asset type: Office Brokers:...

Weekly commuter roundup: Sept. 22-27

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 9/20 11:59A Caroline Spivack

Here are the subway disruptions, road closures and other commuting changes you should be aware of as you get around the city this week. UN General Assembly road closures Several streets in Midtown are closed for the UN General Assembly until...

The Transformative Impact of Advertising: Strategies, Challenges, and Innovations

Jamaica BubbleLife iReporter 9/3 1:41A redfive pro

Advertising, an integral component of business strategy, has seen considerable evolution over the years, driven by advancements in technology and shifts in consumer behavior. At its core, advertising aims to promote products, services, or ideas to...

The Black Identity in Kamala Harris’s Jamaican Roots

NYTimes.com (Times Wire) 8/22 3:38A Brent Staples

The candidate has never felt the need to explain or exploit the story of her family’s ancestors and their experience of slavery.

Weekly commuter roundup: Aug. 19-23

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 8/16 10:46A Caroline Spivack

Here are the subway disruptions, road closures and other commuting changes you should be aware of as you get around the city this week. Subways   In Brooklyn, no G trains between Bedford-Nostrand avenues and Church Avenue until Tuesday, Sept. 3 at...

Largest clubhouse contract goes to provider once run by health commissioner

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 8/9 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A mental health clubhouse once led by city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan has become the biggest beneficiary of new rules that forced some providers out of the running for city funding. Fountain House received a $106 million, 10-year contract...

NYC shooting victim was defending girlfriend – who hugged him as he lay bleeding on the ground

NYPost.com (Metro) 8/8 12:30A Georgett Roberts, Amanda Woods

The 34-year-old victim was blasted four times in the back and twice in the right arm inside One World Convenience on Jamaica Avenue near 120th Street in Richmond Hill around 10:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

New York is barricading itself against floods

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 8/7 7:58A Valarie Block

New Yorkers jogging along the East River bike path below 23rd Street are finding something new — a 10-foot concrete seawall. On the other side is Stuyvesant Cove Park, now elevated by 8 feet and featuring seating areas, plantings and views across...

Op-Ed: Enormous Port Authority construction projects pioneer low-carbon standards

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 8/7 7:43A Rizwan Baig

Scan the region’s skyline, and you’ll see skyscrapers, bridge towers and port cranes — a century’s worth of Port Authority infrastructure soaring into the clouds. But as we continue building at a breakneck pace, we’re starting a different...

Venture House lands $91 million city contract in clubhouse shake-up

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 8/6 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Jamaica-based Venture House is the latest provider to receive a boost in city funding for mental health clubhouses under a contentious expansion of the program that has left some contractors out in the cold. The $91 million contract, awarded by...

Vending machines to replace newsstands at 24 subway stations

CrainsNewYork.com (Small Business News) 7/29 11:35A Caroline Spivack

Vending machines stocked with snacks, beverages and other conveniences are coming to two dozen subway stations in the place of long-defunct newsstands. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to ink a five-year license agreement with...