With four bedrooms, three baths and tall bookshelves, the corner-unit co-op is located in a 27-story Art Deco building overlooking Washington Square Park that’s popular with celebrities. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards owned a penthouse there from 2014 to 2018. The seller of No. 8BC, meanwhile, was Sara Fishko, a cultural reporter and mainstay of […]
RACK-LO OF THE LO-LIFES CURATES CRAFTPALOOZA FASHION SHOW – LAUNCHING OCTOBER 22ND IN BROOKLYN
Rack-Lo – New York City Edited by: Nathifa King By now, you may have read or watched countless documentaries about the history of Ralph Lauren and his juggernaut of a company – Polo by Ralph Lauren. You may already know of the billions of dollars of product and real-estate that his company have […]
Crain’s Extra: Hope when hope is hard to find
Hope when hope is hard to find Things look pretty bleak in the markets. Even good news—oil is down to $81 per barrel—is bad because it’s understood to mean a recession is near. Individual investors report more pessimism than anytime since March 2009. All the hopelessness has me pretty hopeful, though. Just as market rallies don’t […]
Adams administration defends asylum seeker contractors at City Council hearing
“I was not aware of it until I saw the report yesterday,” Iscol responded. “Will this revelation end our relationship with this company?” Hanif followed up. “It will not,” Iscol responded. Iscol defended the city’s decision to use SLSCO. He said the company had been contracted to do emergency services for the city throughout the […]
Sex sells at NYC’s Slutty Vegan restaurant in Brooklyn
On a Wednesday afternoon, hordes of eager Brooklynites lined up along busy Fulton Street in the heart of Fort Greene. The bold cry of “We’ve got a virgin in the building!” could be heard, over and over again, up and down the block. “I want a One Night Stand,” one woman uttered to her […]
City Council bill creates new online small-business portal
Mayor Eric Adams in January announced his intention to create a MyCity portal, a digital hub for New Yorkers to manage a variety of city services, including child care access, rental assistance, unemployment benefits and city ID card registration. During his campaign for mayor, Adams said he intended for MyCity also to serve businesses wanting […]
Report: New York’s peer cities kept more federal relief money in reserve
The majority of New York’s spending went to fund missing revenue for operating the Departments of Correction, Fire, Police, Sanitation and Education. It was similar in other cities. In all, New York said it experienced a revenue loss of 8.3%, or $5.9 billion over two years—about the total amount of federal Coronavirus State and Local […]
CFP expansion talks head toward October after 7-hour meeting
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff met for almost seven hours Tuesday to work on expanding the postseason system from four to 12 teams as soon as the 2024 season. There is still much work to be done. “We will not wrap up this week,” CFP Executive Director […]
CEOs worried about quiet quitting trend
But executives don’t know what to do about it. Human resource professionals say leaders are concerned about whether they can rely on their employees if there’s a recession—or if they can afford to fire and replace quiet quitters in a tight labor market, Granger said. Leaders are worried they won’t be able to spot it […]
Crain’s Extra: When Crain’s exposed Trump’s (lack of) wealth
When Crain’s exposed Trump’s (lack of) wealth After Attorney General Letitia James accused Donald Trump of “staggering” fraud, Maggie Haberman of The New York Times tweeted that the former president has long tried to avoid the day when a prosecutor told the world that he’s worth less than claimed. For a long time people suspected that Trump’s […]
How Montclair’s Label Street got its name (History & Heritage)
Samuel Crump Jr. had a printing business in Brooklyn that was started by his father, Samuel, in 1832. His father retired in 1861. Samuel Jr. took on a business partner, William Everdell. Business was good. They started making labels for the newly emerging canned food industry. In 1875 Crump & Everdell decided to build a […]
Letter: Renewable energy is not going to be our savior
The centerpiece of the state’s plan is gaining 9 gigawatts of offshore wind power. Assuming opposition to connecting to the grid and technical issues can be overcome, this will not replace even half the current fossil fuel load. Next is the projected production of solar power from upstate. This will require about 400 square miles […]
Four deaths at Manhattan nursing home attributed to Legionnaires’ disease
Seven of the eight residents developed symptoms of the disease between late August and the first week of September, and all of them were in the facility’s western wing. The eighth resident died last year. “Amsterdam Nursing Home continues to work closely with the New York State Department of Health to find the source of […]
Trump and His Spurious Business Face a Reckoning
New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday accused former President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and their company, the Trump Organization, of financial fraud, contending they misled investors and falsely inflated the value of their assets by billions of dollars over more than a decade. Trump, a wildly insecure man, has spent […]
Business travel cutbacks hit firms amid rising air fares and expenses from inflation
Boston-based consulting firm Refine and Focus, which works on projects across the globe, was wary of paying for unnecessary trips even before the pandemic. Rising air fares and an inflationary spike in expenses have pretty much grounded the whole company. “We have almost stopped traveling,” said Purnima Thakre, the firm’s co-head. “For any given project, […]
Frank Carone Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff to depart City Hall
Carone, a former executive partner at the law firm Abrams Fensterman, was a noted power broker in the Brooklyn Democratic Party prior to entering the Adams administration. As both the top attorney for the Brooklyn Democratic Party and Adams’ personal attorney, Carone is one of the rare individuals in Adams’ orbit who harkens back to […]
Snow Peak to Relocate New York Store – WWD
Snow Peak, the Japanese outdoor brand, will relocate its store in New York from SoHo to Brooklyn in October — and nearly triple its size. The company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Portland, Oregon, has had a location on Crosby Street since 2015, but decided to make the jump to better embrace the sense […]
Top 11 vegan restaurants in New York City: list
The newer West Village outpost of the Sichuan restaurant is decorated with neon lights and beaded curtains and has the feel of a karaoke bar. Among the popular selections: dan dan noodles; vegetable wontons in chili oil; mapo tofu; and scallion pancakes. For many of the dishes, the spice level can be adjusted from one […]
Judge proposed by Trump named special master in Mar-a-Lago records case | Donald Trump
A federal judge has named Raymond Dearie, a senior US district judge with experience handling US national security matters, as an independent arbiter to vet records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation. Florida-based US district judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday appointed Dearie to serve as a special […]
Acela dodges Amtrak pullback with most of Northeast untouched
The company’s trains run on its own lines in the Northeast Corridor, while most of its other routes run on tracks owned and maintained by freight railroads, which could be affected by a strike. Related Amtrak branches to Albany; Harrisburg, Penn.; and Springfield, Mass., will also not be affected, the company said, adding that a […]
Utility companies warn of 30% jump in NYC’s heating bills this winter
Con Edison is urging customers to prepare for the price spike with relatively simple energy-saving tips, including keeping heat vents unobstructed, insulating hot-water pipes and warm-air ducts that pass through unheated areas and ensuring filters for hot-air furnaces and heat-pumps are kept clean. Those who struggle to pay their bills can work with the utility […]
Good Morning, Brooklyn: Tuesday, September 13, 2022
NEW APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM LAUNCHED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Education Chancellor David C. Banks have launched the Career Readiness and Modern Youth Apprenticeship program that will connect three thousand students across more than 50 schools with paid multi-year apprenticeships. The program will, by the […]
Crain’s Extra: Can’t keep up with this Kardashian
Kim Kardashian | Bloomberg It’s hard to keep things fresh after 15 years. Apple’s latest iPhone contains some new features, but in many ways it’s the same product introduced in 2007. There’s no reason to change much, considering in June Apple overtook the Android smartphone ecosystem with more than 50% of the market. Which brings […]
Op-ed: New York mayors fail at running for higher office
Well, Mike Bloomberg was a popular mayor. For much of his tenure, Rudy Giuliani was too. As were Ed Koch and John Lindsay. They all ran for office after leaving City Hall. Despite having outstanding qualities that allowed them to win the mayoralty, it did not translate into their next race. If anything, voters held […]
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