Brooklyn startup sees growth by helping get unsightly, rat-prone trash bags off the curb

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 3/3 1:03A Caroline Spivack

In 2022, when New York City began exploring ways to gather mountains of garbage bags off the curb and contain them in attractive, rat-proof bins, Brooklynite Liz Picarazzi was ready. She had seen the writing on the wall and primed her company,...

Brad Lander, Scott Stringer rivalry emerges in mayoral race

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 2/27 8:40A Nick Garber

Brad Lander has a Scott Stringer problem — and vice versa. In a New York City mayoral race left in limbo by the likely entrance of Andrew Cuomo, both men are trying to position themselves as the most viable candidate to take on the ex-governor....

Park Slope Starbucks building sells ahead of shop’s closure

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 1/21 8:28A C. J. Hughes

A developer has snapped up the site of a longtime Brooklyn Starbucks a few weeks before the coffee shop location is set to permanently close. Union Square-based DNA Development has bought 166 Seventh Ave. in Park Slope, according to a deed that...