The 18 best pasta dishes in New York City, picked by top chefs

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 7/10 1:03A Kate Krader, Bloomberg

The dog days of summer conjure daydreams of ice cream, picnics, barbecues?…?and heaping plates of hearty pasta? “I used to think I needed to make the pastas lighter in summer,” says Andrew Carmellini, who serves notable noodles at Locanda Verde,...

Deals of the Day: July 9

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 7/9 6:35A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Leases Lending platform takes full-floor space in Midtown Address: 450 Park Ave., Manhattan Landlord: SL Green Realty Corp.  Tenant: Willow Tree Credit Partners Lease size: 11,000 square feet Lease length: Five years Asset type: Mixed use...

Indian restaurants are Wall Street's new celebration spots

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 7/2 1:03A Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg

My credentials as a culinary contrarian may have peaked three summers ago, when I argued that New York had better Indian restaurants than London. The piece provoked outrage in the British capital, where I was then in residence, and in India , the...

City misses deadline to build homeless shelters for transgender people, advocates say

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 6/28 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

More than a year and a half after a court-ordered deadline requiring New York City to build trans gender-affirming homeless shelters, those shelters have yet to be built – a fact that advocates say violates the spirit of their court order. The...

Op-ed: Today's 5G expansion is the key to tomorrow's New York City

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 5/24 7:03A Julie Samuels , Nick Colvin

Hype about 5G-enabled technologies changing the world began long before 5G rollout: augmented reality would blur boundaries between physical and digital spaces, connected cars would end traffic jams, and our toasters would talk to our...

Developer seeks rezoning for 400K-square-foot Queens project

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 5/14 7:32A Eddie Small

A Queens-based developer hopes to transform a retail site in the borough into a sprawling, mixed-use project with more than 300 housing units. RJ Capital Holdings is seeking to rezone a swath of Queens Boulevard in Briarwood for a 17-story...

How ‘Sammy’s Law’ could change speed limits on city streets

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 5/13 12:48A Caroline Spivack

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a much-anticipated bill that will empower New York City to set its own speed limits below the state minimum of 25 mph. Albany lawmakers passed Sammy’s Law last month as part of the state budget following a...

Hotel-tech exec books Brooklyn Heights townhouse for $10M

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 5/8 8:29A C. J. Hughes

An executive at a unicorn-level startup is behind another relative rarity: a Brooklyn townhouse deal. Richard Valtr, founder of Mews Systems, a 12-year-old software company servicing hotels that claims to have recently hit a $1.2 billion...

Deals of the Day: May 8

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 5/8 7:55A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Leases QVC inks lease by Bryant Park Address: 1450 Broadway, Manhattan Landlord: ZG Capital Partners Tenant: QVC Lease size: 13,357 square feet Asset type: Office Brokers: CBRE's Ramsey Feher represented the tenant. A JLL team led by Mitchell...

Brooklyn lawmaker Zellnor Myrie moves to challenge Adams in 2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 5/8 5:15A Nick Garber

Brooklyn State senator Zellnor Myrie is taking steps to challenge Mayor Eric Adams for re-election in 2025, further complicating Adams’ already uncertain hopes for a second term amid sagging approval ratings. Myrie, a 37-year-old progressive,...

Adams defends Randy Mastro as opposition builds to lawyer’s nomination

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 4/23 10:11A Nick Garber

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration went on the offensive Tuesday as he prepares to nominate Randy Mastro, an attorney with a long and controversial career, to be the city’s top lawyer. Despite opposition by the City Council, Adams’ administration...

Brooklyn developer in contract to buy historic Yorkville church site for $12M

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 4/23 7:59A C. J. Hughes

A surviving trace of the Hungarian community in Yorkville may soon succumb to development. Brooklyn-based builder Robert Saffayeh is in contract to buy St. Elizabeth Church at 213 E. 83rd St. as well as its next-door rectory, at 213 E. 83rd St.,...