On Politics: Six revenue strategies Mamdani's city budget overlooked

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/17 11:33P Ross Barkan

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s bid to close a $5 billion budget gap through an income tax hike is understandable enough, if Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated it probably won’t happen. Now Mamdani, with his $127 billion preliminary budget, is resorting to...

Seller of Astoria pool hall site purchases Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/9 7:44A C. J. Hughes

From pool hall to Park Slope. The executive behind last month’s $18 million sale of the former site of the Astoria Billiards Café in Queens appears to have directed some proceeds into a boutique Brooklyn apartment building. A company linked to...

Park Sloper de Blasio pays less in property taxes than Queens homeowner: ‘Doesn’t make sense’

NYPost.com (Metro) 2/8 11:00P Carl Campanile

"It doesn't make sense. I'm getting ripped off, and de Blasio is getting a break. Comrade de Blasio, pay your fair share!"

Design company ditching Park Slope for Industry City

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/4 6:19A Julian Nazar

Another company is moving its headquarters to Brooklyn's Industry City. Square Design has inked a 5-year deal for 24,000 square feet at Building 26 of the six-million-square-foot mixed-use complex in Sunset Park. The company, which previously had...

Bronx developer plans new home for historic Harlem market with affordable housing

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/25 11:33P Julianne Cuba

A Bronx developer will replace the longstanding Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market on West 116th Street with a new residential building that includes a home for what's now an open-air canopied bazaar. Peter Procida, manager of Procida Development...

Doctor-turned-real estate exec picks up pair of historic SoHo buildings

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 1/22 7:26A Eddie Small

A pair of SoHo apartment buildings dating back to the turn of the 20th century has sold for $18 million. Michael Ostad, a doctor-turned-real estate executive, purchased the adjacent properties at 159 and 161 Prince St. from Midtown-based JSRE...

A&E Real Estate sets record for building code violations after $2.1M settlement

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 1/21 7:42A Julianne Cuba

The notorious rental landlord that made headlines last week after reaching a $2.1 million settlement with the Mamdani administration for building-code violations has set a new record for the most infractions in the city, Public Advocate Jumaane...

Tech execs snag Carroll Gardens home in one of largest 2025 townhouse deals

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 1/13 6:04A C. J. Hughes

A tech power couple has picked up a Brooklyn townhouse in a deal that ranks among the priciest in recent months. Mark Grennan, an Amazon advertising executive, and his husband, Daire Hickey, the co-founder of tech-focused public relations firm...

Mamdani defends mental health plan after fatal police shooting in Brooklyn hospital

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/9 7:36A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended his plan to remove police from many mental health calls after NYPD officers shot and killed an allegedly knife-wielding man at Methodist Hospital in Park Slope on Thursday evening. Officers responded to reports of a...

Ex-magazine executives turn the page on Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 1/8 7:22A C. J. Hughes

A stylish experiment in family-based co-living has come to a profitable end. Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzman, Conde Nast executives-turned-interior designers, have sold the prewar Park Slope brownstone they co-owned and shared with Mitchell’s...

Here are 5 NYC bars and restaurants to try in 2026

CrainsNewYork.com (International) 1/1 12:03A Julianne Cuba

New York is known for its vast and eclectic variety of foods, from dollar slices to Neapolitan pies, and omakase to ramen. It seemingly has everything — except a certain rye bread from Austria. Austria's renowned Auer baking family is bringing...

Developer files plans for 10-story project at controversial Crown Heights site

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 12/21 11:33P Julianne Cuba

A controversial Crown Heights development site that recently traded hands for more than $50 million is now slated for a mixed-use building. Yitzchok Schwartz, using the Williamsburg-based entity YS Developers, filed permits with the Department of...

TENNIS AND PICNIC HOUSES, PROSPECT PARK

Forgotten New York 12/20 3:59A Kevin Walsh

Forgotten New York - Facing the Long Meadow in Prospect Park are two historic buildings, unique in their design but diverging in their history with the Picnic House open to the public for events, Forgotten New York -

Op-ed: Why supporting our grocery stores is a matter of survival

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 12/15 7:59A Kate MacKenzie , Molly Wasow Par

Walk down any block in New York City, from the Grand Concourse to the Grand Army Plaza, and you will find one of the true cornerstones of our community: the local grocery store. Whether a local bodega or an independently owned supermarket, these...

Lander announces congressional run against Goldman, with Mamdani’s support

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 12/10 2:31A Nick Garber

Outgoing Comptroller Brad Lander announced Wednesday that he will run for Congress against incumbent Dan Goldman — with an early endorsement from Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. In a three-minute launch video that depicts Lander walking around his...