Landlords rail over push to ban criminal background checks on tenants
The head of New York’s largest organization of apartment building owners has slammed the City Council for trying to push through legislation that would prohibit...
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City commits $1B to growing New York’s life science sector
The city is set to double its investment in New York’s growing life sciences sector with a $1 billion cash injection to build new lab...
Mayor opens 45,000 s/f Nanotronics hub at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mayor de Blasio has officially opened the 45,000 s/f Nanotronics manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Nanotronics, a science technology company that combines AI,...
NYC launches Roosevelt-era effort to create jobs, clean up city
Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking a leaf out of the FDR playbook to help the city recover from the corona virus pandemic. Roosevelt established...
City celebrates Google commitment to New York
Google has announced it will create 3,000 new jobs in New York City this year as part of a $250 million expansion. Mayor Bill de...
Lorraine Grillo tapped as city’s Recovery Czar
New York’s school construction boss Lorraine Grillo has been tapped as the city’s COVID Recovery Czar. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that as new Senior...
Trottenberg resigns as city’s DOT Commissioner
Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg today announced her resignation from the de Blasio administration, effective in early December. Trottenberg has served as DOT...
L+M signs historic hiring deal with laborers union
Affordable housing giant L+M Development Partners has struck a major hiring deal with Laborers’ Local 79, the biggest laborers’ Local in North America. It will...
NYBC weighs in on what to do with an empty Rikers Island
The New York Building Congress has released a new report detailing how it would transform the Rikers Island jail complex after it closes in 2027....
Oxford tops out Google’s new digs at St John’s Terminal
Oxford Properties Group, joined by Turner Construction, Google and COOKFOX Architects, today raised the final steel beam of the St. John’s Terminal development and raised...