The five-person panel that will decide who gets lucrative casino licenses in and around New York City has been shaken up in recent months by the unexplained resignations of two of its members. Quenia Abreu, president and CEO of the New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce, stepped down in November from her volunteer post on […]
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As devastating wildfires raged in Los Angeles in January, the city’s hospitality industry rallied to feed firefighters. Aron Pobereskin, a chef by trade who became much more than that during this crisis, was front and center at the Will Rogers State Beach base camp as he coordinated 36,000 meals for the Los Angeles Fire
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Midtown Equities, run by the Cayre family, is taking Miami-headquartered investment firm Rialto Capital Advisors to court for allegedly engaging in a “sinister” scheme that the family says is costing them millions of dollars. Midtown Equities, based in the Flatiron District, filed a complaint in Manhattan state Supreme Court Monday alleging that Rialto unlawfully declared
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Photo: Timothy Fadek/Redux On February 17, President Donald Trump nominated a lawyer named Ed Martin to serve as the acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., and Martin jumped into the job with great vigor — including decisions to dismiss January 6 charges against a defendant he is representing and firing the prosecutors on that case.
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In a culture inundated with the best of the best, the top ten of anything, the latest and greatest, blockbusters and bestsellers, it is difficult to find books that can teach and inspire an artist and an art lover alike. There are books about art history, art theory, biographies of great artists from the past,
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Photo: Kent Nishimura/Getty Images A possible eleventh-hour entry by Andrew Cuomo has loomed over the New York City mayoral race for weeks. Now it looks like he’s about to throw his hat in the the ring, and he appears to have a huge in very good position to do so. A Honan Strategy Group-conducted poll
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Leases 1 Seaport Plaza landlord inks two new leases Address: 199 Water St., ManhattanLandlord: Jack Resnick & SonsTenant: Forte Capital GroupLease size: 13,400 square feet Lease length: 13 yearsAsset type: OfficeBrokers: Jack Resnick & Sons’ Brett Greenberg and Adam Rappaport represented the landlord, along with Cushman & Wakefield’s John Cefaly, Ethan Silverstein, Stephen Bellwood and Rachel
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The New York Times weathered some powerful storms in media over the last 20 years to transform itself into a digital publication with more than 11 million subscribers and $300 million in annual earnings. Unfortunately, success hasn’t carried over to its 1.5 million square-foot headquarters tower at 620 Eighth Ave. – at least the part it
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Photo: Janelle Stecklein Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court has thrown out the murder conviction and death penalty sentence for Richard Glossip, saying he is entitled to a new trial. It’s the culmination of a years-long effort to spare Glossip’s life, as documented in this 2022 story. Nearly ten years into his life sentence for beating
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Tim Cook at Trump inauguration.” width=”970″ height=”647″ data-caption=’Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook met with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 20. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images</span>’> In what represents Apple’s largest ever domestic spending commitment, the iPhone maker announced yesterday (Feb. 24) it will invest $500 billion over the next five years to
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