March 2025

New York City’s cannabis czar, Dasheeda Dawson, formally stepped down from her role at Cannabis NYC last week, in order to get some rest and relaxation before she takes on her next project, Dawson told Green Market Report on Friday. Dawson formally left Cannabis NYC on Tuesday, March 25, after joining the agency – a

An art dealer is hoping for a masterpiece of a deal in Greenwich Village. Gordon VeneKlasen, an owner of the global Michael Werner Gallery, has listed his 3-story townhouse in the gated cul-de-sac MacDougal Alley for about $20 million, according to an ad that appeared Thursday. He paid about $6 million for the 1,900-square-foot property

One of the largest shareholders in Midtown landlord Paramount Group is leaving the board of directors. The billionaire filmmaker and producer Katharina Otto-Bernstein has decided she won’t stand for reelection at the company’s next annual shareholder meeting, according to a regulatory filing late Friday. Otto-Bernstein has served on the board since Paramount went public in

INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT: A group of 36 mayors, county executives and other local officials across the state backed Hochul’s proposed laws to ease restrictions on involuntary hospitalization for people with mental illnesses in a letter to legislative leaders Friday. The coalition urged Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to include the governor’s

The state’s long-awaited and controversial overhaul of a popular Medicaid-funded home care program has nearly reached its deadline. For the past year, Gov. Kathy Hochul has pushed to consolidate the consumer directed personal assistance program, which allows New Yorkers to hire immediate family members as home health aides. A single financial services company, Georgia-based Public