Investment firm Carlyle is continuing its self-storage buying spree. The private equity giant has purchased another self-storage facility in New York, this time in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. It spent $50 million on the property at 1-19 Remsen Ave., according to a deed just made available on the public record. The purchase marks at least the […]
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The fallout from Walter & Samuels’ decision to pack its buildings with WeWork may have spread to Greenwich Village. David Berley’s longtime real estate firm, which has been unloading properties left and right since being burned by the co-working company’s collapse, has sold five buildings on Sixth Avenue, Nos. 387, 389, 391, 395 and 401,
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When the Roc Nation School launched at Long Island University’s Downtown Brooklyn campus in 2021, as many as 50 students from its inaugural class were awarded what they believed were “debt-free” scholarships by JAY-Z‘s behemoth entertainment company. Meaning: no loans or grants would be required for the completion of their degree. However, at least a
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Over the past week, the “Ghiblification” trend has swept the internet, with celebrities, tech leaders, and even the White House generating images in the style of Japan’s Studio Ghibli using OpenAI’s latest tool. Hayao Miyazaki, the reclusive mastermind behind the iconic animation style, has yet to comment publicly on this A.I.-driven development. But based on
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Photo: Roy De La Cruz/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images As the crawling pace of congressional Republican action on Trump’s legislative agenda has shown, cutting taxes by a few trillion dollars when the federal government is already running record deficits and debt is hard work. Sure, regular MAGA folk may think that federal spending is just a target-rich
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Even as we see the first signs of spring, there’s an artificial chill in the air designed to scare New Yorkers away from cleaner air, good jobs, and better vehicle choices. Adopted in 2021, the Advanced Clean Trucks rule is a way for New York to clean up air pollution from commercial vehicles by setting
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Northwell Health has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to merge with cash-strapped health system Nuvance, stretching its vast hospital network into Connecticut and the Hudson Valley. Connecticut’s top health regulator reached a settlement agreement with Northwell and Nuvance that allows the integration to move forward, state officials said Tuesday. The approval, which allows four Connecticut
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A Brooklyn judge dismissed the assault charges against Councilmember Susan Zhuang, the South Brooklyn Democrat who bit a police officer in a scuffle in her district against a forthcoming homeless shelter last summer. In a Brooklyn courtroom Tuesday morning, Assistant District Attorney David Ingle said Zhuang and Deputy Chief Frank Digiacomo had taken part in
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Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is taking steps to limit the growth of last-mile delivery warehouses in the city, a move that faces opposition from the real estate industry but support from neighborhood groups who say the huge facilities have worsened traffic and pollution. The Adams administration filed plans this month to require a special permit
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London-based Iranian artist Fa Razavi paints astonishing sculptural bodies and a desire to interrogate the gaze and limitations we impose on them. “Opera Rose,” now on at Palo Gallery and curated by Kollectiv Collective, includes a succession of narrative images contained behind a chromatic veil of haunting hues. These include baby pink and eerie viridian
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