May 2025

MTA to cut costs instead of borrowing more to fund upgrades

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to cut costs to balance a $68.4 billion multiyear capital plan designed to modernize the city’s long-neglected mass-transit system. The agency will not take on more debt to help find $3 billion of savings from this year through 2029, according to Janno Lieber, the MTA’s chief executive officer. Earlier this […]

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6 Space Missions to Watch in May: Starlink, Axiom, China and Rocket Lab

SpaceX rocket launch.” width=”970″ height=”660″ data-caption=’People take photos of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 18, 2024. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Mario Tama/Getty Images</span>’> After a packed April with Katy Perry’s venture into space aboard Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, the return

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Deals of the Day: May 1

Leases California-based lifestyle brand signs new lease in Midtown Address: 209 W. 38th St., ManhattanLandlord: GFP Real EstateTenant: Rylee + CruLease size: 1,900 square feetAsset type: OfficeBroker: GFP Real Estate’s Matthew Mandell represented both the landlord and the tenant. Knitting company extends lease on showroom and office space Address: 209 W. 38th St., ManhattanLandlord: GFP

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Moinian Group seeks to evict salad shop from NoMad tower over alleged ‘noxious odors’

An avocado-focused fast-casual dining chain in NoMad is facing eviction over supposedly putrid smells that allegedly emanate throughout the building where it’s set up shop, court records show. Joseph Moinian, CEO and founder of real estate firm the Moinian Group, is seeking to boot the salad shop, Avo, from the ground-floor storefront of a 24-story

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Spike in applications during NY’s spring recess leads to jump in U.S. jobless claims

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose to the highest level since February during the week that followed Easter and spring recess at New York City public schools. Initial claims increased by 18,000, to 241,000, in the week that ended April 26, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey

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Elon Musk Is Winding Down His Work Destroying the Government

Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images For months, DOGE chief Elon Musk wielded his new position in Donald Trump’s administration with crude efficiency, slashing federal agencies and their workforces under a professed mission to cut government spending. But the Tesla CEO appears to have worn out his welcome: American voters strongly disapprove of both Musk and his

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Op-ed: Why New York must invest in its immigrant workers

New York’s economy depends on immigrant workers. From hospitals to high-rises, foreign-born workers are filling urgent staffing gaps in critical industries like healthcare and construction, sectors already stretched thin by demographic shifts, aging populations, and a workforce that can’t keep up with demand.  Despite their essential contributions, we are underinvesting in these workers, leaving them

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At the Wallace Collection, Grayson Perry Topples the Affluent Class from Within

Grayson Perry in a white-walled gallery, including a golden sculpture of a knight riding a lion, a decorated ceramic vase, and a brightly colored framed textile piece on the wall.” width=”970″ height=”647″ data-caption=’Perry plays with the ascribed femininity of 18th-century French Rococo and the ascribed masculinity of arms and armor. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Cassandra Parsons</span>’> The

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