May 2025

A quarter of hospitals in New York earned high scores for preventing patient infections, reducing falls and increasing staffing at their facilities, a report out today from the Leapfrog Group shows. Thirty-six of the 144 hospitals graded across the state received an A for patient safety, according to Leapfrog, a Washington, D.C.-based patient safety nonprofit […]

HOSPITAL PRICES: The City Council is expected to pass a resolution today calling on state lawmakers to pass the Fair Pricing Act, a bill that caps how much hospitals can charge for certain routine outpatient procedures such as colonoscopies and vaccines. The bill, sponsored by Manhattan state Sen. Liz Krueger and Bronx Assemblywoman Chantal Jackson,

The city’s public employee unions are challenging a bid by the Adams administration to recoup expected savings from a halted effort to shift municipal retirees to privately administered health insurance. The move to that plan, known as Medicare Advantage, was fiercely opposed by workers and has been tied up in court since 2023. The Municipal

Eleven of North America’s 50 best bars are located in New York. That’s according to new rankings released this week by the World’s 50 Best organization, which also creates lists for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants and 50 Best Hotels. The highest New York name on the 2025 list is Superbueno at No. 2. It

An invisible border divides the world of Midtown office towers. On the side of the line closer to Grand Central Terminal, many buildings are full of asset managers, law firms and others paying top-dollar rents. On the other side, more buildings are struggling. For instance, the vacancy rate is just 7% for all of Rockefeller