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City postpones Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment vote until June

The city has once again postponed a major vote on its $3.1 billion blueprint to redevelop the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, this time by two months until mid-June. The Adams administration’s decision is a notable bow to pressure from politicians who have urged for more time to negotiate the sweeping plan that would remake a 122-acre […]

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Etsy artisans, shoppers poised for pain under Trump’s tariff plans

Pam Duthie, a 51-year-old U.K.-based artisan, built her business selling Americans a unique way to capture their love of their furry friends. Her craft venture, selling miniature stuffed replicas of dogs and cats on Dumbo-headquartered Etsy, went international thanks to a U.S. law that exempted small packages from import taxes. That business model, which Duthie

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Deals of the Day: April 14

Leases Global Holdings lands largest lease to date Address: 99 Park Ave., ManhattanLandlord: Global Holdings Management GroupTenant: Amalgamated BankLease size: 94,000 square feetLease length: 15 yearsAsset type: Mixed useBrokers: JLL’s Paul Glickman, Diana Biasotti, Kristen Morgan and Harrison Potter represented the landlord, along with Craig Panzirer and Alex Radmin in-house. JLL’s Daoud Awad and Chris

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FAA orders crashed-chopper firm to shutter, launches safety review

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the operator of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last week, killing all six people aboard, to cease operations as new scrutiny is placed on the company’s track record. Federal aviation officials announced late Sunday that Midtown-based New York Helicopter Tours is shuttering its operations as the

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Cuomo endorsed by hotel, building workers’ unions that helped elect Adams

Two powerful unions representing building service workers and hotel and casino employees threw their support behind Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign, giving more fuel to the former governor’s front-runner campaign. The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and 32BJ SEIU endorsed Cuomo on Monday, both pointing to his management record as governor as evidence that he will

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State’s slow casino reviews could disqualify 3 bids, developers fear

Three of the 10 projects in the running for a New York City-area casino could be prematurely disqualified due to the state’s sluggish progress in starting time-consuming environmental reviews, those projects’ developers say. The hangup, which has not previously been reported, affects three Manhattan bids — SL Green’s in Times Square, Silverstein Properties’ near Hudson

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