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As many as 30,000 New York jobs could be at risk under President Donald Trump’s effort to slash billions of dollars of scientific research funding flowing to labs across the country. New York researchers received more than $3.5 billion from the National Institutes of Health last year to fund studies at the vanguard of nearly

PUBLIC HOSPITALS BUDGETING: With preliminary budget hearings beginning this week, the City Council will hold its first health-related inquest of the cycle with an oversight hearing of New York City Health + Hospitals’ preliminary budget proposal. The Council’s Committee on Hospitals will examine Mayor Eric Adams $2.3 billion preliminary budget proposal for the public hospital

Disability organizations are joining a growing chorus who say it’s impossible to meet the looming April 1 deadline to overhaul a popular home care program without eroding services.   Independent living centers, community-based organizations that help people with disabilities live on their own, on Wednesday asked Hochul to delay rolling out the new system for

Traditional masseuses can use a hand, according to a young New York startup seeking to make waves with a robotic massage table. Chelsea-based Aescape raised $83 million from investors hoping to propel the company’s next phase of growth as it pushes a fully automated massage table, equipped with articulated robotic arms reminiscent of a NASA

No one expects city living to come cheap. But even as rents soar across the five boroughs and egg prices can top $10 per dozen, residents now face the prospect of another cost increase they can’t control: a jump in their electric bills. Energy resources from Canada are now subject to Donald Trump’s tariffs. In

Doctors Without Borders maintained its No. 1 spot on Crain’s list of largest health care nonprofits in New York with $856.4 million in 2023 expenses, up an impressive 32% from 2022. However, that jump is eclipsed by Project Orbis International’s 98% surge. The organization, which focuses on the prevention and treatment of blindness, jumped six

Universal Music Group NV is in talks with Vornado Realty Trust to take office space at the landlord’s newly upgraded Penn 2 tower in Manhattan, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Universal Music is discussing a lease that would total roughly 300,000 square feet, according to the people, who said negotiations are ongoing

Mayor Eric Adams may be taking a friendly approach toward President Donald Trump, but his budget director painted a stark picture on Wednesday of how the city’s finances could be threatened by the White House’s policies. Budget director Jacques Jiha laid out the “risks on the horizon” as the City Council questioned him over the

The Hilton Garden Inn at 237 W. 54th St. is at risk of default. The hotel’s $175 million mortgage was sent last month to special servicing, where troubled loans get worked out, according to a report from credit-rating agency KBRA. The Garden Inn is current on payments, but its 10-year mortgage comes due this month