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All of New York City’s businesses will have their trash picked up by city-assigned private haulers by the end of 2027, according to a Sanitation Department plan shared with Crain’s. The timeline means it will take the city a full eight years to implement long-awaited reforms to its chaotic, dangerous commercial waste industry. For decades, […]

For years, hospitals have sent patients’ medical information to insurers via mail or fax to get approved for payments. A state lawmaker is trying to digitize the process. Assemblyman John McDonald, an Albany representative and pharmacist, introduced legislation last week to require hospitals to send patients’ entire electronic health records to insurance companies to help

Local drugmakers donated $4 million to President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee earlier this year as the administration contemplates tariffs that could impose major financial strain on the industry. Pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Bayer each gave $1 million to the inaugural committee for Trump and Vice President JD Vance, according to

Tariffs could be coming for your kitchen. Homeowners who were planning to swap out cabinets, replace stone countertops or upgrade their dishwasher may be reconsidering renovation projects, as kitchen fixtures and finishes, which overwhelmingly hail from overseas, face tariff-induced price increases of 15%, industry analysts say. Meanwhile, developers, who include dozens of kitchens in their

NEW IMAGING: Stony Brook University Hospital plans to add a new mammography machine to its line-up of imagine services, according to a new application filed with the state Department of Health. The device, known as a Full-Field Digital Hologic Mammography Machine, will be located on the first floor of the hospital’s ambulatory care pavilion and

A major drug treatment center in East Harlem may soon undergo a rehab of its own as part of a conversion to a new residential model intended to make it easier for facilities to bill Medicaid for mental health services. Odyssey House, a Lower Manhattan-based recovery provider, plans to renovate its entire 53,000-square foot facility

Three federal prosecutors who worked on the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams resigned over what they characterized as Justice Department demands that they express regret and “confess” wrongdoing. Assistant Manhattan U.S. Attorneys Celia V. Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach and Derek Wikstrom were previously put on administrative leave after the Trump administration sought to end the

A distinctive Upper East Side townhouse built at the turn of the last century has hit the market. Thomas Kempner Jr. has listed his seven-bedroom townhouse on East 73rd Street for $28 million, according to an ad that appeared Monday.  Kempner, an investment banker, co-founded Midtown-based Davidson Kempner Capital Management in 1983. He is also

More city restaurants, supermarkets and food manufacturers would be required to compost their food scraps or face fines under a new City Council bill. The legislation, sponsored by Manhattan Councilman Shaun Abreu, could lower the square footage threshold for eateries, shops and factories that must comply with an existing city program that mandates they compost

Private-equity giant the Carlyle Group has acquired a luxury rental building in Gowanus, records show. Amid a monthslong stint snatching up at least half a dozen self-storage facilities throughout the five boroughs, the Washington, D.C.-based firm has purchased 438 Fourth Ave. for $32.1 million, according to a deed that appeared in the city register Monday.