February 5, 2025
The Best 4th of July Events in NYC
Macy's 4th of July FireworksA beloved New York City tradition since 1976, the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks are back for...
February 5, 2025
NYC Restaurant Week Guide: Summer, 2023 Edition
New York City Restaurant Week is among the five boroughs’ best food holidays. Traditionally, New Yorkers (and a few...
February 5, 2025
Congestion Pricing Scanners Debut on Broadway, As Lawsuit Looms
New York’s long-running campaign to raise billions of dollars for transit upgrades by tolling motorists driving into the...
February 5, 2025
The Federal Reserve has resumed its war on inflation!
After raising rates 10 times in 10 meetings in 2022 and 2023, the central bank took a break in June. But at its July 26...
February 5, 2025
Q2 2023 Manhattan Market Report
The Manhattan real estate market underwent headwinds driven by economic uncertainty and heightened borrowing costs that...
February 5, 2025
Building Local Laws
Building Local LawsWhat are the Most Important Residential Building Local Laws?Local Law 152: Gas Inspection Covers...
February 5, 2025
Adams wants to rezone 42 Midtown blocks, boost housing citywide
The city will rezone more than 40 blocks in the Garment District, NoMad and Chelsea and launch an effort to rewrite the...
February 5, 2025
Outdoor Dining is Officially Here to Stay
Last Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams signed Intro 31 into law, permanently cementing the popular pandemic-era program that...
February 5, 2025
Manhattan retail shows signs of life as office market lags
After a frigid three years, the market for retail space in Manhattan is warming up. Business may lag 2019 levels,...
February 5, 2025
Local Law 18: A Dramatic Change to Short-Term Rentals in New York City
New New York City rules on Airbnbs and short-term rentals went into effect on Tuesday, September 6th with tens of...
February 5, 2025
See Amazon’s new NYC office at historic Lord & Taylor building
A historic Fifth Avenue department store is now a modern office building. Amazon this week debuted its new digs at the...
February 5, 2025
Third Quarter Manhattan Market Report
Manhattan maintained its status as a coveted, global city in the third quarter of 2023. There were 2,788 closed...
February 5, 2025
Central Park’s Great Lawn closed until April due to damage from Global Citizen Festival
Recent flooding from heavy rains and foot traffic from the Global Citizen Festival, an annual music event that draws...
February 5, 2025
Museum of the City of New York Hits 100
As the first city museum in the United States, the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) has officially been a New...
February 5, 2025
New York partners with Facebook founder on $270M Biohub
A $270 million biomedical research facility to advance early disease prevention, detection and treatment is coming to...
February 5, 2025
How New York's return-to-office rate compares to other U.S. cities
The number of New Yorkers who commute to the office each week has plateaued since a post-Labor Day spike. On...
February 5, 2025
Seller financing: To get deals done, some owners give loans to buyers
Here's how it works:It's not a trend but may appeal to more buyers and sellers as mortgage rates top 8...
February 5, 2025
Behind the scenes at NYC's recycling sorting facility in Brooklyn
Every day, around a thousand tons of recycled materials are dumped into towering piles at the Sunset Park Material...
February 5, 2025
Holiday Tipping Guide
You know you order more online than ever before, so spare a thought for the staff in your New York City apartment...
February 5, 2025
Garage or Basement Dwelling to Help Ease the Housing Shortage
As cities and towns across the country struggle with a housing shortage, policymakers are looking to legalize and even...
February 5, 2025
Happy Holidays
It's the most wonderful time of year! New York has some of my joyous sites and merry events. Here are just some of the...
February 5, 2025
Wishing Your A Happy and Healthy 2024!
The entire country looks to NYC on New Year's Eve and Times Square, but there are so many other amazing ways to ring in...
February 5, 2025
Manhattan Home Prices Rise in Early Sign of a Market Rebound
Manhattan home prices rose for the first time in more than a year, as surging high-end sales propelled the market and...
February 5, 2025
Citi Bike price hikes roll out in NYC
Gear up, Citi Bike riders: Prices for using the popular bikeshare service are increasing for members and...
February 5, 2025
A floating pool shaped like a plus sign will actually open in the East River in 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced late last week that after a decade of talks, the floating...
February 5, 2025
Port Authority moves ahead with $10B replacement of Midtown's miserable bus terminal
After years of stops and starts, the Port Authority on Thursday said it’s moving ahead with a plan to replace its...
February 5, 2025
Time Out Reveals New York as the Best City in the World right now
Each year, Time Out - the global media and hospitality brand that helps people experience the best of the city - surveys...
February 5, 2025
NYC plans 6 new waterfront shipping hubs to replace truck freight with barges
New York City officials plan to turn six waterfront locations into maritime shipping hubs as a way to handle the...
February 5, 2025
Freedom Plaza: A MegaProject Along the Waterfront
FREEDOM PLAZA:A MEGAPROJECT ALONG THE WATERFRONTBjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has unveiled the design for Freedom Plaza, a...
February 5, 2025
New Modular Outdoor Dining Sheds Coming to NYC Streets
Modular outdoor dining sheds are coming to New York, and city officials are pushing new blueprints to help restaurants...
February 5, 2025
What Third Avenue foretells about the future of New York offices
“Third Avenue is a microcosm of the Manhattan market”In New York’s office market, a couple of blocks can make all...
February 5, 2025
NYC delivery workers now make $19 an hour, but many say apps have made tipping harder!
New York City’s food delivery workers will now receive a minimum of $19.56 an hour, as part of a 2021 law that...
February 5, 2025
Yellow school buses, most city-owned vehicles among new exemptions to congestion pricing
The MTA has determined which modes of transportation will be exempt from congestion pricing fees.The announcement came...
February 5, 2025
Why are Broadway tickets so expensive right now? It’s not just inflation.
If Broadway feels more expensive than ever before, that’s because it is. Despite crowds that haven’t rebounded to...
February 5, 2025
Think You Have Changed Your Domicile out of New York? Think Again!
New York Tax Authorities Continue Aggressive Stance on Residency Rules!New Yorkers continue to move out of the state for...
February 5, 2025
Understanding Why Homeowners and Automobile Premiums are Soaring
It is no secret that Homeowners & Automobile insurance premiums are rising faster than inflation. Inflation is...
February 5, 2025
Little Island announces 4 months of free summer shows and events
Little Island, the 2.4-acre public park that rises out of the Hudson River near West 14th Street, has announced its...
February 5, 2025
NYPD will deploy drones to respond to 911 calls in 5 NYC precincts, officials say
The NYPD has plans to have drones respond to select 911 calls in five New York City police precincts — including...
February 5, 2025
NYC Property Owners Could See Their Water Bill Rise by 8.5%
New York property owners may get hit with an 8.5% increase on their water bills, the biggest hike in nearly 15 years, in...
February 5, 2025
Designer of world's tallest building wants to turn skyscrapers into batteries
The architecture firm that designed the world’s tallest building is considering ways to build skyscrapers that can store...
February 5, 2025
City Council looks to slash Local Law 97 fines for co-ops, condos
A new bill before the City Council looks to dramatically reduce the fines for certain co-op and condo building owners...
February 5, 2025
NYC Plans Public Bathroom Expansion With 'Ur In Luck' Initiative
New Yorkers will soon be getting much needed new public bathrooms. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced...
February 5, 2025
NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays!
After months of public outcry and pressure from the City Council, New York City’s libraries are poised to have their...
February 5, 2025
Why New York's hottest reservations will stay impossible to score
Is it worth dropping $1,000 just to get into a New York City restaurant?The 30,000 people who have flocked to a service...
February 5, 2025
NYC mandates trash bins for most homes to keep rats, garbage piles off sidewalks
The vast majority of New York City’s residential landlords will be banned from piling up trash in front of their...
February 5, 2025
Winners received a silver medal at the first modern Olympics!
The modern Olympic Games have gone through a lot of changes since their inception more than 120 years ago. Tug-of-war...
February 5, 2025
Unemployment Uptick May Pressure Fed To Cut Interest Rates Aggressively
In the wake of Friday's jobs report showing the labor market deteriorating unexpectedly sharply, the question on the...
February 5, 2025
Q&A: Related's CEO makes the case for more offices, less housing and a James Bond-worthy casino
Related Cos. is the developer of Hudson Yards, the complex of supertall office and residential towers that transformed...
February 5, 2025
Ultra-luxury home sales in the U.S. are on pace to set a new record
Ultra-luxury home sales in the U.S. are on pace to set a new recordA $115 million purchase of a duplex high above...
February 5, 2025
We Remember
Each year on 9/11 in New York, the nearly 3,000 victims of the terrorist attacks that took place in the United States on...
February 5, 2025
Mandatory composting arrives: What landlords need to know
Mandatory composting arrives: What landlords need to knowNew York’s quest to implement the largest composting program in...
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