The chair of the City Council’s government operations committee Friday demanded answers to conflict-of-interest questions raised by a vacation in Japan that included both the mayoral appointee who oversees the city’s leasing and a top executive at the brokerage that gets paid a commission by the property owners on those leases. The trip last month […] The post Who Paid for Adams Real Estate Chief Jesse Hamilton’s Japan Trip, Council Member Asks Following Report by THE CITY appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

By June 2023, nearly 60% of the office space in the 21-story tower at 215 Lexington Ave. in Manhattan’s Kips Bay was vacant, yet another casualty of the pandemic-triggered collapse of the commercial real estate market in New York. Soon, however, city taxpayers would come to the rescue to fill at least some of that […] The post Adams Real Estate Chief Jesse Hamilton at Crux of Big Deals Boosting Struggling Commercial Landlords appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

Unlicensed vendors who have long sold their wares in front of the massive and long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory say law enforcement officials have been pushing them away over the last two months, hollowing out what had been a bustling streetscape. “It’s stupid. What motive would you have?” a vendor who asked to be identified as Maria […] The post City Cracks Down on Vendors in Shadow of Kingsbridge Armory appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

Taxi medallion owners facing a new deadline for making their vehicles wheelchair accessible by next March say conversion costs could take cabbies off the road. Drivers and taxi industry workers pushed back at a Taxi & Limousine Commission hearing on Thursday following a federal judge’s August order that all new yellow taxis must be wheelchair […] The post Cabbies Say Cost to Move to Wheelchair-Accessible Cars Is Too High appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

This article originally appeared in Documented. Ahsan Chughtai sat on a gilded chair, wearing a garland and clutching a small water bottle as a group of businessmen paid their respects to him.  Prominent members of New York’s Pakistani community had gathered to celebrate his appointment as Mayor Eric Adams’ Senior Advisor on South Asia and Muslim Affairs […] The post Fired Adams Staffer Offered Businessmen Connections to ‘Politics’ appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

Below the Bruckner Expressway that divides neighborhoods in The Bronx, a community group has transformed an unused lot into a public space.  Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice (YMPJ) on Friday officially launched the Soundview Economic Hub as a temporary public plaza on Bronx River Avenue beneath the expressway that’s now open every day from […] The post Community Groups Celebrate New Economic Hub in the South Bronx appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

In the rest of the United States, low-wage workers made big economic gains during the pandemic and the recovery, with the largest pay gains in the workforce. In New York City, high-wage workers did the best while low-wage workers’ pay increased at a much lower rate. The result is that inequality has grown in New […] The post High-Wage Workers Get NYC’s Biggest Raises, New Study Finds appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

The city is moving to close the 3,000-migrant tent shelter on Randall’s Island by the end of February, officials announced Wednesday. Mayor Eric Adams said in a press release that the planned closure showed the city is turning “the corner on this crisis” thanks to his administration’s “smart management strategies and successful advocacy.”  The release […] The post Randalls Island Tents Are Coming Down, City Says, but 60,000 Migrants Remain in Shelters  appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

It’s happened to all of us: You walk into the voting booth  sure of your decisions, only to be overwhelmed when you flip the ballot over and see a bunch of questions you’ve never thought about before. THE CITY is here to help take some of the pressure off. Election Day is Nov. 5, and […] The post A Guide to the Six Ballot Questions New Yorkers Will Vote on in 2024 appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

Wall Street is holding its own in New York, with employment in the financial industries near its highest level since 2000, average wages that tower of any other sector and soaring profits this year that will translate into a much needed tax revenue windfall next year. While other industries like tech have become much more […] The post Wall Street Employment Rebounds as Earnings Continue to Buoy New York’s Economy appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more