Home of top New York lawyer with Supreme Court ties lists on Park Avenue

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/27 11:33P C. J. Hughes

The Park Avenue home of the late Bob Rifkind, a partner at the prominent law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore and an attorney who had a hand in several groundbreaking cases of the 1960s, is up for sale. The three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath co-op...

Four condos at Madison Avenue building enter contract, one tops Manhattan luxury sales

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/26 8:06A Julianne Cuba

Four condos in the same Upper East Side residential building went into contract last week, with one emerging as the week's priciest deal across Manhattan, according to Olshan Realty's weekly luxury market report. A five-bedroom,...

On Politics: The unwritten rule of politics Mamdani faces with 11 inches of snow

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/26 6:58A Ross Barkan

There’s little that bedevils a New York City mayor quite like a snowstorm. John Lindsay, running for re-election in 1969, could not get Queens properly plowed, and 42 people across the city would end up dead. Neither Michael Bloomberg nor Bill de...

Chetrit-owned Upper East Side apartment tower loses 30% of value, appraiser says

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/23 8:20A Aaron Elstein

Yorkshire Towers is a 700-unit white-brick building on East 86th Street just steps from the Q train. Its amenities include an indoor pool, 24-hour doorman service and hardwood floors. “It’s the best of the Upper East Side,” said Seth Glasser,...

Vans sneakers heir buys $11M condo in Surrey Hotel

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/22 7:41A C. J. Hughes

A fashion heir has gone with a slimmer fit in his move uptown. Peter Barbey, an owner of The North Face coat-maker VF Corp., has sewn up a deal for a 2,100-square-foot condo at the Surrey Hotel on East 76th Street, according to a deed that...

On Politics: Hochul might be NYC transit's best ally in a century

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/20 8:12A Ross Barkan

Kathy Hochul’s tenure as governor has not always been smooth. Her approval ratings, at times, have been middling, and she barely survived a re-election challenge from a Trump Republican. Yet it’s becoming clear, more than four years after she...

Ground leases emerge as hidden risk for New York apartment buyers

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/15 11:33P Aaron Elstein

If you’re looking to buy a New York City apartment, you’ll surely consider the building’s location and condition. You should also ask a new question: Does the building own its dirt underneath? “This was something most people never bothered to...

Trump-appointed Morocco ambassador sells Fifth Avenue co-op for $18.8M

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/13 11:33P Julianne Cuba

A prominent GOP fundraiser and U.S. ambassador to Morocco has sold his Upper East Side co-op for almost $19 million, records show. Richard Duke Buchan III, who founded the private investment firm Hunter Global Investors in 2001, offloaded the...

RXR buys stakes in Upper East Side luxury rental buildings

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/12 11:33P Natalie Wong, Bloomberg

RXR purchased stakes in a luxury apartment building and a string of townhomes on Manhattan's Upper East Side as demand for high-end residential properties persists. The New York-based real estate firm bought a roughly 45% stake in 265 E. 66th St....

Hospital for Special Surgery expands in Palm Beach with new partnership

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/11 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Hospital for Special Surgery is expanding its reach in Florida through a new partnership in Palm Beach that will help it tap a larger share of orthopedic patients. The Upper East Side-based specialty hospital will now have surgeons practicing at...

Ex-magazine executives turn the page on Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/8 7:22A C. J. Hughes

A stylish experiment in family-based co-living has come to a profitable end. Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzman, Conde Nast executives-turned-interior designers, have sold the prewar Park Slope brownstone they co-owned and shared with Mitchell’s...

Artnet founder and tea aficionado lists antique townhouse near Central Park

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/7 11:33P C. J. Hughes

The founder of Artnet, an auction website for sculpture and paintings, is looking to part with an antique townhouse. Pierre Sernet has listed a 9,400-square-foot Beaux-Arts townhouse on East 76th Street on the Upper East Side for $24.7 million,...

Judge approves massive rent hike that could displace hundreds at Midtown co-op

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/7 7:08A Aaron Elstein

Hundreds of residents at a Midtown co-op could lose their homes after a New York state judge gave the green light to a massive increase in their ground rent. The co-op, called Carnegie House, is a 21-story building located at the corner of West...

Northwell Health expands into Pennsylvania with health center in Dingmans Ferry

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/21 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The region’s largest health system is moving west. Northwell Health is expanding into Pennsylvania with a new primary and immediate care center in Dingmans Ferry. The 2,800 square foot facility is the first of two primary care offices opening in...

Upper East Side townhouse tied to real estate dynasty sells for $8.5 million

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 12/19 9:26A C. J. Hughes

An Upper East Sider whose marriage led to the creation of one of the biggest real estate firms in the world has parted with her longtime home. Lynne Handler, who was Lynne Tishman when she married Jerry Speyer, a union that eventually resulted in...