JPMorgan disputes tax bills at four Manhattan properties

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 10/13 10:18A Aaron Elstein

JPMorgan says its tax bill is too high at four Manhattan properties and is fighting the city in court for a reduction. The global banking giant joins a long line of New Yorkers complaining about the city’s property-tax system, which is riddled...

The Met sells pair of UES townhouses for more than asking

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 10/13 8:22A Julianne Cuba

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has sold two Upper East Side townhouses on the market for the first time in nearly 50 years reportedly for more than asking. Following a bidding war, a private buyer is in contract to scoop up the pair of 5-story...

City Council bill would make outdoor dining year-round, more businesses eligible

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 10/10 12:33A Caroline Spivack

More than 80% of restaurants that once offered outdoor dining abandoned the practice under the Adams administration's seasonal restrictions, but a new City Council bill aims to restore year-round street dining and expand which businesses can...

Emergency room visits drive up city spending on health benefits, data shows

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 10/10 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Hefty prices for emergency room visits contributed to the city’s rising spending on health benefits for municipal workers last year, new data shows. The city spent roughly $9.1 billion on health care benefits for employees, retirees and dependents...

Saks sues Puck News, claiming outlet ran ‘hit pieces’ — despite reporter’s ‘conflict of interest’

NYPost.com (Fashion) 10/8 7:11A Lisa Fickenscher

The suit referenced a 2007 interview with The Wall Street Journal, in which Cohan said Lazard was “full of incredibly bright and ambitious people who have their morality completely intact when they enter,” but added that “To succeed in a place...

Louis Vuitton’s ultraluxury makeup line is already selling out

NYPost.com (Fashion) 10/6 1:18A Alev Aktar

LOUIS Vuitton is on everyone’s lips. Literally. Last month, the house introduced its first-ever makeup collection — ultraluxury lipsticks, balms and eye shadows in refillable monogram tubes and compacts — and its own glossy red Soho pop-up store....

Ayah and 5 other restaurants to try in October

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 10/3 12:33A Julianne Cuba

French restaurateurs Theliau Probst and Thibaut Castet have opened a Moroccan restaurant in SoHo as a love letter to a country close to their hearts. The pair did not know each other before they moved to New York more than 10 years ago, but they...

‘Beauty parlor stroke syndrome’: scary health threat while you get your hair done is more common...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 10/3 12:00A Tracy Swartz

BPSS was initially described in four patients in 1974 — the term was coined nearly two decades later, in 1993, by a New York neurologist.

Four Madison Avenue buildings could get a makeover

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 10/2 12:33A Julianne Cuba

A 6-story residential-and-commercial building on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side could be demolished and rebuilt to stand 16 stories tall, records show. Ward Dennis, a historic preservation consultant at Higgins Quasebarth & Partners, based...

Don’t mind the age gap: Gwyneth and Apple are the latest mom-daughter celeb duo in starry ad...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 9/30 9:02A Asia Grace

It’s the mother of all gigs.

Celebs made veneers a popular post-pandemic cosmetic quick fix — but regret is on the rise: ‘My...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 9/30 7:34A Adriana Diaz

They've got nothing to smile about.

‘Bleph bun’ trend, fueled by celebs like Ariana Grande and Anne Hathaway, is the free way to get an...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 9/29 6:22A Brooke Steinberg

So taut that it has similar effects to a blepharoplasty, or an eyelid lift.

Northwell consolidates women’s cancer care in new $14M center

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 9/29 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Northwell Health is opening a new facility dedicated to women’s cancer in Lake Success, the latest in a series of new oncology programs in the works in recent years. The system will announce a new $14 million outpatient facility, known as the...

Don’t run, says doc — the exercise you should do instead, it won’t age you as much

NYPost.com (Fashion) 9/25 10:18A McKenzie Beard

"Your knees go, your ankles go, your hip goes, your skin goes and your face sags," Dr. Gerald Imber warned.

RXR sells Muppets-linked Astoria building at a more than 60% loss

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 9/24 10:32A C. J. Hughes

RXR has taken a Big Bird-size loss at an Astoria office building with a Muppets tie-in. The developer has sold 3718 Northern Blvd., home to the organization named for Muppet-maker Jim Henson, for $42.8 million, according to a deed that appeared...