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

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 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...

Vans sneakers heir buys $11M condo in Surrey Hotel

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 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...

Ground leases emerge as hidden risk for New York apartment buyers

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 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 (Education) 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 (Education) 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 (Education) 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 (Education) 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...

Julie Menin elected council speaker, pledges to be ‘proactive’ in powerful post

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/7 7:43A Nick Garber

Julie Menin was unanimously elected Speaker of the City Council on Wednesday, elevating the Upper East Side moderate to one of the most powerful posts in the city in which she can both bolster and hamstring Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s agenda. Menin...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 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 (Education) 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...

City council bill would create mental health agency, aligning with Mamdani goal

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/18 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A new City Council bill would create an agency to respond to mental health emergencies, which could help deliver a key plank of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s agenda. The bill, introduced Thursday, would establish the Department of Community...

StubHub co-founder sells Upper East Side apartment for $4M

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/16 11:33P C. J. Hughes

A reseller of tickets has completed a resale of real estate. Tech entrepreneur Jeff Fluhr, a founder of ticket marketplace StubHub, and his wife, Claire, an interior designer, sold their Upper East Side co-op for $4.1 million, according to a tax...

Silicon Valley CEO acquires Upper East Side townhouse for about $14M

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/11 6:56A C. J. Hughes

A tech firm CEO has snapped up an Upper East Side townhouse as the luxury market continues its hot streak. California-based Himanshu Dwivedi, the chief executive of Data Theorem, and his wife, Kusum Pandey, bought the 5,700-square-foot East 80th...

Prolific developer scoops up latest Long Island City site

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/8 11:33P Eddie Small

Prolific developer ZD Jasper is closing out the year with another major purchase in Long Island City. The Long Island-based real estate firm recently closed on buying a quartet of parcels on Davis and Pearson streets in the trendy Queens...

Construction ends on $125M Animal Medical Center expansion

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/8 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, the city’s only veterinary trauma center, is putting the finishing touches on a massive gut renovation and expansion on the Upper East Side, doubling its patient capacity in one of New York’s densest...