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Walking in New York? A millionaire probably isn’t far away
If you walk down the street in New York City, you’re bound to run into at least one millionaire. A study released by both Spear’s Magazine and WealthInsight, a wealth consultancy company, found that as...
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New York skyscraper could be among the most expensive sold in the U.S.
Private equity firm Blackstone Group BX is selling its 42-story skyscraper at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in New York City for big bucks. In fact, the sale could be one of the highest ever for a U.S....
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Michael Bloomberg returning to lead the company he built
Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s former mayor, plans to return to the financial media giant he founded. He will take over the leadership of Bloomberg LP next year following the resignation of CEO...
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NYC’s Hudson Yards project will be an entire city — on stilts
For half a century, Manhattan's Hudson rail yards languished as a field of broken dreams. In 1956, real estate legend William Zeckendorf Sr. proposed a grandiose development for the site flanking the...
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Neiman Marcus CEO Karen Katz explains why New York, why now
Luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus has announced plans to open its first-ever New York City store in 2018, a 250,000 square-foot location that will anchor an ambitious new real estate project...
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Start spreading the news, Cadillac’s moving to New York
General Motors’ GM Cadillac brand is setting up a headquarters office in New York in order to be closer to other premium jewelry, design and high fashion businesses and the consumers who buy their...
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NYC’s unconventional first lady on the city’s future
Bill de Blasio may be the mayor of New York City, but his wife is carving out a place for herself, too. Chirlane McCray got her first taste of politics in the late '70s. As a gay activist, she...
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Why living wage laws are riddled with holes
New York law prohibits Mayor Bill de Blasio from instituting the minimum wage hike he thinks New York City so desperately needs. But it can't stop him from executing plan B: a living wage for the city....
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Airbnb may soon be legal in its hometown of San Francisco
Airbnb is on its way to becoming legal in its hometown, San Francisco. Local legislators have passed an initial bill that will allow locals to rent out their apartments and homes as long as they meet a...
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Amazon will start delivering fresh groceries in New York today
This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. By Sam Frizell, TIME Amazon publishes books, builds smartphones, distributes videos, and produces...
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Mayor urges calm as NYC gets its first Ebola case
New York City has its first case of Ebola. A health care worker who was rushed to New York City's Bellevue Hospital Thursday has reportedly tested positive for the virus. The Center for Disease Control...
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How ready is New York City for Ebola?
This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. By Alexandra Sifferlin, TIME Doctors Without Borders physician Dr. Craig Spencer tested positive for Ebola...
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Barry Diller planning a fantasy island on New York’s Hudson River
Barry Diller, the media mogul and former head of Fox and Paramount Pictures, has ambitious plans to add a slice of paradise to New York City, the Hudson River Park Trust announced Monday. Diller, who...
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America’s snobbiest cities
This post is in partnership with Travel + Leisure. The article below was originally published at TravelandLeisure.com. By Katrina Brown Hunt, Travel + Leisure Who says New Yorkers are snobs? Not Travis...
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New York gambles on full-size casinos
This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. By Elizabeth Barber, TIME A state board has recommended the approval of three full-size, Las Vegas-style...
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Styrofoam to be banned in New York City beginning July 1
This post is in partnership with Entrepreneur. The article below was originally published at Entrepreneur.com. By Kate Taylor, ENTREPRENEUR New Yorkers have fewer than six months to say goodbye to...
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Toys ‘R’ Us may move out of Times Square
Updated 10:25AM: Added a statement from Toys ‘R’ Us spokesperson. A report in The Commercial Observer, part of the New York Observer network, says that Toys ‘R’ Us’ 110,000-square-foot location in the...
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Even the mayor of New York has trouble paying for college
Paying for college has become such a large expense that even one of the most famous politicians in America is having trouble with it: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Pretty soon, de Blasio and his...
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Mickey Rourke’s old N.Y. apartment is now the center of the Absolut Elyx...
Absolut’s high-end Elyx vodka has something most New Yorkers dream of: a 5,000-square-foot apartment in a swanky neighborhood. The apartment, which at one point belonged to actor Mickey Rourke, was...
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Chicago uses new technology to solve this very old urban problem
For the past three years, Chicago police have been analyzing 911 calls to better predict crime patterns across the city and, in one case, actually forecasted a shootout minutes before it occurred. Now,...
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