NYC can’t open any more charter schools, regulator complains
Gov. Kathy Hokul and the state Legislature will come under pressure next year to lift New York City’s charter school caps after New York state education officials on Wednesday allocated the last of 14 “zombie” slots that lawmakers reluctantly approved last year. The SUNY Charter Commission voted to allow the high-performing charter school networks of […]
Fandango founder J. Michael Cline ID’d as jumper who leaped to his death from luxury NYC hotel: cops
The man who jumped to his death from a luxury Midtown hotel this week is believed to be the wealthy co-founder of Fandango, a movie-ticket sales company that has been hit hard by the pandemic, officials and police said Wednesday. According to law enforcement officials, J. Michael Klein, a 64-year-old “serial entrepreneur” and father of […]
NYC developer gets nearly $1B loan for residential towers overlooking Hudson River
As foundation work progresses on two dramatically styled apartment towers downtown, funding has finally been secured for the high-profile riverside project. Atlas Capital Group has closed a $985 million construction loan for the tower at 80 Clarkson Street, which it is developing with Zeckendorf Development and Baupost Group, people familiar with the matter told The […]
Man, 64, jumps to his death from luxury NYC hotel: cops
A 64-year-old man died after jumping from a luxury Midtown hotel Tuesday morning, police said. Police said the man jumped from Room 28 on the 20th floor of the Kimberly Hotel on East 50th Street near Lexington Avenue and landed in a courtyard on the third floor. Paramedics pronounced him dead around 10 a.m., and […]
Wall Street brokers flock to Four Twenty Five in NYC for ‘power hour’ after markets close
Celebrity chef Jean-Georges von Grichten’s new Park Avenue restaurant has become the epicenter of the “power hour,” a new post-pandemic phenomenon for Wall Street powerhouses, Side Dish has learned. As soon as the closing bell rang, traders, investors and executives flocked to Four Twenty Five, a Norman Foster-designed skyscraper that opened in December at 425 […]
Neo-Nazi ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ leader plotted NYC hate attack with poison candy-toting Santa
Federal authorities said Tuesday that the leader of a neo-Nazi maniacal murder cult was planning a New Year’s Eve hate attack in which thugs dressed as Santa Claus would hand out poisoned candy to minorities in New York City. Federal authorities say a Georgian national, Mikhail “Commander Butcher” Tsikbishvili, 20, also plotted to traffic poisonous […]
NYC man dragged by currents for about 5 miles — from Queens to NJ
A New York City man was pulled by the current for about five miles from Queens to New Jersey and forced to tread water for hours. Pete Aldean, 34, was found in the ocean about 2 miles off the coast of Sandy Hook in the Garden State by a fisherman and his son around 9 […]
Boy shot outside NYC subway station by Citi Bike-riding gang in latest city youth violence: cops
Authorities said a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed late Sunday just outside a Bronx subway station by a group of four assailants who fled on a Citi Bike. Police said the boy was shot in the left leg around 8:20 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Westchester Avenue and Simpson Street in Longwood, near […]
NYC budget worker who posted ‘too bad he missed’ after Trump shooting is suspended
A budget staffer for Mayor Eric Adams has been suspended from his six-figure paying job after posting on social media “sorry I missed out” following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Tyler Barbieri, a $112,604-a-year analyst at the Office of Budget and Management since at least 2018, has been suspended without pay for […]
NYC mayoral race unofficially kicks off with first round of fundraising
And off we go! The unofficial start of the 2025 mayoral race begins Monday, with candidates in an already crowded field scheduled to announce fundraising figures. The filing will give the public and critics a glimpse into the momentum challengers are gaining as they seek to unseat Mayor Eric Adams as the Democratic nominee ahead […]