The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is not happy with the discount bus company Megabus parking outside its bus terminal. The upstart discounter has a city permit that expires next month, and the Port's executive director said it should not be... »
Elected officials want to curb bus companies' turf war with legislation requiring city-issued permits before sidewalks can become veritable depots for low-cost carriers.A state bill pending in Albany would require intercity buses to get permits in orde... »
A new app is putting the Big Apple on the map. NYC & Company, the city's official tourism arm, has inked a partnership with local startup CityMaps to develop a co-branded smartphone app that will help tourists and natives alike navigate the city's reta... »
and Barbara Benson - Cabrini Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Manhattan is slated to close and will lay off 273 workers. But some of those employees may find work in Brooklyn if state regulators allow the home to sell the right to operate ... »
Fifth Avenue is looking a little less luxurious and a bit more affordable, from the shoppers' point of view anyway. Spanish retailer Zara, known for its mid-priced, trendy looks, will open its largest U.S. store at 666 Fifth Ave. Thursday morning. The ... »
and Lisa Fickenscher - Restaurant Week is coming to Chinatown for the first time, announced a coterie of public officials, including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Friday afternoon.Though much smaller in size than the dining promotion sponsored by th... »
This year's tax season may be just around the corner, but Smart Tax, a Manhattan-based independent tax service company, is already gearing up for tax time 2013. The company, which already operates 15 franchises in New York City, is beginning to scout a... »
Amanda Fung - The Manhattan market for condominium and co-op's has come back a fair distance from the lows plumbed in early 2009, but there is still one part of town where the market remains a bit soft and that's midtown, according to a recent analysis... »
Giants loyalists around the city are severing their Patriot ties. Mayor Michael Bloomberg stopped by Brady's Bar, 1583 Second Ave., Friday afternoon to rename it “Manning's Bar” for the weekend. The mayor did the same ahead of 2008's Giants/Patriots Su... »
Associated Press - America's historic Chinatowns, home for a century to immigrants seeking social support and refuge from racism, are fading as rising living costs, jobs elsewhere and a desire for wider spaces lure Asian-Americans more than ever to the... »
Amanda Fung - Preservation Development Partners, a year-old firm focused on acquiring and preserving affordable housing across the city, has paid $36 million for East River Apartments, a 179-unit residential complex in East Harlem. The deal is the firm... »
Concerns over vehicle and driver safety led federal regulators to shut down a bus company that took passengers from several cities to New York City's Chinatown.U.S. transportation officials have ordered Double Happyness Travel Inc. to immediately cease... »
Developers eager to put their stamp on the Lower East Side will have that opportunity. The Mahfar family is selling a plot that fronts both East Houston and Suffolk streets but does not include the corner where they meet. Bids are due Tuesday for the L... »
Barbara Benson - You know those TV ads for Progressive, which are set in a make-believe insurance superstore overseen by Flo, the sassy, head-banded saleswoman?On Wednesday, UnitedHealthcare is staging the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a real-life insuran... »
Bloomberg News - (Bloomberg) - Curbside bus operators like ones involved in crashes this year in New York, New Jersey and Virginia are seven times more likely to be involved in a fatal wreck than intercity lines with more conventional business models, ... »
