The fraught penthouse which crowns the Plaza Hotel may soon have a new resident, having found a buyer after years of ups and downs befitting a children's novel. In 2008, Russian oligarch Andrei Vavilov agreed to buy the triplex for $39 million and anot... »
Trouble in paradise, or at least on Fifth Avenue. (PropertyShark) There's nothing horrifying or unsettling (anymore) about dropping $20.5 millon on a beautiful five-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom, 10-foot-ceiling, full-floor apartment on Fifth Avenue with sweep... »
Babies on board in Brooklyn... (New York Shitty Williamsburg daddies are having a hard time finding space for both their fedora collections and their toddlers. The market, that once blossomed as a studio, one- and two-bedroom artist haven, is strugglin... »
Two-dozen advocacy groups are forming a coalition designed to pressure would-be 2013 contenders on stop-and-frisk and police accountability. The NYPD apparently spied on Muslims in Newark as well. When told of this fact, Mayor Corey Booker responded, "... »
It seems that Michael Murphy tries very hard not to live his life in superlatives. His company, Rosecliff Capital, does not have a website open to the public and he can't be found frolicking in any party pictures, flaunting his Wall Street wealth. The ... »
Mr. Shatner. (Photo by Joan Marcus) Latter-day William Shatner—Capt. James T. Kirk boldly gone into the Priceline era, with his self-parodying pitchman’s routines and so-bad-they’re-not-so-bad, spoken-word-meets-crooner albums—is a tough one to pin dow... »
He'll take it! (Newsday "Responsible capitalist" and one-time presidential candidate Dal LaMagna may have an impressive resume, but he will always be known to the world as Tweezerman. The Queens native invented the world's most beloved tweezer brand af... »
A source tells Betabeat that Mayor Bloomberg has a "big announcement" about the city's tech campus slated for his 11.30am appearance at Tumblr's 21st Street offices today. Does that mean the New York City Economic Development Corporation is finally rev... »
Young love: Robert Godt and Kaylee Dedrick...engaged! Kaylee Dedrick was just an innocent Occupy Wall Street protester back in September when Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna blew pepper spray directly into her face, which in turn blew her directly int... »
Say what you will about investment banking as a benefit to and/or plague on the finance sector, economy, New York City, and the universe in general. Now there's science to back the idea that, yes, investment banking is actually, medically 'bad' for one... »
Record stop-and-frisks draw outcry. [NY Times, Journal] Trump Place fire injures 11, and one in LES evacuated NYU dorm. [Crain's, NY Post] More on the transformation of the Verizon monolith downtown. [NY Times] Chelsea market poll shows support for exp... »
(Jason Seiler) From his corner office on the 35th floor of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building downtown, Adolfo Carrion could once survey much of his domain. The regional administrator for HUD Region 2, Mr. Carrion was responsible for the federal gove... »
165 Columbia Heights Whether it's Armageddon or soaring property values, the Jehovah's Witnesses have decided to get the hell out of Brooklyn, and they are one property closer to cutting all Earthly ties to their home of a century. An adorable carriage... »
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh faced off with protesters yesterday outside his hotel, the Ritz Carlton on Central Park South. Mr. Saleh came to the United States last month to seek medical treatment after signing a deal in November allowing... »
Trumped Although all the neighborhood buzz has focused on 15 Central Park West, The Trump International is proving it's not out of the uber luxury game. A single residential condo unit in the building has just sold for $19 million, city records show. T... »
