Latest Headlines in Detail
Exhibitors fight Javits teardown
Crain's New York Real Estate
May 20A powerful group of businesses in the trade-show industry has coalesced to fight Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to tear down the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to ensure they have a voice in the final decision.After nearly six months of intense meetings a... »
Citigroup's bike deal is big bargain
Crain's New York Transportation
May 18Citigroup Inc.'s five-year, $41 million sponsorship of New York City's bike-share program will turn 10,000 bicycles into a fleet of advertisements, giving the bank a virtual monopoly on mobile marketing that has until now been highly restricted. The de... »
Former Model-T plant rolls to market
Crain's New York Transportation
May 17A fully occupied, half million-square-foot office building in Long Island City, Queens, is up for grabs with a hoped-for price of roughly $90 million. The former industrial building, located at 33-00 Northern Blvd., is being marketed by Holliday Fenogl... »
Can Tumblr Turn a Profit?
WSJ.com Small Business
May 17By Angus Loten David Karp has focused on expanding Tumblr Inc.'s network of free bloggers for the past five years.Today, 55 million of them are posting text, photos and videos on the site. Even Beyoncé and Jay-Z turned to Tumblr's blogging platform ear... »
Judge urges city, unions into arbitration in turnaround dispute
GothamSchools
May 16The first court appearance in the union lawsuit to halt hiring decisions at 24 turnaround schools ended with the judge telling the city and unions to resolve their dispute out of court. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Joan Lobis urged the city and teache... »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Ted Allen on His New Book, Crushing Chefs’ Dreams, and Chopped’s Lost Chihuahua
Grub Street New York
May 22Poppin' champers across the country. Ted Allen is on a roll: At this month's James Beard Broadcast awards, his show Chopped picked up two medallions, one for Allen's hosting skills, and another for the best studio-based cooking show. So how has Allen b... »
New York Minute
Bronx Banter Blog
May 22We cut heads. Conversations with barbers over at McSweeney’s. [Photo Credit: Tomas Andres Donoso] »
The Conversations: Michael Haneke
The House Next Door
May 21[Editor's Note: The Conversations is a House feature in which Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard discuss a wide range of cinematic subjects: critical analyses of films, filmmaker overviews, and more. Readers should expect to encounter spoilers.] Ed Howard: It... »
Jamie Dimon Shows Some Love for Volcker Rule
NYTimes.com Dealbook
May 21Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, who has been critical of the Volcker Rule, took a more measured stance on the regulation at an industry conference on Monday. »
Silver: There will be ‘some version’ of Justice Center bill
Capitol Confidential
May 21Assembly Democratic Majority Speaker Sheldon Silver earlier this afternoon said there will be “some version,” of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Justice Center bill this, but he suggested it probably won’t happen without some changes including a mechanism for “out... »


