#New York City
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Columbia's Two-Year Campus Lockdown Is Now Policy, Not a Protest Response
Two years after pro-Palestinian encampments, Columbia's Morningside Heights campus is still closed to the public — a sta...
Spence School’s Madison Avenue Expansion Stalls as Landmarks Commission Pushes Back
The private all-girls school’s plan to add classrooms and a nearly 40-foot vertical expansion to Carnegie Hill rowhouses...
Bowery Grand Hotel Sells for $8.4M as NYC Files $121M in Deals
A 104-deal, $121M day in New York City included an $8.4M Lower East Side hotel sale, a Tribeca condo sold at a loss, and...
A $4.95 Million Condo Noise Suit Has Kept a Brooklyn Bridge Park Restroom Closed for Six Years
One Pierhouse owner's fight over flushing toilets and hand dryers turned into 382 court filings, two sound tests with op...
New York’s Flood Defenses Are Coming Into View, but the Hardest Work Is Still Ahead
From East River Park’s flood walls to Red Hook’s raised courtyards, New York is rebuilding for storms. The real challeng...
MTA Tests Whether Manhattan Bedrock Can Cool Subway Platforms
A geothermal loop under Chambers Street would pull summer heat from the platform into bedrock and return it in winter. T...
NYC Council Votes to Keep Outdoor Dining Sheds Year-Round
New York City reverses the Adams-era winter teardown rule for restaurant sheds, but permit delays and upkeep costs may d...
How a Queens Creator Earns $130,000 Across Nine Income Streams
Mohuya Khan, 27, grossed about $130,000 in 2025 and kept roughly $70,000 after taxes and expenses while running nine inc...
Extreme Weather Drives 4x Surge in NYC Eviction Suspensions This Year
New York City suspended evictions on 22 days so far in 2026—quadruple all of last year—as heat waves, blizzards, and wil...
Four NYC Apartments Under $1 Million: From West Village Studios to a Lenox Hill Duplex
Curbed spotlights four Manhattan listings priced below $1 million, offering a mix of prewar charm, modern renovations, a...
She Traveled the World for Years, Then Fell Back in Love with New York
A digital nomad recounts why she traded hostel life and one-way flights for a Brooklyn apartment, deeper friendships, an...
NYC Office-to-Resi Safety Crackdown Finds No Inherent Danger, But 65 Violations
New York City’s building inspection blitz on 180 conversion-linked sites concluded the office-to-residential trend poses...
NYC Mayor Mamdani's Rent Freeze Deepens Losses in a $506M CMBS Deal
A $506 million bond deal tied to New York rent-stabilized apartments is already in default. Mayor Mamdani's October rent...
NYC's City-Run Grocery Plan Hinges on an ID Question — and a Lawsuit
New York City's plan for five city-run grocery stores with 30% discounts on staples faces conflicting reports on residen...
Mamdani's City-Owned Grocery Plan: 30% Discounts, But at What Cost to Taxpayers?
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's five public grocery stores promise 30 percent discounts on staples, but critics question...
Commercial Observer Promotes CRE Networking Events in Three Cities and Online
Commercial Observer is pushing its events calendar for CRE professionals — in person in New York, Miami and Dallas, plus...
Desus Nice's New York: Bronx Pride, a Bitten Dresser and the Astor Place Cube
In Curbed's NYQ quiz, 'Desus Pieces' host Desus Nice scores his own New Yorkness—Bronx Zoo trips, jaywalking for tourist...
AI Insurance Startup Corgi Plans Three 24/7 Cafés in Manhattan
Corgi, a venture-backed AI insurance startup, is bringing its around-the-clock, work-first café concept to New York, wit...
BXP Lands $1.2 Billion Construction Loan for 343 Madison as Trophy Office Leasing Surges
Boston Properties secures the massive construction financing for its 930,000-square-foot Midtown East tower, with execut...
NYC's Affordability Squeeze and the Coming Congestion Charge: A Financial Reality Check
With Brooklyn’s median rent surpassing $3,600 against incomes of just $33,000, and Manhattan congestion pricing set to b...
‘Check Your Mailbox’: NYC Begins Notifying Owners of Pied-à-Terre Tax on $5M+ Homes
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says notification letters are on their way for non-primary residences worth $5 million or more, wit...
A Lyft rider noticed her boyfriend got cheaper fares for the same trip. Now she's taking the subway.
Cynthia Everett, a frequent New York Lyft user, discovered her rides cost up to twice as much as her boyfriend's for ide...