Mr. Welch worked to move the men’s magazine away from what he called “manly-man tropes.” His next role will be with Pharrell, the men’s designer of Louis Vuitton.
After a busy Christmas week, Brooklyn’s luxury market started 2026 slow. The borough saw nine contracts — five condos and four townhouses — signed from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4 for a total contract volume of $29 million, according to Compass’ weekly report of contracts for homes asking at least $2 million. Those numbers are roughly in line with the first week of last year, in which 11 contracts were signed for $30 million. The priciest deal last week was for a duplex Penthouse C at 1 John Street in Dumbo. The roughly 2,600-square-foot unit had an asking price of […]
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Trump administration officials are pushing American companies to quickly start investing in Venezuela. But energy giants have some major concerns.
A show trial is “held in public with the intention of influencing or satisfying public opinion, rather than of ensuring justice,” according to Oxford. That sounds like what Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “rental ripoff” hearings will be. His executive order asks tenants and activists to testify about “illegal, unfair, abusive, deceptive, or unconscionable landlord practices.” He doesn’t call for testimony about unfair, abusive or unconscionable practices by tenants, although landlords have lots of horror stories. His order doesn’t request facts about how laws and economic forces have made maintaining rent-stabilized housing so challenging. No, these hearings are only for landlord shaming. […]
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We’re just a few days into the Mamdani administration, and we’re already acronym and task force-rich. Much has happened since Zohran Mamdani took office on Jan. 1. He has: …rebooted a tenant-focused office, naming Cea Weaver as its director; …named Dina Levy, who works for the state’s Division of Homes and Community Renewal, as the new commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development; …ordered city agencies to hold “rental ripoff” hearings; …announced that he’s intervening in Pinnacle Group’s bankruptcy. And while much sets Mamdani apart from his predecessor, the new mayor has continued some initiatives spearheaded by Mayor […]
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The lawsuit, over the Defense Department’s new rules for journalists, is headed for oral arguments in March.
There were 175 transactions totaling $314 million recorded in New York City before 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 5. 🏆 Residential: The city’s priciest home sale was in the West Village. Dr. Tandra Hammer sold a 9.5-foot-wide townhouse at 75 ½ Bedford Street, which is known as the narrowest house in the Big Apple, for $4.4 million. The three-bedroom home measures just under 1,000 square feet. The deal works out to $4,400 per square foot. The buyer was Underlake LLC. Hammer purchased the property in 2023 for $3.4 million. It has three bedrooms, 150 square feet of outdoor space and […]
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Companies like Kairos Energy are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
The author and Trump antagonist Michael Wolff has his wife, Victoria, to thank for his latest chapter: lifestyle influencer. Now she’s becoming one, too.
The most important forces shaping commercial real estate in 2026 are not totally theoretical.
They’re already scheduled.