SL Green Signs Swarovski and Diesel to New Manhattan Leases
SL Green Realty Corp. announced that Swarovski North America Ltd., the world-renowned Austrian designer of high quality crystal, has signed an 11+ year lease covering 17, 850 square feet at 10 East 53rd More...
Israel President Rivlin’s UN Holocaust Address Delayed by Blizzard
The big New York City/Northeastern US snow storm of 2015 has forced the UN to delay its ceremonies to commemorate International Holocaust Day. Due to the bad weather on the US East Coast, Israel’s President More...
Fearsome Snowstorm Poses First Test of Uber’s Commitment to Cap Prices
App-based ride-hailing service Uber has vowed to keep its promise to limit prices during the massive blizzard now slamming into the northeastern U.S., in the first test of its new emergency pricing policy More...
New York’s Historic Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezritch Synagogue to Soon Reopen
New York’s historic Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezritch Synagogue will reopen soon after a long renovation which began six months ago. Located on 415 E. 6th St. in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood its building More...
Roman Abramovich Needs Landmarks Approval for NY Mansion
Roman Abramovich has asked New York City’s Landmarks Preservations Committee to approve his plans to combine three old townhouses on East 75th Street into one new mega mansion, The New York Post has reported. But More...
Bidders Locked in Tug-of-War over Debt-Ridden New York City Opera
An objection from the losing bidder in a battle over the right to resuscitate the bankrupt New York City Opera means the curtain has yet to fall on the drama in court. a report said. The winning $1.25 More...
Bloomberg Foundation Donates $48 Million to Clean Energy Initiative
A foundation led by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced an effort to provide $48 million to help U.S. states and localities speed up their transition to cleaner energy sources, The Hill More...
Bar Ilan’s Dr. Elie Holzer Awarded National Jewish Book Award
Bar Ilan University in Israel’s Dr. Elie Holzer, of the Churgin School of Education, will receive the prestigious 2014 National Jewish Book Award for his work “A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding More...
Are Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich Moving to New York?
The news is that Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea football club bought up almost an entire block in New York City to build a mansion (apparently the Russian economy isn’t hurting him much, or More...
Doris and Donald Fisher Fund Gives $60 Million to Charter Schools
The Knowledge Is Power Progam (KIPP), one the largest chain of charter schools in the U.S., celebrates its 20th anniversary. The program has grown from having campuses only in Houston and New York City More...