By Reid Pillifant 7/07/10 10:28am

Mayor Bloomberg’s Secret Weapon

Last fall, Bradley Tusk helped engineer Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s reelection–a race that campaign insiders insist was superlatively run, despite the surprisingly narrow margin of victory. Since then, Mr. Tusk has quietly emerged as the preferred adviser for the candidates and causes closest to the mayor’s heart.

Over the past several months, Mr. Tusk orchestrated Read More

By Eliot Brown 6/15/10 10:41pm

Mayor and Hotel Union Check Out Together

Sam Chang, the inexhaustible builder of small, limited-service hotels, has this decade dotted New York with boxy architecture adorned with various fluorescent signs. “Holiday Inn Express,” “Hampton Inn” and their homogeneous brethren crackle from at least 35 of his inns citywide.

Options for the developer-legendary in development circles for his speed-will soon start to Read More