Tempestuous New York Rangers left-winger Sean Avery won’t be lacing up the skates any time soon, following his team’s anticlimactic exit from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
But he still knows how to tie one on.
“How do you say ‘cheers’ in the Jewish language?” Read More
Pesky New York Rangers forward and former Vogue intern Sean Avery is getting into the bar business—and no, the new nightspot will not be called “Sloppy Seconds.”
The popular, if somewhat controversial, 28-year-old Broadway Blueshirt is partnering with Beatrice Inn proprietor Matt Abramcyk in opening an intimate bar Read More
It took 18 months for Abraham Pustilnik to renovate his three-bedroom, Canadian-maple-floored apartment in the Century, that twin-towered 1930s Art Deco condominium on Central Park West, which is exactly how long a two-borough undercover investigation dubbed “Operation Old School” lasted before Mr. Pustilnik, his mother, his wife and 12 others were indicted for insurance fraud Read More
The fight to revoke the nearly $11 million tax break enjoyed by the owners of Madison Square Garden, who also own the Knicks and the Rangers, is on. Both Michael Bloomberg and Christine Quinn want it gone, as do a number of other politicians. This morning, Councilman Lew Fidler distributed a Read More
Though Grace Hightower and her godly husband Robert De Niro just paid $20.9 million for a 15-room Central Park West apartment last month, she has also bought a $3,440,000 limestone townhouse at 516 East 89th Street.
“She’s going to gut it and renovate it,” said listing broker Beverly Feingold, a vice president at Halstead. “It Read More
Though Grace Hightower and her godly husband Robert De Niro just paid $20.9 million for a 15-room Central Park West apartment last month, she has also bought a $3,440,000 limestone townhouse at 516 East 89th Street.
“She’s going to gut it and renovate it,” said listing broker Beverly Feingold, a vice president at Halstead. “It Read More
Campaign staffers, consultants, journalists and commentators participate in a roundtable discussion on the New York attorney general and gubernatorial races at the New School.
The College of Staten Island hosts a dedication and daylong discussion celebrating the legacy of State Senator John Marchi.
Council Members endorse federal legislation that would create a cabinet-level Department of Read More
Abe Rosenthal died yesterday at the age of 84, from the effects of a severe stroke he suffered two weeks ago. As the dominant editor of The New York Times from 1969 to 1985, he inspired more admiration, emulation and vilification than any other journalist of his generation.
He was an up-from-the-bootstraps New York City Read More
SOUTHAMPTON-Since when do New York sports fans, who covet their neighbor’s championships, fall in love in lugs like Phil Mickelson, known until recently for his inability to win the big one? After all, isn’t New York the home of superlatives-the biggest, the tallest, the best, the most?
Could it be that the New York sports Read More
Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti has a new place to share with girlfriend Drew Barrymore, now that he has closed on a one-bedroom apartment near Union Square. In May, Mr. Moretti paid $657,500 for a 1,049-square-foot condo at 114 East 13th Street, the American Felt Building.
This is apparently the 23-year-old’s first New York apartment purchase. Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
