The Friars Club, once a den of Borscht Belt comedians, is more than the site of legendary comedy roasts—it’s home to the National Realty Club’s fortnightly real estate industry events. But now the club, at 57 East 55th Street, could be tied to the proverbial train tracks thanks to the Long Island Rail Road’s Eastside access project. Read More
In this summer of our discontent, a season of buckling banks and wheezing newspapers, it might be well to remember that as far as crisis years go, 2009 is a wimp. But when it comes to New York City, disaster breeds resurrection.
As in: 40 years ago, 1969. Richard Nixon had been elected president Read More
As local politicians scramble for contributions from lobbyists ahead of new campaign finance restrictions, said lobbyists continue to sound the alarm about the new rules.
Sid Davidoff, a lobbyist who is suing to block the new law, which will cap lobbyist campaign contributions to city candidates at Read More
Matthew Farrell, the former City Council director of administration and Queens City Council candidate, died unexpectedly today at 36. He had just started work at the lobbying firm Davidoff Malito & Hutcher, where Sid Davidoff confirmed his death.
