London ranks No.2 globally for office fit‑outs as AI, MEP and skilled‑labour pressures push refurbishment bills higher. Occupiers and landlords are rethinking budgets and timelines.

Time Equities says faulty curtain‑wall installation left 50 West condos rattling; the developer filed suit seeking roughly $2 million to force repairs or recover costs.

Residents say pile driving at 1935 Bedford Ave rattled homes, cracked walls and sent bricks falling, prompting DOB stop-work orders and fines.

State lawmakers and residents rallied in Albany behind a bill to pause new large data‑center permits for three years while regulators study energy, water and noise impacts.

A revived Albany package would bar certain sales of health data and require explicit consent for apps — prompting a clash between Planned Parenthood and a broad tech coalition.

NYPD is searching for three men tied to a string of necklace-and-jacket robberies across the Bronx and Brooklyn; the youngest victim was 10 and investigators say more than $10,000 was taken.

A person was struck and killed by an F‑train at the Avenue P station in Gravesend on Wednesday, FDNY said. The MTA rerouted uptown F trains and delays followed.

NYC Comic Con will mark its 20th year with a Coney Island theme Oct. 8–11 at the Javits Center. Presales start in early June and the general on‑sale is June 24.

Goldman Sachs' operations chief says the bank will build a 'digital factory floor' of AI agents to automate back‑office work while saying overall headcount should stay largely unchanged.

Michelin-starred Indienne from Chicago will open a 34-seat tasting-menu outpost at Henry Hall in Hudson Yards this summer.

Brookfield and a Qatari partner will extract $273M from a Midtown office tower, signaling that top‑tier buildings are still attracting capital while many others lag.

Kyuramen Group has acquired West Village matcha café Aokō Matcha and aims to roll the gelato‑centric concept out to roughly 30 U.S. locations. The chain plans standalone shops and co‑located counters inside Kyuramen restaurants.

Federal prosecutors say a former Kings County judge and a Brooklyn investor used the judge’s title to lend credibility to sham real‑estate deals that cost investors millions. Arrests and an unsealed complaint were announced in Brooklyn federal court.