Tokyo‑linked buyers have poured at least $2.1B into NYC real estate since 2024, snapping up walk‑ups and mid‑market multifamily and changing local deal dynamics.

A disabled LIRR train was evacuated in the East River tunnel on Wednesday, disrupting service into Penn Station and forcing reroutes to Grand Central and Long Island City.

The Milling Room quietly closed in December after its owner suffered a serious injury; reports say the restaurant may owe more than $1M in unpaid rent.

SDNY says Maximilien de Hoop Cartier admitted moving "hundreds of millions" through U.S. shell companies and crypto accounts tied to drug proceeds. The admission follows a 2024 indictment and recent court pleas.

A Madison County tax preparer admitted to running a decades‑long Ponzi scheme that cost nearly 1,000 investors more than $50 million.

Vornado agreed to buy a 49% stake in Midtown’s Park Avenue Plaza, valuing the tower at roughly $1.1 billion and leaving Fisher Brothers as majority owner.

SL Green will manage leasing at Hyundai’s 15 Laight Street in Tribeca, marketing the boutique 109K‑sf building to tech and creative tenants as Manhattan demand tightens.

The NYPD added 103 names to its Hall of Heroes at One Police Plaza, and for the first time included 60 members who died during the COVID‑19 pandemic.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the back around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday on the Lower East Side, police said. Detectives have opened an investigation and are seeking tips.

New records show more than 30 guns were stolen from Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in 2018 and that a weapons inventory was routed through his lawyer, leaving the cache untraced as New Mexico reopens its probe.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned in Oslo that rising debt, oil shocks and a stretched private‑credit market could spark a global bond‑market crisis.

Vintage photos of piled-up crutches have resurfaced ahead of an antiquarian book fair, highlighting the MTA's lost-and-found and long-standing subway accessibility issues.

Mayor Mamdani delayed the executive budget and urged Albany to cut a PTET credit he says mainly benefits millionaires and hedge funds, aiming to raise about $1 billion.