New York’s Big Studio Land Grab, City Makes Play For Soundstage Crown
From Manhattan’s Pier 94 to giant new campuses in Queens and Brooklyn, New York is adding soundstages as tax credits and demand pull productions back to the city. Developers and studios are racing to lease stage space and hire crews.
State Cash Crunch Puts Brentwood’s $2.50 Commute Lifeline On The Brink
State support for Brentwood GO is running out, threatening the $2.50 electric rideshare that has moved hundreds of thousands of riders between Brentwood and Hauppauge.
Wrecking Ball Looms Over Long-Empty Valley Stream Convent In $2.1 Million Deal
Court records show the Diocese will sell the long-vacant Sisters of St. Joseph convent in Valley Stream to a developer that plans roughly 30–35 residential units. The deal starts at $2.1 million.
Queens Showdown As Deutsche Bank Moves To Seize Kaufman Astoria Studios
Deutsche Bank filed to foreclose on Kaufman Astoria Studios after a $340M loan went unpaid; court papers say the balance now tops roughly $359M. Local productions face weeks of uncertainty.
Brooklyn And Bronx Boom As New York Tees Up 57,000 New Units
A YIMBY tally of Department of Buildings filings found 1,972 permits in 2025 totaling 57,352 residential and hotel units, with Brooklyn and the Bronx leading the count.
Rosa Pizza Has Mice on Two of Its Last Five Inspection Reports. It's Still One of Bay Terrace's Busiest Slices.
Rosa Pizza's Bay Terrace location technically holds a Grade A. A closer look at its last year of NYC health inspections — including mice evidence on two separate visits, a 48-point midsummer inspection featuring flies and drainage issues, and three visits scoring 25 points or higher — suggests the A in the window is doing some heavy lifting.
Houston Food Giant Gobbles Up Restaurant Depot In $29 Billion Warehouse Shakeup
Sysco agreed to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot in a roughly $29.1B cash-and-stock deal that would expand its reach into the cash-and-carry channel while facing regulatory review.












