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- Amid ongoing nurses’ strike, health benefits remain a key sticking pointNearly two weeks into their strike, the New York State Nurses’ Association resumed negotiations with three major hospital systems this week, but a deal remains up in the air.NYSNA renewed talks with Montefiore, Mount Sinai and New York-Presbyterian on Thursday, after Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged them to go back to the […]
- Concrete mogul buys Trump Tower condo unitThe head of the country’s biggest premixed concrete company has a new home in Trump Tower.Will Magill, the chief executive officer of Atlanta-based Quikrete, bought a 2,600-square-foot unit at the Fifth Avenue high-rise in Midtown for $8.2 million in an all-cash deal, according to records that appeared in the city register Friday.The renovated three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath […]
- Four Amtrak employees admit to participating in $11M health care fraud caseFour Amtrak workers pleaded guilty to helping medical providers steal $11 million from the company's employee health plan, federal prosecutors said Thursday, the latest convictions in a years-long fraud scheme.The employees, who reside in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, pleaded guilty in a federal court in Newark to letting medical providers use their names […]
- Chetrit-owned Upper East Side apartment tower loses 30% of value, appraiser saysYorkshire Towers is a 700-unit white-brick building on East 86th Street just steps from the Q train. Its amenities include an indoor pool, 24-hour doorman service and hardwood floors.“It’s the best of the Upper East Side,” said Seth Glasser, managing director at the brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap.Nevertheless, the 21-story building at Second Avenue has […]
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