New York real estaters met at NYU's Schack Institute on Wednesday morning for a brief breakfast forum on construction ethics. While the mafia wasn't represented—possibly because of the mass arrests last month—their presence could've gone a long way to help filling up the empty... MORE >
On a gray Friday in January, a largely empty church on 121st Street and Broadway was immaculate in the way of a rarely used living room. Even on a slushy winter morning, Corpus Christi's floors gleamed. At noon sharp, in the rectory next door, the Rev. Raymond Rafferty, the church's pastor, leaned forward, checked his watch and told The Observer gently, "Now, I really have to go." He had to prepare for the 12:10 Mass.... MORE >
In the ongoing battle between NYU and its Village neighbors, the community had generally been rolled by the powerful, politically connected university, which has built massive buildings throughout the largely low-rise neighborhood. Well, score one for the little guys, thanks in part to a big... MORE >
Murray Hill, home of frat boys, basement bars and falafel stands, seems ripe for an NYU invasion. The school's medical center just snapped up a condo for $8.95 million at 303 East 33rd Street, close to First Avenue and the NYU Langone Medical... MORE >
We've had fights for midtown's skyline and downtown. Now, let the battle for the Village's... MORE >
My profile in this week's paper of Jeffrey Rabhan, the new chair of New York University's Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, opened with his meeting with Ken Friedman: He asked the restaurateur and former Smiths manager to join his department's board, which, over obscure tequila, Mr. Friedman agreed... MORE >
One weekday afternoon this month, a man walked into the Ace Hotel's Breslin Bar & Dining Room and ordered a Guinness with a Patrón Silver, chilled. They didn't have that. Would a Partida Blanco do? It... MORE >
This edition "Look What the Web Dragged In" is a bit like the Benjamin Button of brief roundups of flaky or interesting stuff on the Internet. We'll begin with hearing from a very old man that the secret of living a very long and fruitful life--long enough to eventually be celebrated for just having made it that far--is apparently telling other people they're overweight, or something like that.... MORE >
Diaspora was supposed to be the anti-Facebook. Back in May, when the public fury against Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg was frothing over in the mainstream media, a group of four idealistic nerds from NYU decided to build an alternative social network, one that gave users total control over their information. Power to the people!... MORE >
Common sense suggests that city commissioners, even those who serve part time, shouldn't be lobbyists in the very industries they regulate. But-here's a surprise-common sense doesn't always prevail in municipal... MORE >
"I had breakfast with the mayor," Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said before beginning his speech this afternoon at NYU's Stern School of Business. "I said, 'How is New York?' He said, 'New York is strong.' I said, 'Why is that?' He said, 'Because we have a great... MORE >
The Post reports that a chemistry department administrator at NYU was arrested this morning for a scheme that netted him $409,000 over five years. His method? Brazenly phony expense reports. John Runowicz dug through the trash at Warehouse Wines off Washington Square Park and submitted customers' discarded receipts as his own, then received... MORE >
The National Endowment for the Humanities has given NYU classics professor Peter Meineck $800,000, Arts Journal's Real Clear Arts blog reports. They're funding his idea to bring (relatively) star-studded productions of ancient Greek plays to libraries across the country: think Gary Sinise reads Sophocles Ajax. Afterwards, they'll be town-hall discussions on "connections between the classics and contemporary America," says writer Judy Dobrzynski, who also interviewed Meine... MORE >
Thirteen college presidents, including NYU's John Sexton, sent a letter to the Labor Department this week discouraging further regulation of unpaid internships: While we share your concerns about the potential for exploitation, our institutions take great pains to ensure students are placed in secure and productive environments that further their education. We constantly monitor and reassess placements based on student... MORE >
A bunch of students from a business frat ("business frat"?) at NYU's Stern business school have started a business magazine: The Alpha Magazine, it's called. NYU Local spoke with co-editor-in-chief Lucy Liu, who is presumably not actually Lucy Liu. Good news: Business leaders of tomorrow are excited about print! And they've got some big... MORE >
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