The other hotel sites Magna Hospitality bought from Chang this year include the 505-513 West 43rd Street for $42 million and 370 Canal Street for $83 million in February; and 60 West 36th Street and 231 East 43rd Street for a combined $40.22 million in March.

Published by The Real Deal on July 25, 2008.

Yesterday, The Observer's Bharat Ayyar reported on MoveOn.org and rapper Nas' protest outside of Fox News headquarters in Manhattan.

Published by The New York Observer on July 24, 2008.

Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef as well as the handful of MTV shows which have had the pleasure of showing Staten Islanders. None have done anything but perpetuate the stereotype.

Published by SI Live on July 24, 2008.

Panelists to be announced. Sponsored by the City Bar’s Asian Affairs and International Human Rights Committees. Free and open to the public. Held at the City Bar, 42 West 44th St., Manhattan. For information contact the NYC Bar Association: www.abcny.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on July 24, 2008.

Earlier this month, a secretary miraculously escaped serious injury when she was struck by two falling bricks from a midtown building being renovated.

Published by New York Daily News on July 24, 2008.

Rapper Nas joined members of MoveOn.org and Color of Change today outside FOX News headquarters to protest what they say is the network’s racist coverage of Barack Obama, black institutions and black people. Color of Change claims about 620,000 people signed petitions against FOX News.

Published by The New York Observer on July 23, 2008.

"Clearly, they found no criminal reason to go forward," Sharpton scoffed at a Midtown press conference.

Published by New York Post on July 23, 2008.

Another lien filed by the state taxman seeks $175,902 from Rev. Al Communications, one of the many business ventures Sharpton has registered to a Chelsea office.

Published by New York Post on July 23, 2008.

Panelists to be announced. Sponsored by the City Bar’s Asian Affairs and International Human Rights Committees. Free and open to the public. Held at the City Bar, 42 West 44th St., Manhattan. For information contact the NYC Bar Association: www.abcny.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on July 23, 2008.

Michael Bloomberg has joined Bill Gates in Times Square this afternoon to announce a $500 million initiative to curb tobacco use in developing countries.

Published by The New York Observer on July 23, 2008.

County Executive Thomas Suozzi placed an orange blazer with a tourism patch over her white dress at the event at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, where 16 tourists were offered an all-expenses-paid tour of Nassau.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 23, 2008.

“When I announced this initiative, I said that I hoped that others would step forward,” said Mr. Bloomberg, referring to his initial $125 million commitment, in a written statement released before the afternoon news conference in Midtown Manhattan. “I’m delighted Bill and Melinda Gates are supporting one of the most important public health efforts of our time.”

Published by New York Times on July 23, 2008.

Different designers were selected by the trust to match the distinctive looks and personalities of the neighborhoods of Clinton, Midtown, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, Tribeca, and Battery Park City through which the park extends.The Hudson River Park Trust hopes to have 80 percent of the park construction completed by the end of 2009.

Published by WNBC on July 23, 2008.

Mr. Rogers, whose works include the planned Tower 3 at the World Trade Center and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, recently withdrew from a nearby project: the now-scuttled Javits Center expansion.

Published by The New York Observer on July 23, 2008.

Hip-hop artist Nas is protesting Fox News's coverage of Barack Obama.

Published by New York Daily News on July 23, 2008.

Different designers were selected by the trust to match the distinctive looks and personalities of the neighborhoods of Clinton, Midtown, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, Tribeca, and Battery Park City through which the park extends.The Hudson River Park Trust hopes to have 80 percent of the park construction completed by the end of 2009.

Published by WNBC on July 23, 2008.

Different designers were selected by the trust to match the distinctive looks and personalities of the neighborhoods of Clinton, Midtown, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, Tribeca, and Battery Park City through which the park extends.The Hudson River Park Trust hopes to have 80 percent of the park construction completed by the end of 2009.

Published by WNBC on July 23, 2008.

Panelists to be announced. Sponsored by the City Bar’s Asian Affairs and International Human Rights Committees. Free and open to the public. Held at the City Bar, 42 West 44th St., Manhattan. For information contact the NYC Bar Association: www.abcny.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on July 22, 2008.

“Our location is superb, across the street from the new Bank of America building, next to Bryant Park,” Mr. Charney said. “It’s a prime location.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

Some rents in some neighborhoods did drop, on average—Chelsea non-doorman one-bedrooms dropped 9 percent from April to July—but the general trend was one of unremitting steadiness: no sharp peaks, and, more importantly, no deep valleys.

Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

In fact, his vision for the city sounded a lot like Mayor Bloomberg’s, and Mr. Weiner made sure to say so in his half-hour remarks to the audience – a collection of business leaders and developers, like Alexander Durst of the Durst Organization, which is building a 54-story green office building across from Bryant Park, and Larry A. Silverstein, who is building three tours at the World Trade Center site.

Published by New York Times on July 22, 2008.

These compelling advertising propositions are where the jobs are. Scores of editors and assistants are fleeing 4 Times Square and the Hearst Tower, draining talent from somewhat less overtly ad-baiting places like Men’s Vogue, Maxim, Lucky, Domino, InStyle, House & Garden.

Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

Suozzi held a news conference at Top of The Rock in Rockefeller Center to introduce nine "ambassadors" who will promote tourism in the county. The biggest name among the ambassador class was Ashanti, the hugely popular singer and native of Glen Cove, who donned an orange blazer with a Nassau County patch over her white dress.

Published by amNY.com on July 22, 2008.

Locally based Giuliani Partners LLC and Berman Enterprises LP have partnered to pursue investment opportunities in the real estate sector through the Berman Enterprises Opportunity Fund.

Published by GlobeSt on July 22, 2008.

"It's ridiculous," James Josie, 35, a laid-off security guard from the Bronx, said Monday as he waited for a subway train in Times Square. "Every year they seem to raise the fares."

Published by New York Daily News on July 22, 2008.

In the 10th Precinct in Chelsea, there have been 62 burglaries so far this year, 10 more than last year, for a 19.2 percent increase.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

FDNY tells Eyewitness News, the unidentified man tumbled two stories from the scaffold outside 1150 6th Ave, near West 44th St.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 21, 2008.

Panelists to be announced. Sponsored by the City Bar’s Asian Affairs and International Human Rights Committees. Free and open to the public. Held at the City Bar, 42 West 44th St., Manhattan. For information contact the NYC Bar Association: www.abcny.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on July 21, 2008.

Don't let the shabby speak-easy type door fool you, HighBar (located on 48th and 8th) is this season's trendy and sophisticated roof top bar brought to you by Greg Brier of D'Or, Amalia and Aspen fame.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 21, 2008.

"Everyone here's been talking about it and everyone's speculating that it was probably an allergic reaction or a heart attack caused by a sting," said Chris Anderson, 25, of midtown.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

"At the time, I thought it was the worst thing that could ever have happened to me," Mr. Smart said at his Midtown training club. "Like I was being punished, or I was cursed."

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

Giuliani was largely absent from his firm, Giuliani Partners, while he was running for the Republican nomination for president.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 20, 2008.

His Giuliani Partners firm is creating a fund that invests in commercial and residential properties despite the sagging market, according to those close to the deal.

Published by New York Post on July 20, 2008.

Marie is a fitness model who says she's spent time alone with A-Rod in her apartment in Chelsea.

Published by New York Post on July 20, 2008.

The fund is Mr. Giuliani’s first formal foray into the real estate world and represents the continuing diversification of his business, Giuliani Partners, a management and consulting company he founded shortly after leaving City Hall in 2002.

Published by New York Times on July 19, 2008.

The following wetland areas will be treated: Chelsea East.

Published by SI Live on July 18, 2008.

For those of you who are heading through New Jersey there's really not much to worry about on the Turnpike, which has no major issues other than the normal volume that you see there. At the Hudson River crossings we're seeing delays of about 5-10 minutes at the Lincoln Tunnel and George Washington Bridge. There's really no wait at the Holland.

Published by SI Live on July 18, 2008.

Panelists to be announced. Sponsored by the City Bar’s Asian Affairs and International Human Rights Committees. Free and open to the public. Held at the City Bar, 42 West 44th St., Manhattan. For information contact the NYC Bar Association: www.abcny.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on July 18, 2008.

Expect some noise and crowds this morning at Bryant Park.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 18, 2008.

Irwin Krueger, who owns five McDonald’s restaurant in the city, including one of the largest in the country in Times Square, says a health department inspector visited his 42nd Street location Friday and was satisfied with the calorie postings. The information went up at midnight.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 18, 2008.

He'd been on the lam as authorities hunted him for dressing as a firefighter and terrorizing a Chelsea woman for 13 hours on Halloween 2005.

Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.

Fans packed a Christie's salesroom in Rockefeller Center to buy most of the items offered, including furniture, musical instruments and a poem Muhammad Ali wrote for him. Paul Shaffer, band leader for the "Late Show with David Letterman," bid $32,500 - more than 100 times the presale estimate - to win the medical bracelet.

Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.

Ingrid Ospina, 27, was walking from her home in midtown to her job at a law firm when she unwittingly walked underneath a scaffold supporting workers doing facade work on 301 W. 45th St.

Published by New York Daily News on July 17, 2008.

Given the throngs in Times Square, perhaps Mayor Mike might want to think about congestion pricing for pedestrians. And just try climbing the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art without stepping over bodies.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Ingred Ospina, 27, had just left her home nearby and was walking to her job at a law office around 8:30 a.m. as the workers were using the bricks to make facade repairs at 301 W. 45th St.

Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.

Thugs stabbed an unarmed off-duty cop outside a Chelsea club yesterday when he asked them to stop hurling insults at his girlfriend and other women.

Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.

Panelists to be announced. Sponsored by the City Bar’s Asian Affairs and International Human Rights Committees. Free and open to the public. Held at the City Bar, 42 West 44th St., Manhattan. For information contact the NYC Bar Association: www.abcny.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on July 17, 2008.

Ingred Ospina, 27, had just left her home nearby and was walking to her job at a law office around 8:30 a.m. as the workers were using the bricks to make facade repairs at 301 W. 45th St.

Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.

"I bought it because it's Gehrig's," Cypres said at the auction at the All-Star FanFest at the Javits Center in Manhattan. "I like the icon. People will still know Gehrig in 20 or 30 years from now."

Published by New York Post on July 16, 2008.

Sources tell WNBC the officer was walking down a street in Chelsea with his girlfriend and three other women when they were approached by a group of males.

Published by WNBC on July 16, 2008.