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FROM THE NEWSROOM | PETER S. GREEN What I learned from Col IN THIS ISSUE 4 AGENDA LONG BEFORE I BECAME assistant managing editor at Crain’s, 5 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT New York Post Editor Col Allan—who just announced his Why are 6 WHO OWNS THE BLOCK New York bagels retirement after 15 years helming New York’s loudest so damn good? 8 tabloid—gave me one of the biggest breaks in my career. I INSTANT EXPERT was back in New York after nearly two decades abroad, a 10 ASKED & ANSWERED former foreign correspondent washed up on the shores of 12 ENTERTAINMENT my hometown. Col took me in and agreed to make me 15 THE LIST deputy business editor. From our first meeting, it was a Money is the FEATURES 18 surreal ride. I was ushered into a long, darkened chamber at porn of New TRUMPIRE STATE the edge of the newsroom. Col sat behind a distant desk “ 20 HEALTH REPUBLIC next to three glowing TVs showing CNN, Fox News and the York, and 60 GOTHAM GIGS Food Channel. The Food Channel? “So I can f—-ing relax.” we’re the Morning news meetings with Col were a bit like being invited to the Colosseum and hoping the lions didn’t sniff pornographers you out. Col might quiz you about why you’d missed a story on a back page of The New York Times, or relentlessly ridicule an editor. Another day, as the Iraq War raged and hedge funds were tottering, Col became obsessed with a Staten Island woman who’d knifed her neighbor and the neighbor’s wayward cat. Col’s question: “Do we have a studio of the kitty?” (A studio was a posed portrait P. 60 photo.) KENNETH SPRINGER Col could always surprise. We learned that the dog he walked every evening was a bichon frise—a diminutive white, fluffy poodle. Another time, he tore into one of 61 SNAPS the editors, a former cop, for wearing a gun and ankle holster to work. 62 FOR THE RECORD Getting the chance to watch Col and the front-page editor bash out the next 63 PHOTO FINISH morning’s cover was an education in all things tabloid: the multiple iterations of headlines and images until the perfect mix was achieved. And other lessons: Tell a CORRECTIONS story in as few words as possible. Get right to the point. Follow the money and the Last fall, VERTICULTURE opened a “vertical farm” on the roof of the former Pfizer pharmaceutical factory in Bushwick. That people. Get in your reader’s face and stay there. Shock and surprise. We toned it fact was misstated and quotes were misattributed to CUNY’s down for the business pages, but that education stayed with me as I moved on to NEVIN COHEN and NYU’s CAROLYN DIMITRI in the April 11 the stuffy precincts of Bloomberg News, editing the free subway tabloid Metro and “Fish that feed plants that grow fish.” here at Crain’s, where we take a slightly longer view of the news. But the greatest lesson I learned from Col came on my first day at the Post. In his first tour of New York, Col was a correspondent for an Australian tabloid and lived not far from where I grew up on the Upper West Side. We talked about New York in the ’70s and ’80s, when hookers and drug addicts filtered into the neighborhood. “Look,” Col said, pointing out of his Rockefeller Center office window, “this town is all about money, and it’s our job to chronicle it. Money is the porn of New York, and we’re the pornographers.” ON THE COVER PHOTO: BUCK ENNIS
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AGENDAWHAT’S NEW APRIL 18, 2016 Many reasons for White House hopefuls to love, and hate, New York
o presidential candidates, New York is like the island in Greek mythology from which the Sirens’ irresistible song lured sailors into fatal shipwrecks. The metropolitan area offers White House contenders the political equivalent of Tmesmerizing music: Delegates. More than almost every other state. COME HITHER: Money. Wealthy conservative, liberal and business donors abound. Cruz, Sanders, Clinton, Kasich, Media. Oh, yeah. Big time. Trump (clockwise With the Democratic and Republican nominations up for grabs, could from top left) the candidates refrain from attempting to navigate our perilous waters? Fuhgeddaboudit. Daily News editorial board without even preparing for gotcha questions Donald Trump did adopt Odysseus’ strategy of having his crew tie like “How do you take the subway?” (No, Senator, we haven’t used him to the ship’s mast, focusing on white, working-class suburbs where tokens in more than 20 years.) Sanders had little to gain from seeking the his base resides. But that did not immunize him, as The New York Times paper’s support, as the only thing more inevitable than the News slammed the GOP front-runner for visiting the town where an anti- backing Clinton was the New York Observer endorsing Trump, whose Latino hate crime occurred way back in daughter Ivanka is married to its publisher. 2008. Trump has hurled insults at The opportunities here are hard for Sanders did get good press by returning to Mexicans, but for the newspaper to deem his Brooklyn roots, although political wonks Patchogue permanently toxic was unfair. candidates to resist. For the media said he might have spent more time wooing Democrat Hillary Clinton got dinged for too, as all the contenders found the few Democratic voters upstate, whose taking part in a comedy skit in which importance is enhanced by the primary’s Mayor Bill de Blasio made an insensitive arcane delegate system. But Sanders’ joke. Normally it would have made nary a ripple, but nothing is normal strength has been his message, not his math. in New York when the presidential circus tempts journalists with a Similarly attracted by the Big Apple’s massive media market, Sen. Ted national spotlight. So the serious issues facing the nation were shunted Cruz rode in an SUV to the Bronx for a photo op under an elevated sub- aside as the media turned a mundane attempt at humor into a racist way line, where he and his wife posed like clueless tourists. The awk- gaffe. Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio got off with only modest ward scene prompted crusty PR maven George Arzt to tell the Los Angeles ridicule when he used utensils to eat New York pizza. Times, “If I was his advance man, I would have shot myself.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, walked into the buzz saw of the Don’t do it, George. The fun is not over yet. — THE EDITORS
FINE PRINT Federal regulators want big banks to get smaller. That was the message last week when Citigroup’s “living will” was rated best for coping with bankruptcy. Once the symbol of banking gone amok, Citi has shrunk its asset size by more than 25% since the financial crisis.
BY GERALD SCHIFMAN STATS 25 WORDS OR LESS HILLARY’S MONEY MACHINE SEN. BERNIE SANDERS’ monthly fundraising has caught up to Hillary Clinton’s nationally, but she remains dominant in New York City donations. “There is nothing Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. John Kasich and Donald Trump are well off their pace. CITY AND THE scientific about CUMULATIVE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS BY NYC RESIDENTS $16M propagating a Clinton Sanders Cruz Kasich Trump species for the $14M express purpose $12M of killing it. This $10M is sick” $8M — Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, $6M D-Manhattan, on a state agency’s $4M plan to increase the bear population $2M to allow for more hunting $0 3/15 4/15 5/15 6/15 7/15 8/15 9/15 10/15 11/15 12/15 1/15 2/15
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AGENDA ICYMI CRAINS EDITOR IN CHIEF Rance Crain publisher, vp Jill R. Kaplan assistant to the publisher Bracing for fight over plan Alexis Sinclair, 212.210.0701 EDITORIAL editor Jeremy Smerd to turn around hospitals assistant managing editors Erik Engquist, Peter S. Green, Jeanhee Kim web editor Amanda Fung N EFFORT TO DEPOLITICIZE a turnaround plan for copy desk chief Steve Noveck art director Carolyn McClain the city’s public hospital system has already photographer Buck Ennis become decidedly political. senior reporters Joe Anuta, Aaron Elstein, A Matthew Flamm, Daniel Geiger Labor and elected leaders rallied last week to reporters Rosa Goldensohn, Jonathan LaMantia, Caroline Lewis, protest job cuts and facility closures that have not Addie Morfoot yet been—and may not be—recommended by con- data reporter Gerald Schifman web producer Peter D’Amato sultants who are working on a blueprint to revive columnist Greg David contributing editors Tom Acitelli, New York City Health + Hospitals. Mayor Bill de Theresa Agovino, Barbara Benson, Erik Ipsen, Judith Messina, Blasio enlisted health-care consulting firm Manatt Cara S. Trager Health to address the safety-net system’s projected ADVERTISING www.crainsnewyork.com/advertise $669 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year ending June 30. advertising director Irene Bar-Am [email protected] or Unions and community health advocates made clear at City Hall April 14 that Manatt better cross off 212.210.0133 senior account managers its list a number of cost-cutting strategies if it wants to avoid a fight. Zita Doktor, Jill Bottomley Kunkes, Rob Pierce, “We do not need an outside consulting firm to issue a report that cuts, closes, consolidates, region- Stuart Smilowitz account managers Jake Musiker alizes, outsources or privatizes services,” said Dr. Frank Proscia, president of Doctors Council SEIU, one of senior marketing coordinator LeAnn Richardson several public-sector unions that appeared alongside Public Advocate Letitia James (pictured) and sales/events coordinator Ashlee Schuppius Gale Brewer 212.210.0282 Manhattan Borough President . [email protected] Manatt met with unions in late March to hear their concerns, but the firm was tight-lipped about ONLINE general manager Rosemary Maggiore the direction its report would take. 212.210.0237 [email protected] “They might not present a disastrous plan, but we’re definitely not going to wait for that report to come CUSTOM CONTENT out,” said Anthony Feliciano, director of the Commission on the Public’s Health System, an advocacy group. director of custom content Patty Oppenheimer 212.210.0711 NYC Health + Hospitals plans to generate more revenue by the end of the decade in part by growing [email protected] membership in its MetroPlus health plan to 1 million members, which would help offset declining fed- EVENTS www.crainsnewyork.com/events eral funding for treating the uninsured. – JONATHAN LAMANTIA director of conferences & events Courtney Williams, 212.210.0257 [email protected] manager of conferences & events Adrienne Yee Silver affairs DATA POINT sport. Ultimate Fighting Champ- AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Sheldon Silver abused his position ionship, which lobbied for the law director of audience & content BUCKING A NATIONAL DOWNTURN, partnership development as Assembly speaker to give prefer- for years and is a major MMA pro- Michael O’Connor, 212.210.0738 ential treatment to two women he VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING IN NEW moter, said it will hold its first New [email protected] had extramarital affairs with, York show at Madison Square CRAIN’S 5BOROS YORK ROSE 75% TO $2.6 BILLION IN www.5boros.com unsealed court documents revealed. Garden on Nov. 12. THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016 FROM Irene Bar-Am, 212.210.0133 Last year, Silver was convicted in a [email protected] $5 million corruption case. (See THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, On-call scheduling targeted SPECIAL PROJECTS page 9.) 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AGENDA WHO OWNS THE BLOCK REAL ESTATE
30 PARK PLACE Downtown’s tallest residential tower completes Trade Center–area changes Four Seasons at 30 Park Place is set to open this summer, marking the end of a decade-long development spurt
BY TOM ACITELLI
n late summer, the 175-room Four Seasons Hotel at the newly built 30 Park Place is scheduled to open to guests. The 926-foot-tall, 82- Istory tower, which has 157 53 PARK PLACE condos starting on the 40th An LLC controlled by Brooklyn-based Clipper floor, will be the tallest resi- Equity paid an LLC tied to the Sapir dential tower in downtown Organization $65.69 million for the 12-story, Manhattan, besting current 120-unit apartment building, and an addi- tional $46.24 million for the land under it, in record holder 70 Pine St. by 76 late December 2014. 110 CHURCH STREET feet (though 70 Pine’s tip The Clipper LLC paid $262.78 million stretches to 952 feet, well for the 21-story, 389-unit apartment beyond its 850-foot roof). building and $184.95 million for the ground beneath it in late December The tower caps a post-9/11 era of change for 2014, from an LLC controlled by the the blocks around the World Trade Center. The Sapir Organization. Sapir had bought developer of 30 Park, Silverstein Properties, the ground lease a month earlier from World-Wide Holdings of Manhattan, owned the lease on the former Twin Towers and which had converted 110 Church and surrounding buildings. Silverstein has already its neighbor, 120 Church, into apart- rebuilt 4 and 7 World Trade Center and is build- ments in 2001. Sapir paid $231 mil- lion total for the ground leases at 110 ing towers at 2 and 3 World Trade Church and the adjoining parcel at 53 Center. 100 CHURCH STREET Park Place. Silverstein acquired the site for 30 SL Green, the city’s largest office landlord, owns the 21- Park Place in 2006. Two years later, at a story, 1.079 million-square-foot office building. It took breakfast event at Cipriani’s in lower over management and leasing of 100 Church in August 2009, when its then-owner, the Sapir Organization, Manhattan, Chairman Larry Silverstein defaulted on a senior mezzanine loan. A few months unveiled plans for what would have later, SL Green and Gramercy Capital took the building been the city’s tallest residential build- for just $10,000 at auction. By January 2010, SL Green had full control of the building, with Gramercy transfer- ing. But the Great Recession made ring its stake in the building for an undisclosed sum. (In financing difficult—and any luxury- December 2010, SL Green bought control of Gramercy 30 PARK PLACE condo sales less assured. for $390.8 million.) In June 2012, SL Green borrowed $230 million from Wells Fargo after upgrading the In early 2013, Silverstein finally landed In late December 2006, ratings com- building in 2010 and 2011. The building was 58% pany Moody’s sold its 11-story, $660 million in financing from Children’s vacant when SL Green acquired it. By June 2012, the 441,000-square-foot corporate Investment Fund Management LLP, and month of the Wells Fargo loan, 100 Church was nearly headquarters, then known as 99 construction started soon after. Robert 90% leased. Church St., to an LLC controlled by Silverstein Properties for $170.05 A.M. Stern, dean of the Yale School of million. The California State Teachers Architecture, designed the limestone tower, and Retirement System was Silverstein’s the Four Seasons brand will provide services to financing partner. Moody’s leased back the building until it moved into hotel guests and condo owners. Silverstein’s 7 World Trade Center in Ten units are listed on the tower’s web- spring 2007. site, with prices ranging from $3.645 million for a 1,108-square-foot one-bedroom to 10 BARCLAY STREET $32.5 million for a 6,127-square-foot, five- This 59-story, 396-unit residential tower owned by bedroom penthouse. Ⅲ Glenwood Management was completed in 2006 on a site acquired from Saudi billionaire Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al- Sulaiman in August 2000. At the time it held a rectory for the adjacent Church of Saint Peter, a parking lot and a five-story commercial building. While the sale price was never disclosed, Glenwood took a $16.92 million mort- gage on the property the same month as the sale and bought air rights from Saint Peter’s for $7.85 million in June 2004. Glenwood set aside 5% of the units for those making “moderate incomes,” letting it finance the proj- ect with $135 million in tax-exempt Liberty Bonds, which were designed to help rejuvenate downtown Manhattan post-September 11. W.AINCNT JOE WOOLHEAD WWW.OASISNYC.NET,
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AGENDA INSTANT EXPERT FOOD BY BRENDAN O’CONNOR Why you can’t find a decent bagel outside New York City [in 5 steps]
THE ISSUE For generations, THE PLAYERS New Yorkers 1 traveling beyond There is no official count of all the bagel shops operating in New the five boroughs York City, but YellowPages.com lists 472, so it’s safe to say the have been hard- 2 answer is “a lot.” And though most have their own quirks when it comes pressed to find a to mixing, making and handling dough, they generally follow the same basic bagel that even method. High-gluten flour is combined with salt, water and yeast, then remotely resembles kneaded to form the dough. Shaped into rings, the dough is “proofed” the Big Apple in coolers for anywhere from a few hours to a few days. That allows the original. Despite a yeast to ferment slowly, pervasive belief that the secret lies in Gotham’s water—most of causing the dough to rise which arrives unfiltered from reservoirs in the Catskills— while releasing a host of scientists and food geeks tend to agree that the chemical makeup flavor combinations. The of New York City tap water has little effect on the end product. The dough is then kettle- secret, they say, is not in the sauce—which, thanks to very low boiled—in NYC’s finest, concentrations of calcium and magnesium, is among the softest of course—to lock in water in the country—but in the century-old methods used by moisture and create the the city’s best bagel bakeries. “I’m not a chemist; I’m just a signature shiny crust bagel maker,” said Louis Thompson, owner of Terrace Bagels in prior to baking. Rushing Brooklyn, who also owns a shop across the Hudson. “My bagel through or skipping any comes out just as good in New Jersey as it does in New York.” of these steps results in mushy, unsatisfying bagels derisively termed “rolls with holes.”
SOME BACKSTORY I moved to New Bagels hail from Poland— Jersey and YEAH,BUT... the first known reference “ 4 comes from Kraków in couldn’t find a If the method is so simple—and the water is 1610—and were brought to New decent bagel. I irrelevant—why can’t they seem to get it right in York by Jewish immigrants at the start 3 Raleigh or Rochester? “I moved to New Jersey of the 20th century. To combat don’t know if a few years ago and couldn’t find a decent bagel,” challenging working conditions in that’s the water Thompson said. “I don’t know if that’s the water or the dozens of Lower East Side the people who make them.” To fill the void, he bakeries, Bagel Bakers Local 338 or the people opened his Jersey location. Thompson isn’t the only one was formed in the early 1900s. who make them. trying to replicate New York bagels elsewhere. Steve By 1960, the local’s 350 Fassberg, a native of Flatbush, opened the Original members were churning out Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Delray Beach, Fla., in 250,000 bagels a day. 2009. His 14-stage, glass-encased water filtration Automation and increased and treatment system transforms the local water into competition—notably from an exact chemical replica of the New York City variety. Lender’s Bagels in New Haven, “By the time it gets past our systems,” said a Conn., which in 1962 started spokesman, “it’s Brooklyn water.” mass-producing frozen bagels for sale in supermarkets—led to the demise of Local 338, which was folded into a broader bakers’ union in the early 1970s. But its legacy lives on. “The man who WHAT’S NEXT taught me how to make bagels back in 1981 was a member of Whether it’s the water or the workmanship, New York City bagels are the Bagel Bakers Local,” still widely considered the best in the world. And entrepreneurs like Thompson said. 5 Fassberg are determined to cash in on that reputation. Since launching in Delray Beach, the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. now has 24 shops in six states, and Fassberg plans to open hundreds more across the U.S. and overseas. But purists—especially those familiar with the New York original—are likely to remain skeptical. “One of their shops opened about a mile from mine in Freehold [N.J.],” Thompson said. “It lasted about six months.” BUCK ENNIS, NEWSCOM
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AGENDA POLITICS
Allegation of Silver affairs no surprise to Albany insiders
Rumors of relationship with former aide were not new BY ROSA GOLDENSOHN
SHELDON ast week, five and other public officials, ruption convictions of But this is New York. included no new ethics SILVER months after and it’s contributed to a two of the state’s most Months after juries law in the budget agree- Assembly lack of transparency as to powerful elected leaders deemed Silver and then- ment reached at the end reform his top priority for Speaker how our government might have already Senate Majority Leader of last month. the rest of the legislative LSheldon Silver was con- operates,” Dadey said. prompted swift govern- Dean Skelos to be felons, Gov. Andrew Cuomo session, which ends in victed on corruption In some places, cor- mental ethics reform. the state legislature has since deemed ethics late June. Ⅲ charges and removed from office, federal prosecutors filed court documents alleging that he had had two extramarital affairs: one George Chatzopoulos with a lobbyist, another OWNER with a woman whom CHIP’S FAMILY RESTAURANT he helped to get a gov- ernment job. Prosecutors found a recording of Silver and his lobbyist lover, whom the Daily News identified as his former aide Patricia Lynch, discussing their rela- tionship along with business she had before the state. The court filings assert that Silver’s other girlfriend, with his rec- ommendation, got a post at a government bureau whose board is appointed by the Serving up Assembly, court re- cords show. The news sent hospitality. reporters atwitter but came as little surprise to former lawmakers and Albany insiders. Rumors of Silver’s affairs had swirled for years, according to Dick Understanding Dadey of Citizens Union, a good-govern- ment group. Dadey what’s important. long ago had heard of the alleged relationship between Silver and Lynch. “Everybody did,” Dadey said. “It just was At Chip’s Family Restaurant, they know that offering excellent food and treating customers warmly is the recipe for success. never publicly re- And owner George Chatzopoulos appreciates the same level of friendly service from M&T Bank. We helped him grow and vealed.” even financed his food truck – enabling him to take his tasty treats on the road. Our eagerness to help businesses like Chip’s The court papers, is why M&T is a leading SBA lender1 in the country and why we’ve been recognized by Greenwich Associates for excellence filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s office in small business banking.2 To learn how M&T can help your business, visit mtb.com/businessbanking. and unsealed Friday by a judge, redacted the women’s names. Despite having heard of the affairs, lawmakers and lobby- ists were not motivated to blow the whistle on LENDING SOLUTIONS | MERCHANT SERVICES | TREASURY MANAGEMENT | DEPOSITORY SERVICES Silver. “Through the years, Equal Housing Lender. 1According to statistics released by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for total approved loans through the SBA’s 7(a) lending program during the federal fiscal year ending 9/30/2015. a culture of secrecy has 2Based on the 2015 Greenwich Excellence Awards in Small Business Banking. been developed that ©2016 M&T Bank. Member FDIC.
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AGENDA ASKED & ANSWERED MEDIA INTERVIEW BY MATTHEW FLAMM
JOHN AMATO The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group
ohn Amato dropped out of college in his senior year to There’s probably no start a billboard company that would go on to control taxi- place more important top advertising inventory for half the yellow cabs in New “ York.That brought him here from Los Angeles in 2007. for an artist to play JFour years later, he bought Backstage magazine with than Madison Square funding from Prometheus Global Media, which was later Garden, and no place absorbed into Guggenheim Digital Media. In 2013, he led the more valuable than sale of Backstage and became president of the Guggenheim- New York City to break owned music-trade publication Billboard.Amato is now co- president of The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a single. which was spun off from Guggenheim in December.
How did you go from taxi-top advertising to Backstage magazine? We ended up owning 20% of the screens in the back of taxis. We used Backstage to procure actors for shows on those screens. You’d put out a casting call and 200 people would show up. I was amazed—it was a newspaper with a limited digital presence. We built a true digital job board, and the business grew tremendously. What made you want to work at Billboard? DOSSIER At the time I started, Janice Min had been [editor in chief] at The Hollywood Reporter for a few years and had done the most WHO HE IS Co- president, The amazing job repositioning the brand [for a broader audience]. We Hollywood Reporter- looked at Billboard as having a similar opportunity. Billboard Media Group What’s left of New York City’s role in the music industry? AGE 35 There’s probably no place more important for an artist to play than BORN Los Angeles Madison Square Garden, and no place more valuable than New EDUCATION Loyola York City to break a single. The radio stations in New York are some Marymount, economics major of the most powerful in the country. But it’s a business that’s very COLLEGE DROPOUT He mature and that has [decentralized] in the last decade and a half. wanted to be in business from a young age—the way some You’ve said that the magazines give you entrée into other businesses. How? people want to be a baseball Justin Bieber has had the most meteoric comeback of any artist in player when they’re growing the past decade, and one of the first things he did was play our up: “I just thought business was cool.” music festival at Jones Beach. We launched our Chinese-language Hollywood Reporter site with Tencent, which has the No. 1 or 2 WHY BILLBOARDS? As an [web portal] in China. Expanding our content is something we’re economics major, he was trained to look at businesses proud of; it’s also something we make money on. from the point of view of their profit margins. The billboard In December, when Guggenheim spun off its media holdings, The Wrap business had good ones. wrote that it was because The Hollywood Reporter was losing millions of LEARNING CURVE Amato dollars a year. got an education in the We are a private company and don’t comment on financials. entertainment business from However, I will say that [those] numbers are wrong. I would also running Backstage for two and a say that the businesses have grown in the high double digits half years and building its digital over the past four years. job boards. He learned about the music world from running With music-industry revenue stagnant, how is Billboard growing? SonicBids. He bought the online Billboard’s growth has mainly come from new initiatives like the marketplace for musicians in 2013 and made it part Women in Music show we launched last year on Lifetime and our of Backstage. Hot 100 Music Festival. That said, the music business itself has BUCK ENNIS been rebounding. We sell advertising across everything— events, videos, magazines.
Billboard.com reaches 15 million unique visitors monthly. The weekly magazine has a circulation of just 17,000. Why keep it? [Both magazines] go to the people shaping popular culture, and that’s immensely powerful. We know Jay Z and Jeffrey Katzenberg are readers. There’s a picture that Rupert Murdoch tweeted of himself reading the physical Hollywood Reporter. So we know we’re reaching them. Ⅲ
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KNOCK-ON EFFECT: Some providers worry that Gov. Cuomo sets aside state funds to help Andrew Cuomo’s minimum-wage health employers meet wage hikes hike may make it harder to retain higher-skilled But some providers worry their labor costs will rise further BY CAROLINE LEWIS workers.
ov. Andrew of their funding from Allison Sesso, executive minimum wage. Cuomo has state and federal pay- director of the Human The challenge now contained ments operate on nar- Services Council of New for providers is to New York’s rower margins. York, which campaigned ensure they can afford Gballooning Medicaid “We think raising the for “15 and Funding” in to raise wages for costs over the past five minimum wage was the the months leading up to higher-skilled workers, years by capping right thing to do,” said the passage of the new as well, she said. Ⅲ spending and ensuring that new funding in one area triggers reductions somewhere else. Until now. To advance his goal of increasing the mini- mum wage to $15 an hour, the governor has agreed to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to cover the expense of paying workers the new wage. In the first two years, the state will boost Medicaid payments to health-care employers by up to $262 million plus additional federal subsidies. The bulk of the funding will go to home-care agencies, whose workers assist the elderly and dis- abled in their homes for about the same pay they would make serv- ing fast food. In New York City, wages for home health aides will leap from about $10 per hour to $15 per hour over the next five years. The first bump, to $11 per hour, will go into effect December 31, with another increase to $13 scheduled for the fol- lowing year. In most other regions of the state, wage increases will be less dramatic. Employers are pleased that the administration will fund the wage man- date, but worry their costs will still rise. Now that the wage floor has gone up, they’ll have to boost wages for higher- skilled workers cur- rently making $15 an hour or more. Hospitals will likely be able to absorb the costs, but community- based health-care
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Hamilton star protests cast being cut out of royalties A fight is brewing as actors object to producers’ new development arrangements BY PHILIP BOROFF ROYALTIES WANTED: Leslie amilton star Leslie Odom Chelsea gym for what became A Chorus Odom, Jr. as Aaron Burr. He Jr. has taken to social Line and later arranged for royalties for wants the cast to media to advocate for the those dancers and actors. When he get a share of cast of the sold-out, high- wanted to use the same method for his the profits. Hly profitable musical to get royalties for next musical, Ballroom, Actors’ Equity helping to shape the blockbuster. He Association pressed Bennett’s pro- pointed to performers in The Book of duction company to formalize terms. Mormon, who, according to a Crain’s “That contract became the officially investigation, have collected about $3 approved Actors’ Equity Agreement million in royalties for their role in thereafter,” said Bennett’s lawyer, developing that Broadway smash. John Breglio. “It was the document all The estimate is based on an analysis producers were required to sign if they of five years of financial results for the wanted to conduct a workshop.” entitled to royalties if the show is pro- ship of Actors’ Equity.” musical comedy about Mormon mis- In exchange for paying actors a duced, or to buyouts if they’re Maria Somma, an Actors’ Equity sionaries in Uganda. The financials reduced fee and getting access to their replaced. spokeswoman, said she couldn’t make were obtained from the office of New ideas from the rehearsal room, the anyone available at the union, which York Attorney General Eric producers give the actors a share in the Performers’ outcry called a meeting for April 18 for mem- Schneiderman. (It includes only the show’s potential success. The per- Michael Cassara, a casting director, bers who’ve been in a lab in the last Broadway production, as data from the formers earn a minimum salary of $631 said in an interview that the first two years, according to Facebook London production and two national per five-day week and $757 per six- developmental lab he was aware of posts. Cassara pointed out that lab tours weren’t made available.) Chris day week, according to the actors’ was in 2010 for a musical called Fat contracts offer better salaries than Boneau, a Mormon spokesman, union website. As a group, they usual- Camp, previously presented at the New workshops, and royalties are negligi- declined to comment. One Mormon ly share in about 1.5% of weekly oper- York Musical Festival. The producers ble if a show flops, or moot if it isn’t actor, who spoke on condition of ating profit, as well as part of sub- included Carl Levin, the business produced. Producer Ken Davenport anonymity, has said he’s been paid sidiary rights income, such as stock or manager of the Tony Awards, and said on his blog that producers “would $20,000 to $40,000 a year in royalties. amateur rights or a movie sale. The Dodger Theatricals (Jersey Boys). Levin rather spend a little more upfront” and The discrepancy—millions in royal- contract also requires producers to and Michael David, president of the not have obligations going forward. ties for actors in one hit, zero for actors offer workshop actors the same roles in Dodgers, didn’t return calls. (Late last Royalties aren’t the issue, he said. in the other—stems from a new the first production, or buy them out year, the Vineyard Theatre staged a “Giving the art a chance to breathe arrangement that producers have for four weeks of the minimum union version of Fat Camp, called Gigantic.) without weighing down the show’s offered actors participating in the early salary, currently $1,917 a week. Frozen, Freaky Friday, Bull Durham, development expenses is.” development of a show. Mormon actors earned their enviable Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and An anonymous Twitter account, annuity by appearing in two work- Monsoon Wedding are among the musi- @Stand4HamInfo, is advocating for Singular sensation sets precedent shops in 2010: one from mid-January cals in the works that have issued cast- royalties for the Hamilton cast. Odom, The traditional arrangement, under to mid-February, the other in August. ing notices for developmental labs. who plays Aaron Burr to great acclaim, which The Book of Mormon was pro- Around that time, the new “develop- “There is actor outcry about the fact has retweeted such posts as, “Their duced, was created by director and mental lab” began proliferating. In this that the lab exists and has superseded fingerprints are on the work there for- choreographer Michael Bennett in agreement, the producers pay $1,000 a workshops,” Cassara said. “I believe ever. Forever.” Sam Rudy, a Hamilton 1974. He interviewed dancers in a week, but the performers are not it’s an internal matter for the member- spokesman, declined to comment. Ⅲ
Bill Ackman Bets on Tribeca Film Festival The activist investor takes his fight with Herbalife from Wall Street to the silver screen BY ADDIE MORFOOT
ctivist hedge fund investor tims,” Ackman said. “The more sunlight investment in a Bill Ackman is not done spar- on the problem, the more likely the short film about A BILLION IN THE ring with Herbalife. His latest government will do the right thing.” alleged Herbalife BALANCE: Bill effort to bring down the Herbalife is currently under inves- victims—did not Ackman has a Anutritional supplement company, on tigation by the Federal Trade have any role in short position on Herbalife. which he is betting $1 billion, debuted Commission for its business practices. financing the doc- last week at the Tribeca Film Festival. Ackman said even though he had umentary. Still, Ackman, CEO and portfolio man- not seen director Ted Braun’s previous the director would ager of Pershing Square Capital work, Darfur Now, he agreed to appear not reveal the film’s private funders. the way I conceived of making the Management, stars in Betting on Zero, a in the film. “I would not have made the film if film,” Braun said. “But I think that all documentary that examines his cru- “He’s a credible guy and I was con- either Bill Ackman or Herbalife pro- of the people portrayed in the film— sade to expose Herbalife as the largest fident that if someone took this story vided funding in any way,” Braun said. Bill as well as Herbalife—will feel as illegal pyramid scheme in history, and seriously and they looked at the facts,” Herbalife Chief Executive Officer though they were fairly represented.”
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL one that targets the Latino community. Ackman said before pausing and then Michael Johnson did not participate in In a statement, Herbalife told Ackman spoke to Crain’s on the red adding: “All I want [is] for those facts the film. Instead, Braun relied on Bloomberg that Ackman had hijacked carpet before a screening of the film. to come out.” media clips and original footage in an the movie and “turned it into an “I wanted the story to be less about Braun was adamant that Ackman— attempt to balance out the argument. infomercial.” As of April 15, no one at Ⅲ GETTY IMAGES, Wall Street and more about the vic- despite Pershing Square’s previous “[Using clips] was different than Herbalife had seen the film.
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Possible election outcomes for Wall Street: Bad and worse The viable candidates all promise to make life tougher for the city’s financial sector
BERNIE SANDERS How far the Republicans have practicing crony capitalism (even bailouts if necessary. His middle-of- must be giving come since 2012, when their candi- though his wife works there). Worse, the-road campaign suggests a do- heartburn to the date was a private-equity dealmaker! Cruz wants to put the United States no-harm approach to the industry. people who work It is true that both Donald Trump back on the gold standard, which ● Hillary Clinton doesn’t mean it. This is on Wall Street. The and Ted Cruz have called for would end the ability of the Federal the theory that she has moved to insurgent candi- changes in the financial-reform law Reserve Board to use monetary policy the left to deal with the Sanders date’s speeches and Dodd-Frank, which is what the to spur or restrain the economy. challenge and will head back to the ad blitz make it financial industry wants. Cruz has Virtually no one on Wall Street wants center after she wins the nomina- GREG DAVID clear that, if elected even introduced legislation to put an impotent Fed. Trump has been tion and election. president, he would the Consumer Financial Protection critical of the Fed as well. Betting on Kasich, the longest of try to break up the big banks, raise Bureau out of business, something Back in November, Greg Valliere the long shots, is the ultimate Hail their taxes and generally make their most of the industry longs for. of Horizon Investments told his Mary. The idea that Clinton, the lives much more difficult. But the good news for Wall Street clients, “A nasty—and ignorant— most mistrusted nominee ever Hillary Clinton isn’t much of an ends there. anti-Wall Street climate prevails in except for Trump, can walk back her alternative for the city’s finance Donald Trump has made no secret both parties and it’s something our Wall Street rhetoric is naive. It industry. She says she will be as of his disdain for the people who work industry needs to worry about.” would cost her the general election tough on Wall Street as Sanders, just in finance, especially those at hedge Nothing has changed since. or ruin her administration before it more realistic about how to go after funds and private-equity firms. He This leaves Wall Street hoping for gained any momentum. the titans. promises to end their special carried- one of two outcomes. The bottom line: Wall Street is in for And although it hasn’t gotten interest tax break. ● John Kasich wins the nomination. The (more) trouble. much attention lately, the two Ted Cruz has said he would never Ohio governor actually worked on leading Republican candidates bail out a failing bank, and has Wall Street, at Lehman Brothers of all GREG DAVID blogs regularly at don’t offer much solace, either. assailed firms like Goldman Sachs as places, and has said he would do CrainsNewYork.com.
Once a kingmaker, New York returns to political relevance
Presidential primary breaks a 40-year dry spell BY JOSHUA SPIVAK
s the Empire State gets was the lynchpin of presidential ready for its moment in elections. Its leaders served as criti- the primary spotlight, cal kingmakers on both sides of the New Yorkers have a lot to aisle. The result was that New Abe happy about on the presidential Yorkers were well represented on level. Not only is their primary rele- the presidential tickets. vant and important for the first time From 1868, with Horatio in a generation, but three of the Seymour, through Thomas Dewey’s NEW YORKERS were on leading candidates have deep New famously failed run in 1948, New all but two presidential York ties. After more than half a Yorkers were on the ballot as either ballots from 1868 century in the political wilderness, presidential or vice presidential through Dewey’s famous defeat in 1948, New York looks like it is finally picks in all but two elections (1908 but none since. ready to be back in the spotlight. and 1924). New Yorkers were some- The Republican front-runner, times the only choice—in 1904 and Queens-born Donald Trump, is 1944, both the Democrats and president since 1948 are now the imagination a prime location for fun uniquely identified with his home Republicans put up New Yorkers as top two in terms of population: and enjoyable living. Even we natural- state. Trump’s entire career, as a their presidential candidates. California and Texas. born hayseeds in Brooklyn have seen real estate mogul, reality-TV star New York’s days as a presidential But now New York is back. It’s the borough transformed into a hot and “tell-it-like-it-is” candidate, incubator came to an abrupt end even seeing surprising success on spot, and Sen. Bernie Sanders’ accent is based on his New York connec- once Dewey did not, in fact, defeat the congressional level, as Charles and behavior are no longer seen as an tions and New York personality. On Truman. Since 1948, New York has Schumer is to become the first-ever ethnic or urban oddity. Instead, the Democratic side, both candi- not had a single presidential nomi- party leader in the Senate to come Brooklyn might as well be any cool dates have strong New York roots. nee. It has seen three vice presiden- from New York. city. Bernie Sanders is Vermont’s senior tial candidates make the ticket, but What explains New York’s back- The road back to political rele- senator, but he was born and bred all three lost, two of them in the to-glory campaign? For one, the state vance has been as bumpy and in Brooklyn. And Hillary Clinton biggest blowouts in history. The is accustomed to producing and han- unpleasant as a trip on the Cross- may have been born in Illinois and state did manage to get one of its dling outsize, TV-ready personalities— Bronx Expressway. But on April 19, lived in Arkansas and the White own appointed vice president, but such as Trump and even Clinton, who New Yorkers can finally celebrate a House, but her political ascent Nelson Rockefeller then had the ranks among the most famous people rare high point in their political started in New York State, where ignominious distinction of being globally. New York City was always a travels. The Empire State will be she was twice elected junior dropped from the ballot when it staging ground for movies and TV back on top. senator. was election time. shows, though it has moved from the This is really a long-awaited New York’s fall seemed to track setting of Death Wish and The Warriors Joshua Spivak is a senior fellow at the return to form for the state. Back in closely with its drop in population, to that of the 1990s successes Seinfeld Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government the days when it was the largest from first to fourth. The two states and Friends. Reform at Wagner College. He blogs at
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the bill to reduce the number small fee. To help accomplish Why our small business supports of plastic and paper bags that this, we are subsidizing the are wasted is an easy decision. price of our reusable bags to a 5-cent charge on plastic bags First and make a comfort- foremost, the able transition A fee protects the environment without hurting customers BY CHRISTINE SAHADI WHELAN new charge from plastic for won’t affect our customers. n the last few days, my our part in encouraging our and Richard, along with our bottom Every spring family and I have heard customers to start bringing Charlie’s wife, Audrey, even- line. Studies when the snow a lot of opinions about their own reusable bags. tually joined the family busi- have shown melts and the the City Council’s pro- At Sahadi’s, we know ness. Our specialty food busi- that shopping birds start chirp- Iposed 5-cent charge on dis- about making decisions that ness is still flourishing and is habits are not ing and the flow- posable bags at all grocery and last through the generations. now run by the next genera- affected by ers bloom, we retail stores. As proprietors of We’re a family business tion: Christine Sahadi Whelan bag-fee legis- look around and a family business, we under- through and through. and Ron Sahadi. lation. Also, unlike a lot of see dozens of plastic bags stuck stand that many people have Ibrahim Sahadi opened the As much as our business is other regulations that small in tree branches or drifting strong feelings about paying store in 1895 in Brooklyn. A about providing good food, businesses like ours must through the streets. It’ll be for plastic bags that they are few decades later his nephew it’s also about family and comply with, this bill won’t nice to tell our grandkids that used to receiving for free. Wade came to America from looking out for one another. place an undue burden on our family business has done But after careful consider- Lebanon and together they The decisions we make today retailers. We don’t need to its part to cut back on ation, we realized that sup- cultivated the store to serve about the environment are create an extra record-keeping the problem. Ⅲ porting this bill is the right the growing Syrian and the ones that future genera- system or to file reports every thing to do for our children, Lebanese communities. Later tions will have to live with. quarter. In fact, there is no Christine Sahadi Whelan is a grandchildren and all future they relocated to our current When we think about the paperwork at all. We just need proprietor of Sahadi’s, a family generations. With their future spot on Atlantic Avenue. planet and the city we want to ask our customers to bring business in Brooklyn for more in mind, we’ll be proud to do Wade’s sons Charlie, Bob to leave for them, supporting reusable bags to avoid the than 120 years. Money for nothin’ Port Authority should not pay for empty space Re: “Port Authority pays for old Condé Nast office to sit empty” (April 11): I was glad to see Crain’s account of the Port Authority holding the bag for 800,000 square feet at the Durst Organization’s 4 Times Square tower. But I reject the premise that it was necessary to shortchange the public in order to get the anchor tenant into One World Trade Center. The real win-win wasn’t Condé Nast and the Port Authority—it was Durst and Durst. First, Durst won when the Port Authority awarded it 10% of One World Trade Center for 5% of its construction cost, underwritten by the region’s commuters. The Condé Nast negotiations were well underway when Durst was awarded the equity stake. Durst won again when the move freed up over 800,000 square feet that were leased to the conglomerate at far- below-market rates, and could be flipped for a sig- nificant profit. In the meantime, the Port Authority agreed to indemnify the landlord by assuming the five years remaining on Condé Nast’s lease. That made sense, but it made zero sense to allow the agency’s so-called junior partner to decree that a public authority has to pay for empty space in one of the city’s most desirable addresses until tenants come along to satisfy his craving for inflated profits. The Condé Nast move would not have fallen apart if the Port Authority had reserved the right to cover costs by subletting some or all of the space. According to the Four Times Square website, the parent of Condé Nast was paying $40 a square foot. So why the 50% markup for the Port Authority? Even so, the $60-per-square-foot price tag would have attracted subtenants under the most favorable terms until Durst’s dream tenants came along. He can afford to wait, but the public cannot. A couple of years ago, the authority said Durst was willing to give it 50% on any profit made over and above the Condé Nast rate. But 50% of nothing won’t do much to cover the almost $50 million a year commuters are paying for 23 floors of empty space on 42nd Street. Who is looking out for us? The Condé Nast move was Durst’s ticket to the sweetheart deal downtown. A public entity has no business gouging the public. Neither do its partners. MARGARET DONOVAN
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REAL ESTATE| DONALD TRUMP
SKYSCRAPER DREAMS: Donald Trump said owning the Empire State Building would make him New York’s ‘Native Son.’
n early 2000, after giving a speech at He almost got the Empire State the University Club on West 54th Building as a freebie. There was Street, Donald Trump was asked what “ Trumpire he’d like to be remembered for. The quite a lot at stake. question made him pause. Trump’s career was at an ebb at the time. His first quest for the presidency when developers Harry Helmsley and Larry State of had come to naught on Valentine’s Day that year, Wien bought the Empire State Building for $65 Iwhen he appeared on the Today show to say he million in a deal that remains a classic in the was ending his campaign for the Reform Party’s annals of financial engineering. First, they nomination. His revival as a reality-TV star and raised cash by selling shares to thousands of Mind master hawker of all things labeled Trump was in small investors. Next, Prudential Insurance Co. the future. So when the developer thought about of America, which owned the ground under- THE DEALTHAT MARKED DONALD his legacy, his mind turned to making the neath, agreed to buy the building from the TRUMP’S TURN FROM NEWYORK REAL biggest, loudest deal he could imagine. partners for $29 million and lease it back to “I’d like to own the Empire State Building,” them until 2076 for about $3 million in annual ESTATE AND LED HIM TO FIND OTHER he answered, according to Mitchell Pacelle’s rent. (After 1991, rent would fall to about $2 WAYS TO REMAIN IN THE PUBLIC EYE book about the midtown tower. million.) The maneuvers left Helmsley and Trump nearly pulled it off. For almost a decade Wien with sole claim to any profits they could BY AARON ELSTEIN he had a 50% stake in the building, for which he generate from running the building. paid nothing. But control eventually eluded his grasp, and today many New Yorkers have forgot- Japanese gift ten—if they ever knew—just how close he came In the fallout of the late-1980s real estate bust, to renaming the famed edifice the Trump Empire Prudential wanted to sell. Buyers were hard to State Building Tower Apartments. find, however: As prestigious as the Empire State “He almost got the Empire State Building as Building was, the only cash an owner could a freebie,” said Edward Lehner, a retired New extract was the amount provided under the ultra- York state judge who halted Trump’s quest. long-term lease held by Helmsley and a group “There was quite a lot at stake.” represented by Wien’s son-in-law, Peter Malkin. The failure marked the end of Trump’s quest Eventually a buyer emerged named Hideki to conquer New York real estate and turned him Yokoi, who had made billions in Japanese real toward other ways of staying in the public view. estate and liked acquiring castles in France, For those who worked on it, the deal that Scotland and Huntington, Long Island. He got away from Trump still triggers fond mem- bought the Empire State Building for about $42 ories. “It’s been a long time since anyone asked million in 1991 and allegedly gave it to his me about this,” said Henry Bubel, a prominent daughter, Kiiko Nakahara, who said that she’d New York tax lawyer. “The way I think of it, it been born to one of Yokoi’s “early concubines.” was a lot like any other assignment, except Nakahara and her husband decided the way there was this iconic tower involved. And, of to maximize the value of her holding was to course, Trump. It was an entertaining time.” break the building’s lease. The couple turned
BUCK ENNIS, AP IMAGE The origins of the saga date back to 1961, to Trump to make it happen, handing over a
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50% share in a partnership that held the tower in exchange for no money. (Pacelle’s book said TRUMP’S SHRINKING NY FOOTPRINT Trump kicked in $115,000 to help cover trans- action fees.) The price was right, considering Trump was in a serious financial pinch at the DONALD TRUMP PORTRAYS HIMSELF AS A MASTER NEGOTIATOR, but he has failed to seal several deals over time, having defaulted on about $1 billion worth the years. Had they happened, he would have cemented his status as one of New York’s leading real of debt on his casinos, condos, hotels and air- estate moguls. Still, even when forced to sell, he’s largely managed to earn a profit. line. But the Japanese owner figured Trump’s WEST SIDE YARDS familiarity with the U.S. legal system and public Trump acquired the stretch of abandoned rail yards running along the Hudson River relations savvy could somehow force out the from West 59th Street to West 72nd Street in 1985 for $115 million. He planned to Helmsley/Malkin interests. build a $4.5 billion project called Television City, later Trump City. It would have In July 1994, Trump’s publicist announced: included 5,700 apartments and a 150-story skyscraper that would have been the “Trump Buys Empire State Building.” world’s largest, had Trump not quickly abandoned that plan. He had also hoped the “This is a great deal for me,” the developer complex would become NBC’s new headquarters. To make the numbers work, he crowed. “It solidifies my position as New York’s needed a $700 million property tax abatement, but Mayor Edward Koch wouldn’t Native Son. I get 50% of all the upside, and I give it to him. Trump waged a public relations war, saying Koch had “no talent and intend to make my position worth a fortune. It only moderate intelligence.” Koch called Trump “piggy, piggy, piggy,” then granted NBC tax incentives to is my intent to take the action necessary to stay in Rockefeller Center, as Trump chronicler Tim O’Brien wrote at Bloomberg View. restore the Empire State Building to its rightful In 1994, Trump defaulted on about $1 billion in loans for the project and had to sell a majority stake position as a world-class real estate asset. I’ve to Hong Kong investors, who built the condo complex now called Riverside South, paying Trump a fee to always said that New York is the greatest city on put his name on some buildings. In 2005, the Asian owners sold the whole thing for $1.8 billion to pri- Earth, and I’m giving native New Yorkers the vate equity giant Carlyle Group and Extell Development Corp., run by Gary Barnett. Trump, who retained guarantee it will remain our city.” A Daily News about a 30% interest, sued, arguing he could have sold it for more. But ultimately he failed to block the headline declared: “The New Trump Tower.” sale. Trump’s profit: About $425 million. The Donald versus the Queen of Mean GENERAL MOTORS BUILDING In 1998, Trump teamed with an Indiana-based insurance company called Conseco Getting his hands on the most famous of to buy the Fifth Avenue tower for $878 million, outbidding rivals including Vornado high-rises wasn’t just a boon for Trump’s brand. Realty Chairman Steven Roth and billionaire investor Sam Zell. It was also a chance to settle scores with Leona But Conseco went bankrupt in 2002 and pushed for selling the prized property to Helmsley, who controlled her husband Harry’s help finance its recovery. Trump resisted. After a state judge upheld an arbitrator’s vast real estate holdings. Leona, like Trump, ruling that would have forced him to sell his 50% stake for a minuscule $15.6 mil- was from an outer borough—she from Brooklyn, lion, Trump agreed to sell the building to developer Harry Macklowe for $1.4 billion. he from Queens—and was as adept at making Trump trashed a book about the affair by Vicki Ward called The Liar’s Ball, saying a media splash as he was. The two up-and- it was “poorly written and very boring.” He told the New York Post: “I made a tremendous amount of comers socialized for a while before deciding money in that deal. The book doesn’t capture the essence, the glamour or excitement of what happened. they loathed each other. It wasn’t bad about me, but it should have been great about me.” Trump’s profit: About $260 million. “I can feel sorry for my worst enemy, but I can’t feel sorry for Leona Helmsley. She deserves what- THE PLAZA HOTEL ever she gets,” Trump once sneered of his former Trump bought the famous hotel in 1988 for $407 million and put his wife at the friend, who in 1992 was imprisoned for tax eva- time, Ivana, in charge of renovating it. It was the high-water mark of Trump’s career sion. When Helmsley died in 2007, Trump went on as a buyer and seller of real estate. Soon he moved on. In 1989, he bought the Fox News to say that she “was a mean woman, but Eastern Air Lines Shuttle for $365 million, renaming it Trump Airlines. The next year she liked being that way. … She added something he opened the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, which cost $1 billion to build. to New York, in a very perverse way.” But then the economy slowed and the heavily indebted Trump nearly sank into For her part, Leona called Trump a “skunk” and bankruptcy. Trump Airlines defaulted in 1990, and aircraft brokers said its aging fleet a “sick, sick, sick, sick boy” in a Playboy interview, was worth less than $55 million. The failure was painful to Trump, who had guaranteed during which she borrowed a famous jab from for- a $135 million personal line of credit from Citicorp to finance the acquisition, according to Pulitzer Prize- mer deputy mayor Alair Townsend: “I wouldn’t winning journalist David Cay Johnston. Trump Airlines’ routes were eventually taken over by U.S. Airways. trust Donald Trump if his tongue was notarized.” The Trump Taj Mahal filed for bankruptcy in 1991, the first of four Atlantic City casino companies bear- In 1995, Trump sued the Empire State Building ing the Trump name to go bankrupt. Trump gave up half his ownership stake in the Taj Majal in leaseholders, arguing that they had let the tower exchange for bankers reducing his empire’s debt burden by a third, to $2.5 billion, while his personal go to seed and thus had violated their lease. The debt obligation was lowered to $115 million from $885 million. building was “a mess,” Trump insisted, a “laugh- Trump yielded half his Plaza stake. Bankers sold the hotel in 1995 for $325 million to a group includ- ing stock.” Like many older buildings at the time, ing Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Trump’s loss: About $80 million on the Plaza. Along with it was home to lots of mice, its elevators were airline, casino and other losses, this dropped his then-net worth to negative $1.4 billion. — AARON ELSTEIN slow and years of subdividing offices to small law firms and mom-and-pop businesses made for dark offices and hallways. Trump contended the in-law, alleging they stole from the Empire building even grander than before,” it says. building was inadequately insured and fire stairs State Building and other properties. French Asked for comment, a Trump spokeswoman needing replacing. authorities then jailed Nakahara on suspicion of said, “It was a very good deal.” “He was alleging all sorts of little things,” forging documents, and in 1997, her husband, Today, the Empire State Building is worth recalled Judge Lehner, who as a young lawyer who called himself Jean-Paul Renoir, was jailed vastly more than when Trump made a run at it. handled paperwork involved in the 1961 sale. “He in New York and then extradited to France, On its own, the building is likely worth at least $3 was saying there were too-small businesses as where he was incarcerated again. Yokoi was billion, given that a building of similar age and tenants, not enough floors were rented out. Can released from prison in 1997 but died the fol- square footage, 11 Madison Avenue, was sold last you say small tenants aren’t good? I don’t know lowing year, which left his daughter in charge year for $2.3 billion plus $300 million for why that’s the case.” of the trust that held the Empire State Building. improvements. Over the years, many of the “So, no, it wasn’t a hard decision,” said The family settled its legal dispute in 1999. Empire State Building’s small tenants have been Lehner, who ruled against Trump in December In 2002, Trump and his Japanese partner sold replaced with large companies such as LinkedIn 1999. “It didn’t seem like a close call to me.” ownership of the tower to the Helmsley and and cosmetics company Coty. More than 4 million A few months later, an appellate court upheld Malkin interests for $57.5 million, uniting own- tourists fork over in excess of $110 million yearly the ruling and Trump’s hostile-takeover bid for ership of the building with its leaseholder for to visit the observation decks. the world’s most famous skyscraper was over. the first time in 41 years. Trump’s take, 50% of One reason bigger tenants are attracted to the All the while, Trump’s partners had plenty of any upside over $45 million, appears to have building is that Malkin and his partners spent their own problems. In 1994, three years after been about $6.25 million, although legal costs more than half a billion dollars on renovations buying the Empire State Building, Yokoi was likely ate up at least some of that. The Trump and upgrades. “Would the owners have invested imprisoned in Japan after he was found negli- Organization’s website lists the Empire State so much into the building without the fight from gent for a fire at a hotel he owned. The next Building in its portfolio of previously owned Trump? Maybe not,” Bubel said. “But they did, year, his company sued his daughter and son- properties. “Mr. Trump endeavored to make the and New York is better off for it.” Ⅲ
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HEALTH CARE | FALL OF THE REPUBLIC
DEATH OF AN A Crain’s investigation shows how Health Republic, the insurance company that was supposed to be about people, not profits, misled its customers and ran itself into IDEAL the ground By Michael Waldholz
ealth Republic Insurance of New York was an instant hit A three-month investigation by Crain’s New York Business shows when the Obamacare rollout began in October 2013—and that, from its conception in 2012, Health Republic was on unsteady that was no fluke. Executives at the fledgling insurer had ground. Crain’s found that management deliberately set low premium a two-pronged marketing strategy to ensure its popular- rates as a marketing ploy to attract customers. Regulators approved those ity: They would offer very low premiums and a choice of rates but then wouldn’t let the company raise them after it became clear New York’s top hospitals at a time when competitors that the prices jeopardized the company’s solvency. Revolving top man- were shrinking their networks of doctors to hold down agement, poor decisions made by inexperienced executives and inade- costs. quate services from outside vendors combined to sink the company, our HThe low premiums attracted a crush of members, including some of the investigation found. As well, a Republican-controlled Congress slashed sickest New Yorkers. On the first day that Health Republic offered cover- federal funds created to guarantee that Obamacare insurers could survive age, in January 2014, five new enrollees were admitted to Memorial Sloan their first years. Although Health Republic’s demise received wide media Kettering Cancer Center for expensive treatment. The insurer’s costs coverage, little of the company’s behind-the-scenes turbulence has skyrocketed. been reported. Demand for Health Republic and its services overwhelmed its staff of fewer than 25 people. Employees spent the first weeks glued to tele- Obamacare rollout phones, handling complaints from consumers and medical providers Health Republic was born from the Obama administration’s desire to alike. Thousands of enrollees weren’t properly registered and lacked ID offer an alternative to the big insurers that dominate this tough business. cards, so medical care and pre- Anthem, Aetna, Cigna and scriptions couldn’t be paid for. Humana have sought mergers to One distressed employee’s panic THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR CHARGED sustain the profit growth share- attack ended with a visit to a hos- holders expect. To introduce pital emergency room. $30,000 IN PRESCRIPTIONS TO HIS competition in regions where Dr. Edward Anselm, the insurer’s CREDIT CARD.“ITWAS CHAOS FROM consumers had few choices, the medical director at the time, took administration funded the cre- matters into his own hands. DAY ONE.WE NEVER RECOVERED” ation of nonprofit insurance com- He gave aides his personal panies, called Consumer Oriented American Express card and told and Operated Insurance Plans, or them to charge $30,000 in prescriptions to ensure that members had CO-OPs. Nonprofits without quarterly-earnings pressure, the thinking refills for critical medications. went, would help meet President Barack Obama’s goal of insuring mil- “It was chaos from day one,” said one of a dozen former Health lions more Americans. Republic staffers who spoke on the condition they wouldn’t be identified. “There was this heroic hope that nonprofits run by consumers will “We never recovered.” provide a better alternative,” said Sherry Glied, dean of New York On Sept. 25, 2015, Health Republic was ordered to shut down by the University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. same state and federal agencies that had given the insurer their regulatory Obama’s goal was shared by Sara Horowitz, a labor-rights activist and blessings just two years earlier. In 20 months, from January 2014 through a 1999 winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant who has campaigned for August 2015—when it became clear the insurer couldn’t survive—Health employee-like benefits for millions of self-employed workers in the Republic had accumulated tens of millions of dollars in losses. The expanding gig economy. Horowitz, 53, is founder and executive director company was ordered to close its doors effective Nov. 30, leaving 209,000 of Freelancers Union, a Manhattan nonprofit that provided low-cost
BUCK ENNIS enrollees to scramble for new coverage. health insurance for its 25,000 self-employed members in New York for
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ISTOCK hospitals thatprovidedcare. the company,itsmembersanddoctors Horowitz hadaprofoundimpactonthefutureof decisions hemadeincollaborationwithIWSand period beforeitwaslicensedasaninsur ment, ledthecompanyduringitstran said. McGowan,whodeclinedrequestsforcom- often workedfromhishomeinFlorida,staffers startup decisions,hedidsoonlypart-timeand CEO inJune2012andstartedmakingcritical CO-OPs. Butwhenhecameonboardasinterim Union’s initialproposalin2011tosponsorthe until 2008. operating officerofHIPHealthPlanNewYork McGowan, whohadbeenpresidentandchief Republic’s interimchiefexecutiveDaniel mer employeessaid,IWShiredasHealth WithinputfromHorowitz,for- federal loans. Workers Services,payingit$25millionfromthe its ownfor-profitconsultingunit,Independent the threeCO-OPs,FreelancersUnionturnedto Tosetup an initialtwo-yearstartupperiod. to “sponsor”theCO-OPs,notrunthem,after build all23CO-OPs. total $2.4billioninfederalloansavailableto money representedmorethanone-fifthofthe Health RepublicandtwootherCO-OPs.That lion inlow-interestfederalloanstocreate awarded FreelancersUnionmorethan$517mil- believe shewouldsucceed. therewasamplereasonto nonprofit insurers, devised anambitiousplantocreateanetworkof five years,beginningin2008.WhenHorowitz Underpriced premiums Underpriced added: “It’sabsolutelycritical togetitright.” Too low,andthebusiness isn’tprofitable.”He “Too high,youpriceyourselfoutofthemarket. UnitedHealthcare, anationalinsurancegiant. head ofnortheastoperationsfor pricing ourproducts,”saidWilliamGolden, health-care providers. much moneyaninsurercanexpecttopay enrollees’ useofmedicalservicesandhow bers. Thatinformationisusedtopredict models thatfactorindataaboutexistingmem- forecasting professionalsrelyoncomputer advance, insurersturntoactuaries.These To determinetheirpremiumcostsayearin be chargedtoconsumersandsmallbusinesses. has thepowertoadjustratesthatwill state’s DepartmentofFinancialServices,which insurers mustsubmitpremiumrequeststothe A COMPANY’S LIFE SHORTBUTNOTSOSWEET SOURCE: Crain’s research McGowan hadhelpedwriteFreelancers Federal rulesallowedFreelancersUniononly In early2012,theObamaadministration Golden saidpredictingrates wasachallenge “We haveyearsandofexperiencein Under NewYork’s“prior-approval”law, Obamacare of announced aspart July 2011CO-OPs incorporates Health Republic Oct. 13,2011 health insurer HR licensedasanNYS July 22,2013 Begins enrollingmembers Oct. 1,2013 er. Butthe sitional members insuring Starts Jan. 1,2014 perplexed industryveterans suchasGolden. while OxfordHealthPlanscharged$566. lowest pricewasMetroPlusHealthPlanat$423, ular “silver”planpaid$408amonth.Thenext by far.Citysmallbusinessesthatboughtitspop- mium rates,HealthRepublic’swerethelowest business. WhenDFSpublisheditsapprovedpre- Milliman’s suggestedpremiumssimplytoentice state wasunawareHealthRepublichadundercut acknowledged ininterviews. a significantamount,severalformerexecutives lower thanthepricestheiractu The pricestheysubmittedforapprovalwere made whatprovedtobeafateful then McGowanandhissmallmanagementteam Republic plannedtouseforitsmembers.But network ofdoctorsandhospitalsHealth MagnaCare, ahealth-servicescompanywhose its first-everpremiumrequesttothestate. actuarial firm,tohelpHealthRepubliccalculate data. Soin2013,IWShiredMilliman,anational uninsured—a groupaboutwhichtherewaslittle Affordable CareActwascreatedtoattractthe for allinsurersinObamacare’sfirstyear.The “How canonecompanybe somuchcheaper Health Republic’srock-bottom prices The DepartmentofFinancialServicessaidthe “It waspurelyamarketingploy,”saidone. To arriveatprices,Millimanuseddatafrom 209,000 reaches Membership June 30,2015 TRUE NONPROFIT: the insurer’sidealisticaims. Republic adsaccentuated premium hikefor2016 DFS OKsaverage14% Aug. 2015 Health aries suggestedby wind downonDec.31 federal to andstateregulators Sept. 25,2015Orderedby decision: terminating theircontract terminating told HealthRepublicitwas Oct. 19,2015MagnaCare and thepremiumswere hard forclientsto cerned thatitwasanewinsurer. Republic. Sackmanwasonly“slightly”con- and small-businessclientssignupwithHealth insurance brokerwhosaw70%ofhisindividual tomers, saidThomasSackman,aWestchester hospitals “wasaprincipalsellingpoint”tocus- network packedwithprestigiousNewYork premiums andMagnaCare’sbroadstatewide better thanexpected.Thecombinationoflow sense.” New York.Weknowthemarket.Itmadeno said. “We’rethelargestsmall-groupinsurerin medical expenses.Losseswereinevitable. premiums wereinsufficienttocoveritslikely tions, GoldenbelievedthatHealthRepublic’s enrollees. BasedonUnitedHealthcare’scalcula- cost ofmedicalservicesfornewObamacare and useditsownhistoricaldatatoprojectthe petitors negotiatedwithhospitalsanddoctors under Obamacare.Ittrackedfeesthatitscom- set premiumsforthenewhealthplanscreated reaction. than therest?”wasGolden’simmediate “I hadalotofexperience with MagnaCare,” Health Republic’smarketingschemeworked “We couldn’tmakethemathwork.”Golden Like HealthRepublic,UnitedHealthcarehad o.3,2015 Nov. 30, to moved upbyonemonth, Oct. 30,2015 PI 8 2016 18, APRIL claims by DFStostoppaying Nov. 5,2015 | RI’ E OKBUSINESS YORK CRAIN’S NEW Closure OTNE NPG 22 PAGE ON CONTINUED Ordered using recovered assets to payprovider claims state budgethasprovision April 1,2016 | 21 Final 20160418-NEWS--0022,0023-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 4/14/20168:47PMPage1 HEALTH CARE BUCK ENNIS,LINKEDIN, HEALTH REPUBLIC INSURANCE OF NEW YORK,COALITION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,NEWSDAY 22 | RI’ E OKBUSINESS YORK CRAIN’S NEW Chaotic launch tracts expired. would fallonceitsexpensiveMagnaCarecon- recently thattheinsurer’scostsinNewYork chief executiveandfounder,told a $2.7billionvaluation.MarioSchlosser,Oscar’s that hasraised$727.5millionincapitaland Republic andOscar—afellowstartup,butone But itmeanthighoperatingcostsforHealth MagnaCare declinedtocomment. providers morethancompetinginsurers. MagnaCare’s network,HealthRepublicpaid with fewsubscribers.Byrelyingexclusivelyon used byinsurerstoprovideservicesinlocalities provider network,whichmoretypicallywas to sellObamacareplans,“rented”MagnaCare’s Oscar, aManhattaninsurerthatalsolaunched ly withproviders.BothHealthRepublicand unlike establishedinsurersthatcontractdirect- ships withNewYork’shospitalsanddoctors, startup, HealthRepublichadnopriorrelation- proved tobeanexpensivesellingpoint.Asa money.” resist, hesaid.“Itsavedmyclientsalotof elhisrr Aproviderofemployee- health insurer. nies hadnevermanaged such servicesfora compa- interactions withcustomers. Butthese functions thatareattheheartofaninsurer’s claims adjudicationandcustomerservice, The vendorswerehiredtohandlemedical vendors thathadbeenrecommendedbyIWS. 2014. Republic—the projectedenrollmentforallof almost 30,000peoplesignedupforHealth ment opened.Withinhours,stafferssaid, after allthebidsweremadepublic. bid andthenlettingonebidderchangeitsoffer approved rateswouldbeakintohavingaclosed superintendent forhealth,saidchanging refused. TroyOechsner,theagency’sdeputy Health Republicrefileitsrates.Theregulator SheaskedDFStolet former stafferssaid. ized theinsurerhadsetitselfupfordisaster, enrolling inObamacareplans,Friedmanreal- two monthsbeforeNewYorkerscouldbegin for 12months. with healthproviders.Thepostwentunfilled cal tomanagingplandesignandinteractions also hadtwomedicaldirectors,apositioncriti- ness HealthRepublichadbecome.Theinsurer ence tomanagethefinancesoflargebusi- that heresignedbecauselackedtheexperi- chief financialofficers;thefirstonetoldothers two lackedbusinessexperience. ket research,tellingotherexecutivesthatthe operating officeranditsvicepresidentofmar- company. ShefiredHealthRepublic’schief changes thatformerstafferssaydestabilizedthe requests, madeanumberofmanagement Friedman, whodidnotrespondtointerview profit insurers.Overthenexttwomonths, $392,736 in2014,farlessthantheheadsoffor- run aninsurer.HerbasesalaryasCEOwas Friedman, aMedicarespecialistwhohadnever replaced McGowanwithanewCEO:Debra Horowitz, stafferssay,FreelancersUnion’sIWS eral changesatthetop.Inconsultationwith and shortlythereafter,thecompanymadesev- approved HealthRepublic’sratesinJuly2013, Renting anetworkmadesenseatthetime. The decisiontouseMagnaCare’snetwork The avalancheofmembersoverwhelmedthe Friedman’s fearswererealizedwhenenroll- By August,onemonthintohernewjoband In itsshortlife,HealthRepublichadtwo The DepartmentofFinancialServices | FALL OF THE REPUBLIC | PI 8 2016 18, APRIL Forbes downfall. to HealthRepublic’s of hisdecisionsled as aconsultant,some York until2008.Hired Health PlanofNew ofHIP operating officer president andchief as Republic, served CEOofHealth the first DANIEL MCGOWAN sense.” the rest?Itmadeno than cheaper so much can onecompany be rates andasked, “How Republic’s published one lookatHealth UnitedHealthcare took WILLIAM GOLDEN earlier. insurer’s troublesmuch have known ofthe but criticssay itshould shut down theinsurer, Hisagency Services. Dept. ofFinancial for health, New York deputy superintendent TROY OECHSNER, ums butwas told no. allow itto raisepremi- asked thestate to Health Republic CEO, DEBRA FRIEDMAN, of venture capital. the company hadplenty absorb lossesbecause Oscar. Oscarcould CEO ofhealthinsurer MARIO SCHLOSSER, FCHARACTERS OF THE SAGA’S CAST insurers. insurers. alternative to big Republic asan Health benefits. Shecreated a pioneerinhealth SARA HOROWITZ was of , An untested model An untested ordering auditsofthefinances ofallCO-OPs. Washington, wherefederal regulatorsbegan December 2014.Thatfailureraisedalarmsin payout wasabout$19million. top managementwasstunnedtolearntheactual enough tokeepitsbusinessalive.InSeptember, from this“riskcorridor”program,clearly expected toreceiveasmuch$200million 2015 statefinancialfilingsaidtheinsurer insured Americans.HealthRepublic’sAugust from thehighcostofcoveringsicker,newly three-year fundmeanttoinsulatecompanies financial backstopforObamacareinsurers:a failure. were operational,foreshadowedtheirlikely changes alone,whichcamebeforeanyCO-OPs loans—and totaledonly$2.4billion.Those grants hadbeenturnedintolow-interest years ofoperation.Butinthefinallaw, grants tohelptheCO-OPsweatherfirst Obamacare draftshadpledged$10billionin for drasticfederalfundingcuts.Early Health Republicstillmighthavesurvivedifnot one stafferrecalls. management you’dexpectfromanonprofit,” industry. “Itwasn’tthekindofconservative new hireswithsalariesattheupperendof card, leftthatApril.Thecompanyluredthese director whochargedprescriptionstohisAmEx 2014 andreplacedothers.Anselm,themedical Republic hirednumerousnewemployeesin ment anaccuratepictureofexpenses. staffers said,forthosevendorstogivemanage- and reportcostdata.Ittookmorethanayear, Republic reliedonvendorstocollect,analyze closely monitorproviderclaims,butHealth Established insurershavein-housesystemsto are nowbeinginvestigatedbystateofficials. out tobe“especiallyoptimistic.”Thosereports to thestatecontainedcostestimatesthatturned and asaresultthe2014datainfinancialreports blind” tohowhighcostsran,onestaffersaid, outpaced revenue.Theinsurer“wasessentially cumstances fromtheverystart.” cated teamdoingitsbestunderdifficultcir- Business GrouponHealth.“Itwasaverydedi- dent andchiefexecutiveoftheNortheast board memberofHealthRepublicwhoispresi- time puttingoutfires,”saidLaurelPickering,a with thevendors.Managementspentmostofits six monthstomeetdemand. sively” andhiredmorethan100peoplewithin in thefirstthreemonths,it“respondedaggres- Republic’s enrollmentfarexceededprojections paid. POMCOsaidthat,giventhatHealth Doctors whowereowedmoneystruggledtoget calls totheinsurer’svendorswentunanswered. and inaccuratememberaddresses.Customer complaints aboutmissingidentificationcards January 2014,membersinundatedDFSwith the contracts’specifications. ers say,whenenrollmentskyrocketedbeyond Their inexperiencebecameahindrance,insid- firm, MorneauShepell,rancustomerservice. resources andretirement-benefits-planning handled medicalclaims.ACanadianhuman- benefits services,POMCOGroupofSyracuse, All told,12CO-OPsacross thecountryshut The firsttofallwasIowa’sCO-OP,in Republicans inCongressalsoguttedacritical Many supportersoftheCO-OPconceptsay Without knowingitstruecosts,Health As 2014woreon,HealthRepublic’scosts “There werealotofproblems,especially After HealthRepubliccoveragebeganin 20160418-NEWS--0022,0023-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 4/14/2016 8:47 PM Page 2
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down—including one in Oregon PROMOTE. that was also launched by “THE CO-OPS Why not? Horowitz—sending 740,000 WOULD INJECT For more information contact Americans back to the marketplace Krista Bora, Reprint Account Executive to find new coverage. Oregon’s COMPETITION. [email protected] • tel 212.210.0750 CO-OP is suing the federal gov- BUTTHEY ernment, claiming CO-OPs are owed as much as $5 billion from NEVER HAD THE the original risk corridor program. Obamacare insurers had originally POLITICAL expected a $2.87 billion payout but SUPPORTTO EVEN got only $362 million. “The government kneecapped TESTTHE IDEA” the CO-OPs,” says Sabrina Corlette, a Georgetown University researcher and co-author of a late- statements. By then, the company 2015 report that concluded all CO- realized it had lost $77.5 million in OPs are unlikely to survive without 2014, an amount it had still hoped Break Away... a federal bailout or outside would be covered by the federal investors. “The original idea was backstop. that the CO-OPs would inject Meanwhile, Health Republic’s competition into the marketplace executives tried to reduce losses. and make your business better to help keep [premium] prices They stopped selling policies in down industrywide. But in prac- several upstate counties where tice, the CO-OPs never had the claims were particularly high. The political support they needed to company also tried to interact even test the idea.” directly with providers to manage Friedman tried to save Health patient care that generated expen- Republic by seeking a capital infu- sive claims but was blocked by the sion from banks and potential restrictive contracts that had been investors. But the Affordable Care signed with MagnaCare. Act blocks the CO-OPs from In May 2015, after 17 months in receiving private capital, a decision operation, Health Republic hired the Obama administration is now Nakomis Health of Minneapolis to rethinking in light of the failures. conduct a rigorous review of med- ical claims handled by POMCO. Industries served: Lax oversight Nakomis found $26 million in Financial Services . Manufacturing & Distribution . Technology By several accounts, DFS did not overpayments, according to a law- 1RWIRU3URÀW . Retail . Construction . Architecture & Engineering monitor Health Republic closely, suit the company filed against Real Estate . Healthcare . Transportation & Shipping aside from handling initial con- Health Republic in March seeking Media, Entertainment & Telecommunications sumer complaints. It wasn’t until $4.8 million in fees. early 2015 that DFS began demand- DFS began threatening to shut 488 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022 ing monthly financial reports from down Health Republic, but the 50 Jericho Quadrangle, Jericho, NY 11753 Health Republic instead of only company argued it would be sol- 10 Esquire Road, New City, NY 10956 www.grassicpas.com quarterly and year-end financial CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 BUCK ENNIS
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vent through 2016 if only its risk corridor funds came through. When the federal government ROBERT GLAZER’S practice is one told New York in early September that the of many still owed money by insurer would get only 13% of its expected Health Republic. “We feel funding, DFS moved quickly. “Health Republic betrayed,” he said. had to cease operations,” Oechsner said. The company was ordered to shut down by Dec. 31. “THERE WAS A FEELING WE COULD DO SOMETHING SPECIAL— HELP THOUSANDS OF NEWYORKERS SECURE HEALTH CARE FOR THE FIRSTTIME”
That date was soon moved up when an October follow-up audit showed the company’s finances were “substantially worse” than first identified, Oechsner said. The audit uncovered other “discrepancies” since Health Republic’s previous financial report. Unwilling to wait until the end of the year, the state shut down the company Nov. 30, leaving 209,000 Health Republic clients to find new coverage. Those financial inconsistencies prompted DFS to announce it would investigate Health Republic. Health Republic’s top management cited the investigation as the reason it couldn’t comment for this article. Several former staffers said executives told them not to speak to the press. The insurer’s office in downtown Manhattan shut down in November and its assumed the insurer had been fully vetted by medical practice with 173 physicians. The only assets, if any, are being managed by the restruc- the state. The Cuomo administration had even warning signs of trouble were early last year, turing firm Alvarez & Marsal, which didn’t return issued press releases in 2014 and 2015 crediting when Health Republic delayed claim payments calls for comment. DFS’s oversight as evidence of the state’s role in by three to four months. Horowitz has deflected responsibility for keeping premiums affordable. At a forum held at the state Senate earlier this Health Republic’s collapse. The CO-OP’s man- “We feel betrayed,” said Robert Glazer, chief year, insurers and providers argued that DFS agement team, Horowitz said, was responsible executive of ENT and Allergy Associates, a large should have known Health Republic’s rates for the decisions that led to the insurer’s down- were unsustainable. DFS’s Oechsner said fall. She said Health Republic’s management TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Health Republic’s actuary, Milliman, certified was wrong to set low premiums that over- that the proposed rates were “actuarially Average 2014 monthly premiums, “silver” individual plan whelmed the company. She had a role in hiring sound.” He added that because the Obamacare in New York State both CEOs, and Freelancers Union’s IWS unit marketplace was new, there were many provided consulting services in 2012 and 2013— Health Republic “uncertainties” related to all the insurers’ rates. when disastrous decisions were made. But But those uncertainties were supposed to be Freelancers Union also said that IWS had rec- $341 offset by the promised federal funds. ommended using a less expensive network. And The fallout over DFS’s prior-approval powers Fidelis Care Horowitz blamed crippling funding cuts by continues in the wake of Health Republic’s demise. congressional Republicans led by Florida Sen. $382 At a mid-March state budget hearing, Republican Marco Rubio. state Sen. Kemp Hannon slammed the state law, “Hundreds of people and thousands of hours MVP Health blaming it for the “impairment” of insurers and went into creating Health Republic because $387 “artificial setting of rates.” there was a belief that we could do something Hospitals said Health Republic owes them an 0 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 unique and special—help thousands of New estimated $200 million in unpaid claims, includ- SOURCE: NYS Department of Financial Services Yorkers secure quality affordable health care for ing $22 million at Northwell Health and $4.8 mil- the first time,” Horowitz said in an email. lion at NYU Langone Medical Center. Northwell “Freelancers Union got involved because we TOO MANY, TOO FAST Health (formerly the North Shore-LIJ Health believed in the CO-OPs’ social-purpose mission System) filed a lawsuit in November seeking to provide nonprofit, consumer-driven health Health Republic’s enrollment explosion damages in excess of $15 million, plus interest and care to individual workers.” As of December 31, 2014 legal fees. Regarding the current state investigation, “We have no idea if our doctors will be reim- “the company allegedly misrepresented its num- 155,402 bursed,” said Glazer, whose practice is owed more bers to DFS,” Freelancers Union said in a state- than $650,000. ment. “Officials are right to demand answers and 504% Even if money is recovered, Oechsner said pay- hold any wrongdoing accountable.” Percentage ments to providers “would likely be modest of Projected at best.” Ⅲ Feeling the fallout 30,864 Enrollment It’s been decades since a New York health Additional reporting by Jonathan LaMantia. insurer has cratered so dramatically. Providers Projected Actual This article was written with the support of a grant told Crain’s they signed contracts to treat Enrollment Enrollment from the Urban Reporting Program of the CUNY
BUCK ENNIS Health Republic members because they SOURCE: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Crain’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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Nearby subway lines Airport - Queens The ultimate venue for your corporate event. Add another dimension to your meetings, Southampton Inn Conference Center offer easy-breezy access to Big Apple hotspots. Meet and 288 guest rooms, including seven suites; 10 meeting rooms. Meeting Guide Section: Conference Centers mingle with friends at our W XYZ (SM) bar; grab a sweet, Address: 90-10 Grand Central Parkway, conferences and product launches. Amazing views, lasting impressions. 90 guest rooms, 7,000 square feet of meeting and banquet savory or healthy snack from Re:fuel by Aloft(SM), our 24/7 East Elmhurst, NY 11369 space, several acres of lawn and outdoor courtyard. pantry; or play in our Re:mix (SM) lounge. Plus, you’ll always Phone: (718) 308-4830 Address: 91 Hill Street, Southampton, NY 11968 stay connected with free hotel-wide wired and wireless high- Contact: Mark Ranieri, general manager Phone: (631) 283-6500 ext.713 speed Internet access. Breeze into one of our stylish rooms, Email: [email protected] Contact: Justin or De De featuring our ultra-comfortable signature bed, walk-in shower, Website: www.courtyardlaguardia.com Pier 40 in the West Village E-mail: [email protected] custom amenities by Bliss® Spa, and more. Our plug & play Website: www.southamptoninn.com connectivity station can charge all your electronic devices and Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel 353 West Street links to the in-room 42” LCD TV to maximize work and play. 795 guest rooms, 29 meeting rooms. Tarrytown House Estate & Conference Center Our hotel is designed to relax, refuel and recharge every guest. Address: 1605 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 New York, NY 10014 24 miles from Manhattan; accessible by train. 212 guest Room rates: $129 - $599. Phone: (212) 977-4000 or (800) 243-6969 rooms, 30 meeting rooms, and the latest presentation and Address: 49-53 Ann Street, New York, NY 10038 Email: [email protected] communication technology. Flexible executive-level conference Phone: (212) 513-0003 Website: www.crowneplaza.com space. Complete business center, sports and recreational Website: www.aloftmanhattandowntown.com/ facilities. Days Inn Hicksville - Long Island Address: 49 East Sunnyside Lane, Tarrytown, NY 10591 The Benjamin 70 guest rooms Phone: (914) 591-3104 This luxe midtown boutique hotel offers 209 total rooms, 97 Address: 828 S. Oyster Bay Road, Hicksville, NY 11801 Contact: Jennifer Cancro suites and five meeting rooms totaling 2,200 square feet. Phone: (516) 433-1900 Email: [email protected] Catering is by Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian’s The National. Email: [email protected] Website: www.tarrytowngroup.com Meeting consultants, Wi-Fi, high-end audio/visual equipment, Website: www.daysinnhicksville.com valet parking and preferred-group rates are also available. 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Doubletree Suites by Hilton Times Square Email: [email protected] Address: 136 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019 468 two-room suites, 11 meeting venues with 10,000 square Website: www.70parkave.com Phone: (212) 245-1800 or (800) 735-0710 feet of meeting space. Room rates from $189. Email: [email protected] Address: 1568 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 Manhattan NYC, an Affinia hotel Website: www.blakelynewyork.com Phone: (212) 719-1600 or (800) 222-TREE Located across from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. Email: [email protected] 618 guest rooms and suites – many with kitchens. Nine Brooklyn A Hotel Website: www.nyc.doubletreehotels.com meeting and event spaces, including a grand ballroom, with 4 floors, 22 rooms, 12 suites. Room rates: $109-$499. views overlooking Seventh Avenue, that can accommodate up Address: 1199 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216 Edison Hotel to 300 attendees. Phone: (718) 789-1500 795 guest rooms, 35 suites Address: 371 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001 Email: [email protected] Address: 228 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 563-1800 or (866) AFFINIA Website: www.thebrooklynny.com Phone: (212) 840-5000 or (800) 637-7070 Contact: Sylwia Rudnicki Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] BKLYN House Hotel Website: www.edisonhotelnyc.com Website: www.affinia.com/manhattan 8 floors, 113 rooms, $109-$499 Address: 9 Beaver Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 Element Times Square West Adria Hotel - Queens Phone: (718) 388-4433 We believe travelers deserve more than a place to stay. They 105 guest rooms, five meeting rooms. Email: [email protected] need a place to thrive, where they can start every day fresh, Address: 221-17 Northern Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 Website: www.bklynhousehotel.com focused, and alive. Whether stopping by for a few days or Phone: (718) 631-5900 settling in for a few weeks, time away from home shouldn’t Email: [email protected] The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel mean time away from life. Outdoor inspired vibrant living and Website: www.adriahotelny.com 188 guest rooms and suites with four meeting rooms. smart, fresh thinking. Extended stay, reimagined. Address: 35 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021 Address: 311 West 39th Street at 8th Avenue, The Algonquin Hotel, Autograph Collection Phone: (212) 744-1600 New York, NY 10018 181 guest rooms, including 25 suites and one meeting room. Contact: Sales department Contact: Michele Adamo Address: 59 W. 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 840-6800 or (888) 304-2047 Website: www.thecarlyle.com Phone: (646) 439-2334 Email: [email protected] Website: elementhotels.com Website: www.algonquinhotel.com Casablanca Hotel 48 guest rooms, including six suites. One executive boardroom Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott New York - Aloft Brooklyn for up to 12 people. Brooklyn Aloft New York Brooklyn offers the perfect home base for your Address: 147 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 133 guest rooms, two suites, 275 square feet of meeting- HornblowerNY.com/Crains | 646-798-4234 | FOLLOW US @HornblowerNY Brooklyn exploration with the most convenient Downtown Phone: (212) 869-1212 or (888) 922-7225 room space. Rooftop event venue, spacious atrium lobby with HORNBLOWER CRUISES & EVENTS LOCATIONS: NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO BERKELEY SAN DIEGO NEWPORT BEACH MARINA DEL REY S4 *Visit our website for the most up-to-date seasonal cruise schedules. Senior, child and military discounts available. Yacht subject to change.
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Behind our sleek design is the same casual comfort and Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott - Times service you’ve come to expect from a Four Points by Sheraton Hampton Inn Comack - Long Island Square hotel. Little things in life can make a big difference, like our 143 guest rooms, two meeting rooms newly renovated. Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan / Times Square Simple Pleasures(SM). Get a great night’s sleep on a Four Points Centrally located new indoor pool, fitness center and business features 244 rooms and suites in the heart of New York City. Our by Sheraton Four Comfort Bed; refresh with free bottled water center. Room rates: $149-$179. Times Square Marriott hotel invites you to experience first- daily and keep in touch with free high-speed Internet access. Address: 680 Commack Road, Commack, NY 11725 class NYC accommodations, amenities and renowned Marriott Kick back with a beer from our collection of the world’s Best Phone: (631) 462-5700 service. Work in our spacious guest rooms with free Internet Brews(SM) or catch up on some reading over a hot & fresh cup Website: www.hamptoninn.com access; workout in our state-of-the-art fitness room and enjoy of Seattle’s Best Coffee. We understand. The best comforts in free breakfast including Starbucks coffee before heading out life aren’t complicated. 32 floors, 244 rooms, four suites. Room Hampton Inn & Suites New York - Staten for the day. Centrally located among other hotels in the Times rates: $129-$599 Island Square area, the Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan Address: 326 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018 107 guest rooms, including 30 suites and 2,800 square feet of / Times Square is easy to get to. We’re just across from Port Phone: (212) 967-8585 meeting space. Authority Bus Terminal, minutes away from Penn Station and Email: [email protected] Address: 1120 South Avenue, at Lois Lane, within walking distance of the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Website: www.fourpointstimessquare.com Staten Island, NY 10314 Room rates: $189-429. 240 rooms, 33 floors and four suites. Phone: (718) 477-1600 Address: 330 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018 Four Points Manhattan Chelsea Contact: Jessica R. Yaccarino, Corporate Sales Manager Phone: (212) 967-9494 Let Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan Chelsea be your Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] place of comfort and familiarity in bustling Chelsea. There are Website: www.statenislandsuites.hamptoninn.com Website: www.fairfieldinn.com/nycfi multiple local attractions and businesses just steps away. Take advantage of our free Internet or step downstairs and have a Hampton Inn Manhattan - SoHo Fairfield Inn & Suites Manhattan Chelsea cocktail or a flavorful dish. Whether you’re staying for business Manhattan Boardroom: seats 10-12 people. Garden Room: up 18 floors, 110 rooms with two suites. Room rates: $109- or pleasure, for one day or a week, we have what you’re looking to 40 people, hours vary. Hotel has 160 rooms, including three $499.116 West 28th St, New York, NY 10001 for. suites and city-view rooms with private terraces. Room rates: Address: 116 West 28th St., New York, NY 10001 Address: 160 W. 25th St, New York, NY 10001 $109-$499. Phone: (212) 206-0998 or (866) 754-2959 Phone: (212) 627-1888 Address: 54 Watts Street, New York, NY 10013 Email: [email protected] Contact: Nicole Barr Phone: (212) 226-6288 or (800) Hampton Website: fairfieldinn.com/nyctw Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.fourpointschelsea.com Website: www.hamptonsohonyc.com Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Fifth Avenue The Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan Fifth Avenue hotel features Four Points Manhattan Downtown Financial Hampton Inn Manhattan - Times Square 92 guestrooms and suites in the heart of midtown Manhattan. District North Perfect for business travelers and family vacations, our New The Four Points by Sheraton New York Downtown is 300 modern guest rooms. Room rates starting from $169. York hotel on Fifth Avenue features an unbeatable location at an conveniently set in Manhattan’s Financial District. Walk to the Address: 851 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019 affordable price. Start your day with a complimentary breakfast, city’s most popular restaurants, shops and galleries from our Phone: (212) 581-4100 or (800) HAMPTON then head out to explore all that the Big Apple has to offer. front door. Nearby are Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange, Email: [email protected] This New York City Marriott is steps away from NYU, shopping One World Trade Center, Battery Park and the Brooklyn Bridge, Website: www.manhattantimessquarenorth.hamptoninn.com on Fifth Avenue and exciting attractions in Times Square. Our Many more renowned destinations can be reached via nearby New York hotel’s Fifth Avenue location is ideal for catching a subway lines. Our hotel offers a range of meeting venues, plus The Harborfront Inn Broadway Show, relaxing in Bryant Park and seeing great views a business center for support services. Try one of our Best One 810-square-foot boardroom, one 810-square-foot of the city from the top the Empire State Building. After your day Brews(SM) in our rooftop bar, or grab a tasty meal in our inviting conference room. 30 guest rooms, four junior suites and one in the city, relax in our New York City Marriott’s comfortable beds restaurant. We understand that the best comforts in life aren’t terrace suite. featuring crisp linens and fluffy pillows; enjoy a variety of in- complicated. That’s why each of our 261 uncluttered guest Address: 209 Front Street, Greenport, NY 11944 room media and free Internet access. For business or pleasure, rooms and suites has plenty of Simple Pleasures(SM), including Phone: (631) 477-0707 the Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan Fifth Avenue, one of the free bottled water daily and free high-speed Internet access. At Email: [email protected] finest hotels in New York on Fifth Avenue, invites you to a deluxe the end of a long day, get a well-deserved night of sleep on a Website: www.theharborfrontinn.com hotel experience like no other. Room rates $109-$499. Four Points signature bed. Room rates: $129 - $599 Address: 21 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018 Address: 6 Platt Street, New York, NY 10038 Hilton Garden Inn New York - Staten Island Phone: (212) 730-6660 Phone: (212) 273-9388 Ten minutes from Newark Airport and 25 minutes from Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] downtown Manhattan, with complimentary airport and ferry Website: www.marriott.com/nyctm Website: www.fourpointsnewyorkdowntown.com/ shuttle service, the Hilton Garden Inn has 198 business-class rooms and over 30,000 square feet of meeting and conference Fairfield Inn & Suites Manhattan View Four Seasons Hotel - New York space that can accommodate ten to 1,000 guests. The 2013 One conference room accommodating up to 10 people. 154 368 guest rooms, nine meeting rooms addition of Above, a 10-story tower with panoramic views of the guest rooms and suites. Address: 57 E. 57th Street, New York, NY 10022 Manhattan skyline, features a rooftop event and nightlife venue Address: 52-34 Van Dam Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 Phone: (212) 758-5700 or (800) 487-3769 with a 1,800-square-foot outdoor terrace, a 3,100 -square-foot Phone: (718) 389-7700 Email: [email protected] rooftop and 6,300-square-foot ballroom. The Hilton also features Website: www.marriott.com/nycfq Website: www.fourseasons.com/newyork the Zagat-rated Lorenzo’s Restaurant, Bar and Cabaret; Above rooftop nightclub; lobby lounge, an indoor pool and full-service Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan Financial The Garden City Hotel - Long Island day spa. The Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan Financial hotel features 176 272 brand new guest rooms and suites, 16 meeting rooms with Address: 1100 South Avenue, at Lois Lane, nautical themed guest rooms with comfortable beds draped in a total of 2,500 square feet Staten Island, NY 10314 soft linen. Our NYC guest rooms are spacious and offer functional Address: 45 Seventh St., Garden City, NY 11530 Phone: (718) 477-2400 design for business or leisure. Each room offers complimentary Contact: Director of Sales and Marketing, Carole Diaz Contact: Jessica R. Yaccarino, Corporate Sales Manager high-speed Internet access, also available throughout our hotel’s Phone: (516) 877-9315 Email: [email protected] public space. Lower Manhattan is one of NYC’s rapidly developing Email: [email protected] Website: www.statenisland.hgi.com areas, with entertainment, dining and sightseeing options for Website: www.gardencityhotel.com travelers of all interests. Our hotel location makes it easy for you to Hilton Garden Inn New York - West 35th Street visit Wall Street, One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial. Gild Hall, A Thompson Hotel 298 newly built guest rooms, one meeting room. 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Room rates starting from $169. inn-new-york-manhattan-financial-district/ 1,306 guest rooms and 60,000 square feet of meeting space Address: 790 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019 SPECIALEVENTS.THEGARDEN.COM 212-465-6106 [email protected]
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Phone: (212) 581-7000 or (877) STAY-HGI The eco-sensitive hotel offers a rooftop terrace, 24-hour fitness International JFK Airport Hotel - Queens Email: [email protected] and business center and Brooklyn Brewhouse lounge and a 356 guest rooms, nine meeting rooms. Website: www.timessquare.hgi.com restaurant. The Hotel Indigo Brooklyn is located in the heart of Address: 144-02 135th Ave, Jamaica, NY 11436 Brooklyn just steps away from downtown’s MetroTech Center, Phone: (718) 659-0200 or (800) 692-5350 Hilton New York Fashion District Kings County Courts, Long Island University, Fulton Mall and the Website: www.jfkairport.hilton.com 280 guest rooms, two meeting rooms. 1,100 square feet of Brooklyn Academy of Music Center. We are also within walking event space. Room rates starting from $169. distance of the historic Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, the JW Marriott Essex House New York the Address: 152 West 26th Street, New York NY 10001 Brooklyn Promenade, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Barclays 511 guest rooms, 117 suites and 23 meeting rooms. Phone: (212) 858-5888 or (800) HILTONS Center. Hotel Indigo Brooklyn serves as a convenient, Address: 160 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019 Email: [email protected] comfortable base from which to enjoy all of Brooklyn’s most Phone: (212) 247-0300 ocean resort Website: www.newyorkfashiondistrict.hilton.com popular attractions and businesses. In addition, the property Email: [email protected] offers amazing views from its19th-floor rooftop terrace and is Website: www.jwmarriottessexhousenyc.com Hilton Pearl River - Hudson conveniently located near major subway lines. AT BATH & TENNIS 15 minutes from the George Washington and Tappan Zee Address: 229 Duffield Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Kimberly Hotel bridges on the Bergen County border. 150 newly appointed Phone: (718) 254-7825 30 guest rooms, 158 suites, one meeting room and one event guest rooms and 22,000 square feet of function space. High- Contact: Yeli Gonzales space. Room rates: $285 - $609. WESTHAMPTON BEACH | NEW YORK speed wireless Internet. Full-service audiovisual. Email: [email protected] Address: 145 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022 Address: 500 Veterans Memorial Drive, Website: www.hotelindigo.com/ Phone: (212) 702-1600 or (800) 683-0400 Pearl River, NY 10956 Email: [email protected] Phone: (845) 735-9000 Hyatt Herald Square New York Website: www.kimberlyhotel.com Contact: Bob Herrmann, Director of Sales The Hyatt Herald Square features 122 guestrooms, including Email: [email protected] one suite and is located on 31st Street, between Fifth Avenue Kitano New York Website: www.hiltonpearlriver.com and Broadway. The hotel is a fusion of industrial sophistication 149 guest rooms, six meeting rooms. Event space with two and fashion-forward flair, featuring a free-flowing lobby outdoor terraces. Hilton Times Square lounge, a restaurant and bar, an espresso bar and a stunning Address: 66 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 460 brand-new guest rooms, nine meeting rooms, 1700 square seasonal rooftop bar with views of the Empire State Building Phone: (212) 885-7000 or (800) 548-2666 feet of event space. Room rates starting from $179. and surrounding midtown skyline. The hotel is steps away from Email: [email protected] Address: 234 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 Madison Square Garden, the Empire State Building, shopping Website: www.kitano.com Phone: (212) 840-8222 or (800) HILTONS on Fifth Avenue and Times Square. Offering complimentary Email: [email protected] wireless Internet, the hotel is ideal for business travelers and La Guardia Plaza Hotel (Formerly Crowne Website: www.timessquare.hilton.com leisure guests. Come experience this unique property, providing Plaza La Guardia New York) exceptional service. And bring your furry friend along – we are 358 guest rooms, 12,500 square feet of meeting space Holiday Inn Express at Stony Brook pet friendly! Full-Service boutique-style hotel. 122 rooms, one Address: 104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst, NY 11369 © 2013 All designs are the property of Lucido+Koulian+Schmitt and shall be maintained in confidence and shall not be reproduced in whole or in part or used in any product or disclosed to other parties. 143 guest rooms, seven suites, two meeting rooms. Room Empire View suite, Up on 20 rooftop bar, The Den restaurant. Phone: (718) 457-6300 or (800) 692-5429 4c rates: $139-$179. Room rates: $129-$599. Email: [email protected] Address: 3131 Nesconset Highway, Stony Brook, NY 11720 Address: 30 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001 Website: www.laguardiaplazahotel.com Phone: (631) 471-8000 or (800) HOLIDAY Phone: (212) 330-1234 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] La Quinta Inn and Suites Website: www.stonybrookny.hiexpress.com Web: www.heraldsquare.hyatt.com 118 guest rooms, 11 suites, three meeting rooms Address: 821 Stewart Ave, Garden City, NY 11530 Hotel De Point, an Ascend Collection Hotel Hyatt Place New York Midtown South Phone: (516) 705-9000 We are the newest addition to the up and coming College Point The Hyatt Place New York Midtown South hotel features 185 Email: [email protected] / Flushing area of Queens, NY. The hotel is designed with state- guestrooms in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Offering Website: www.laquintagardencity.com of-the-art energy technology using solar energy, including complimentary breakfast and wireless internet, our midtown on-demand hot water systems and recycled energy systems Manhattan hotel is perfect for the business traveler and Le Parker Meridien New York throughout the facility to respect our natural resources. With families, looking to explore the Big Apple. We are located within 729 guest rooms, including 216 suites and nine meeting rooms. exceptional amenities and upscale room elements, Hotel walking distance to Madison Square Garden, the Empire State Room rates: $299-$549. de Point offers finely appointed guest rooms with a unique, Building, shopping on Fifth Avenue and Times Square. Come Address: 119 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019 modern flare. Featured among the 114 hotel rooms is the and unwind in one of our spacious guestrooms, featuring the Phone: (212) 245-5000 or (800) 543-4300 Shops de Point, offering upscale retail stores and appetizing Hyatt Grand Bed™, 42” HDTV and Hyatt Plug Panel media Email: [email protected] restaurants, all readily available to our guests. Guest rooms center. Join us at our Coffee to Cocktails bar, for a drink or hot Website: www.parkermeridien.com include: 58 double-bedded rooms, 44 king standard rooms, beverage and order something from our 24/7 Gallery menu. luxuriously appointed modern guest rooms featuring de Point Room rates: $129-$499. The Lexington New York City signature bedding. Executive rooms with wet bars. Small Address: 52 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018 705 guest rooms, three meeting rooms. 1,000 square feet of meeting space. Complimentary high-speed Internet access. Phone: (212) 239-9100 meeting space. Guest refrigerator in every room, along with a 46” flat-panel Email: [email protected] Address: 511 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017 LCD television with international channel options and IP Website: www.newyorkmidtown.place.hyatt.com Phone: (800) 448-4471 connectivity. Email: [email protected] Address: 20-07 127th Street, Flushing, NY 11356 Hyatt Regency Long Island at Wind Watch Website: www.lexingtonhotelnyc.com Phone: (718) 358-8700 Golf Club - Long Island Email: [email protected] 358 guest rooms, eight suites and 17 meeting rooms totaling Library Hotel Website: www.hoteldepoint.com 19,000 square feet of meeting space. 60 guest rooms, three meeting rooms. Address: 1717 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY 11788 Address: 299 Madison Avenue at 41st. Street, Hotel Giraffe Phone: (631) 784-1234 or (800) 233-1234 New York, NY 10017 72 guest rooms and 1,300 square feet of meeting space, Contact: Nick Wilson, Director of Sales Phone: (212) 983-4500 including indoor and outdoor areas. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Address: 365 Park Avenue South at 26th Street, Website: www.longisland.hyatt.com Website: www.libraryhotel.com New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 685-7700 InterContinental New York Times Square Lucerne Hotel Email: [email protected] The InterContinental New York Times Square rises 36 stories 201 guest rooms and suites, 1,000 square feet of meeting Website: www.hotelgiraffe.com above the heart of the world-famous Times Square district space – the epicenter of theatre, dining, media and business. With Address: 201 West 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 Hotel Indigo Brooklyn its unsurpassed service, and more than 10,000 square feet Phone: (212) 875-1000 or (800) 492-8122 With its iconic bridges serving as ports of entry over the East of flexible, elegantly designed space located on a dedicated Email: [email protected] River, downtown Brooklyn has long welcomed the convergence meeting floor, including our 4,000-square-foot Gotham Website: www.thelucernehotel.com of entrepreneurs, artists and visionaries, as undercurrents of Ballroom, the InterContinental New York Times Square venue each continue to surge throughout this most celebrated of is the ideal location to host your next meeting or event. The London NYC New York’s boroughs. It is here where you will find Hotel Indigo Address: 300 West 44th St. New York NY 10036 Three unique private event and meeting rooms totaling 2,200 square Brooklyn, a 128-room boutique hotel, intimate in scale, with Phone: (212) 803-4580 feet, including a private-reception foyer. The stunning Luxury Suite an eclectic vibe. Down to earth, yet thoroughly downtown in Contact: Sales Department Collection provides one-of-a-kind settings for intimate gatherings. style, Hotel Indigo Brooklyn stands out from the crowd with Email: [email protected] Address: 151 West 54th Street New York, NY 10019 a soaring 19-story red-brick façade. With no more than eight Website: www.intercontinental.com/timessquare Phone: (212) 307-5000 or (888) LONDNYC rooms per floor, your private enclave is intimate and inviting. Website: www.thelondonnyc.com
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Mandarin Oriental - New York Address: 525 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10017 Warren-Tricomi Salon and gym by LA PALESTRA. Carved from 198 guest rooms, 46 suites, three meeting rooms Phone: (212) 755-4000 or (800) 242-8684 within the great castle-like landmark, The Plaza’s magnificent Address: 80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street, Email: [email protected] event spaces set it apart as the quintessential grand palace. New York, NY 10023 Website: www.nymarriotteastside.com Lavish social and business events and unforgettable weddings Phone: (212) 805-8800 continue to be held in the historic Grand Ballroom and Terrace Email: [email protected] The Ocean Resort at Bath & Tennis Room, which are at the heart of The Plaza’s legacy. Website: www.mandarinoriental.com/newyork The Ocean Resort at Bath & Tennis is a full-service beach Address: 768 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10019 front resort on 8 acres in Westhampton Beach, NY. The facility Contact: Michael Warren Millennium Hilton has a wide range of amenities and is ideal for sales meetings, Email: [email protected] The Millennium Hilton Hotel, New York, is conveniently located in conferences, corporate retreats and vacations. With 100 + Phone: (212) 549-0550 downtown New York’s World Trade Center (WTC) / Financial District, rooms and oceanfront suites, amenities include meeting rooms Website: www.theplazany.com across from the September 11 Memorial and near Battery Park and spaces, a 500 foot ocean beach, heated pool, private City. This New York Hotel is just minutes from renowned New York marina, cabins and cabanas, five har-tru tennis courts, spa, Radisson Martinique on Broadway neighborhoods, financial institutions and the landmarks that define salon and gym. On premises for events and dining in our newly 533 guest rooms and suites, 20,000 square feet of meeting the New York skyline. From redesigned dining experiences to state- renovated ballroom is the Oceanbleu restaurant and premier space of-the-art meeting and event facilities, our New York City hotel has caterer, Robbins Wolfe. The resort’s infrastructure, rooms, Address: 49 W. 32nd St., New York, NY 10001 been carefully designed for your modern travel needs. decking and furniture have all been recently updated. Our Phone: (212) 277-2647 Address: 55 Church Street, New York, NY 10007 oceanfront location and attentive staff await your arrival. Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 693-2001 or (800) Hilton Address: 231 Dune Road, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 Website: www.themartinique.com Email: [email protected] Phone: (631) 288-2500 Website: www.newyorkmillenium.hilton.com Contact: Carlos Vega Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel Email: [email protected] 310 guest rooms, five suites, four meeting rooms plus the Millennium Broadway Hotel & Conference Website: www.bathandtennis.com R Lounge, an intimate chic venue with panoramic views of Center New York Times Square. IACC-certified. Updated meeting space, including the beautiful ONE UN Hotel (formerly Millennium Address: 2 Times Square, 714 Seventh Avenue, restored Hudson Theatre. 43 meeting rooms accommodate UN Plaza Hotel) New York, NY 10036 up to 700 people. Separate floor for conference dining. 625 Our 439 spacious guest rooms and suites begin on the 28th Phone: (212) 765-7676 or (800) HOTELS1 newly renovated guest rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows and floor of our midtown hotel, guaranteeing some of the best Website: www.nycrenaissance.com amazing views of Times Square. skyline views of New York City from every window. Look out Address: 145 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 at the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, East River and Residence Inn by Marriott Phone: (212) 789-7546 views of five legendary bridges. Visit our 24-hour, full-service Long Island’s best kept secret. The Residence Inn by Marriott Email: [email protected] health club with panoramic city views, located on the 27th floor. Plainview provides the finest venue for meetings, conferences Website: www.millenniumbroadway.com Play tennis year-round at the only indoor tennis court of any and special occasions, with 12 meeting and event rooms that New York City hotel by appointment. accommodate up to 150 people. Featuring our brand new state- Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina - Address: One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 of-the art media and video conference center ideal for training Long Island Phone: (212) 702-5038 or (212) 702-5025 classes, seminars and international meetings allowing you to 104 guest rooms, five meeting rooms. We have over 10,000 Email: [email protected] connect your conference worldwide. Located in Nassau County square feet of indoor meeting space and can accommodate Website: www.millenniumhotels.com Long Island near all major highways. The hotel has 170 all suite groups of up to 1,000 in a tented area on our Great Lawn. Our guest rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, game room, VIP Lounge, beautiful Farmhouse Ballroom can accommodate 165 or more, Park Central New York Baldino’s fine dining restaurant, Pete’s Place lounge and a full- based on set up. More information can be found on our website. The Park Central New York, ideally located in midtown service catering facility. Host your company picnic poolside in Address: 32 Star Island Road, PO Box 5048, Montauk, NY Manhattan, steps from Central Park and Carnegie Hall, unveiled our beautiful outdoor BBQ area. 11954 an extensive multi-million dollar renovation in October 2013 by Address: 9 Gerhard Road, Plainview, NY 11803 Phone: (631) 668-3100 or (888) 692-8668 award-winning design firm Jeffrey Beers International. Guests Phone: (516) 433-6200 or (800) 331-3131 Email: [email protected] will enjoy newly refurbished rooms and suites, spacious meeting Website: www.marriott.com/nycpl Website: www.montaukyachtclub.com and event spaces, and public areas inspired by iconic New York City locations. New signature bar and restaurant, Park Kitchen, The Ritz-Carlton New York - Battery Park New York La Guardia Airport Marriott features a Modern American menu and tailored cocktails. 298 guest rooms, 39 suites, eight meeting rooms. In addition 438 guest rooms, 23 meeting rooms Central Market, a fine foods “grab and go”, features Nespresso we offer an outdoor reception space. Address: 102-05 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst, NY 11369 and other fresh and flavorful bites. Our Mezzanine-level meeting Address: 2 West Street, New York, NY 10004 “ My financial needs Phone: (718) 565-8900 or (800) 882-1043 rooms provide a private conference-center like atmosphere, Phone: (212) 344-0800 or (800) 241-3333 Website: www.laguardiamarriott.com and our exhibition area accommodates all sizes of events Email: [email protected] while retaining a level of service that provides an unforgettable Website: www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/new-york/ are complex, I trust New York Hilton Midtown experience. Audiovisual services available upon request. battery-park 1981 guest rooms, 51 suites, 46 meeting rooms Address: 870 Seventh Ave, New York, NY 10019 Address: 1335 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 247-8000 Ritz-Carlton New York Central Park Phone: (212) 586-7000 or (212) 261-5727 Website: www.parkcentralny.com 259 guest rooms, 47 suites, four meeting rooms. the professionals at Website: www.newyorkhiltonhotel.com Address: 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019 Park Lane Hotel New York Phone: (212) 308-9100 Newark Liberty International Marriott Hotel 606 guest rooms and suites, 1 ballroom and The Park Room Email: [email protected] City National.” 591 guest rooms, 19 meeting rooms restaurant. Website: www.ritzcarlton.com Address: 1 Hotel Road, Newark, NJ 07114 Address: 36 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (973) 623-0006 Phone: (212) 371-4000 or (866) 831-7211 The Roger New York Website: www.newarkairportmarriott.com Email: [email protected] 193 guest rooms, one boardroom accommodating up to 12 Website: www.parklanenewyork.com people. Outdoor event space for up to 70 people. Bob Lieber
New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania Address: 131 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Bank National City ©2016 1,705 guest rooms, 16 meeting rooms (three ballrooms), over 90,000 The Plaza Hotel Phone: (212) 448-7000 or (888) 448-7788 Executive Managing Director square feet of meeting and event space. Room Rates: $139 - $239. The Plaza is an iconic hotel located at the corner of Fifth Avenue Email: [email protected] Island Capital Group Address: 401 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 and Central Park South. The refined elegance of each of the Website: www.therogernewyork.com Phone: (212) 736-5000 or (800) 223-8585 282 spacious guestrooms and suites features sumptuous Email: [email protected] furnishings, iPads to customize room environment and access The Roosevelt Hotel New York SM Website: www.hotelpenn.com guest services, and white-glove Butler Service. Luxurious Meet in a classic New York City setting at The Roosevelt Hotel, Find your way up. bathrooms are adorned with 24-carat gold plated Sherle Wagner conveniently located in midtown Manhattan with a total of New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge fixtures and stone mosaics designed exclusively for The Plaza. 30,000 square feet of flexible New York City meeting and exhibit 667 guest rooms, including 28 suites. 25 meeting rooms totaling The Legacy Suites at The Plaza are the newest addition to the space, on-site A/V capabilities, high-speed Internet access and Visit Findyourwayup.com/WealthNYC to learn more more than 44,542 square feet. hotel. Designed to be evocative of an Upper East Side residence, a 24-hour business center. The Roosevelt Hotel’s 23 function about how we can help you plan for your future or Address: 333 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 each of the 29 newly renovated suites feature contemporary rooms, including two main ballrooms, are perfect for executive Phone: (718) 246-7000 décor that is elegant and timeless complemented by views that meetings of 20 people as well as corporate gatherings of 800. call (917) 322-5245 to speak to an Advisor. Website: www.brooklynmarriott.com reflect the heart of New York. The storied Palm Court is New The grandeur of the Grand Ballroom will surely impress every York’s premier destination for Afternoon Tea, while other culinary meeting attendee, while the intimacy and flexible break-out New York Marriott East Side destinations include The Todd English Food Hall, The Plaza Food capabilities of the smaller conference rooms emphasize the 646 guest rooms, 16 meeting rooms totaling more than 16,500 Hall, The Rose Club, and The Champagne Bar. Amenities include personal touch desired for smaller gatherings. square feet the only Caudalie Vinothérapie®Spa in the United Sates, a Address: 45 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017
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Phone: (212) 661-9600 Phone: (212) 587-7000 Address: 101 Hill Street, Southampton, NY 11968 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (631) 283-2160 or (800) 545-2824 Website: www.theroosevelthotel.com Website: www.thompsonhotels.com/hotels/smyth-tribeca/ Email: [email protected] meetings-events Website: www.villagelatch.com The Roslyn Hotel 77 guest rooms, four meeting rooms Soho Grand Hotel W New York Hotel Address: 1221 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, NY 11576 353 guest rooms, including 10 private access suites and two 696 guest rooms, including 51 suites. Seven meeting rooms Phone: (516) 625-2700 or (800) 626-9005 penthouse loft suites with private outdoor terraces, designed by Address: 541 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022 Email: [email protected] Bill Sofi eld. Two meeting rooms include the 1,345 square foot Phone: (212) 755-1200 Website: www.theroslynhotel.com Harbor Room and the 1,144-square-foot Chart Room. Email: [email protected] Address: 310 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 Website: www.whotels.com/wnewyork The Roxy Hotel (formerly Tribeca Grand) Phone: (212) 965-3000 201 guest rooms, Two meeting and screening rooms, additional Email: [email protected] W New York - Times Square event space and breakout rooms available. Website: www.sohogrand.com 509 guest rooms, six meeting spaces Address: 2 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013 Address: 1567 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 965-3114 Soho House New York Phone: (212) 930-7400 or (877) WHOTELS Email: [email protected] Soho House New York is a private members’ club and hotel in Website: www.wnewyorktimessquare.com Website: www.roxyhotelnyc.com/ Manhattan’s meatpacking district. The house has a number of areas available for private parties, meetings and events, The Waldorf-Astoria, 301 Park Ave. San Carlos Hotel including the Screening Room, Club Room and Library. The 1,413 guest rooms, including 303 suites; 40 meeting rooms 147 guest rooms, two meeting rooms. Boardroom Cowshed Spa offers “Pretty Parties” — indulgent evenings Address: 301 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022 accommodates 14-20, Valencia room capacity is 25. of pampering, champagne and dinner or nibbles. In addition, Phone: (212) 355-3000 or (800) WALDORF Address: 150 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022 the roof with a pool and views of the West Village and Hudson Website: www.waldorfnewyork.com Phone: (212) 755-1800 or (800) 722-2012 River serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. The hotel has Email: [email protected] 24 bedrooms, each possessing a unique combination of luxury Warwick New York Hotel Website: www.sancarloshotel.com and style. 426 guest rooms and suites, seven meeting rooms Address: 29-35 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10014 Address: 65 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Shelburne NYC, an Affi nia hotel Phone: (646) 253-6120 Phone: (212) 247-2700 325 Guestrooms and Suites, 2 meeting rooms, totaling 1,250 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] square feet of versatile event space for large-scale to intimate Website: www.sohohouseny.com Website: www.warwickhotelny.com meetings and events. Address: 303 Lexington Ave at 37th Street, Sutton Court Hotel Residences Westin New York Grand Central New York, NY 10016 Sutton Court combines the comfort of home living with the 774 guest rooms. Seven meeting rooms, including three Phone: (212) 689-5200 or (866) AFFINIA charm of an independent boutique hotel. At Sutton Court, you boardrooms Contact: Slavka Kmec enjoy home-like furnished apartment suites in New York that are Address: 212 E. 42nd St., New York, NY 10017 Email: skmec@affi nia.com approximately three times larger than a typical city hotel room. Phone: (212) 405-4200 Website: www.affi nia.com/shelburne Sutton Court’s most popular accommodations, the studio and Email: [email protected] one-bedroom, offer full kitchens, chic furnishings, and designer Website: www.westinnewyorkgrandcentral.com Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel touches such as crown molding and vessel sink vanities. 173 guest rooms, eight suites, 15 meeting rooms, more than Best of all, the luxury Midtown apartments feature oversized Westin New York at Times Square 15,000 square feet of meeting space. windows allowing for plenty of natural light and dazzling views The Westin New York at Times Square is Midtown Manhattan’s Address: 135-20 39th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354 of Manhattan’s skyline, the East River, the Queensboro Bridge most sophisticated presence. Designed for contemporary Phone: (718) 460-6666 or (888) 268-0717 and the Roosevelt Island Tramway. In addition to being close to travelers and fi rst-class meetings, this 45-story, 863-room Email: [email protected] Midtown’s business center, you are also conveniently located landmark hotel is located in the heart of Broadway and features Website: www.sheratonlaguardia.com near major NYC landmarks, including The United Nations Heavenly Beds® fi tness center and Heavenly Baths®, a Plaza, Grand Central Station, Bryant Park, the New York Public 34,000-square-foot function space. Sheraton New York Times Square Library, MoMA, Times Square/Theater District, and Radio City/ 873 guest rooms, 32 meeting rooms. 1,781 guest rooms. 60,000 square feet of meeting space, Rockefeller Center. Our 33-fl oor building includes a residential- Address: 270 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 including an executive conference center. style lobby with friendly and knowledgeable staff on duty 24 Phone: (212) 201-4630 or (888) 627-7149 Address: 811 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019 hours a day, as well as a quiet entrance on 57th Street. Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 581-1000 Address: 417 E. 57th St, New York, NY 10022 Website: www.westinny.com Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 935-3300 Website: www.sheratonnewyork.com Contact: Katiria Astorga Wolcott Hotel Website: www.sheraton.com/newyork Email: [email protected] 200 guest rooms, 50 suites, one meeting room Website: www.suttoncourt.com Address: 4 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001 Shoreham Phone: (212) 268-2900 177 guest rooms, including 40 suites and two meeting rooms. Tarrytown House Estate & Conference Center Email: [email protected] Address: 33 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019 24 miles from Manhattan. Accessible by train. 212 guest Website: www.wolcott.com Phone: (212) 247-6700 rooms, 30 meeting rooms and equipped with state-of-the-art Email: [email protected] audiovisual and bandwidth requirements. Celebrating 50 years Wyndham Garden Hotel at Newark Airport Website: www.shorehamhotel.com as the nation’s fi rst conference center. Complete business 349 guest rooms, 10,000 square feet of meeting space center, sports and recreational facilities. Address: 550 Route 1 South, Newark, NJ 07114 Skyline Hotel Address: 49 E. Sunnyside Lane, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Phone: (973) 824-4000 or (800) WYNDHAM 232 guest rooms, 14 of which are suites. Two meeting rooms Phone: (914) 591-3194 Email: [email protected]. totaling 5,400 square feet. 6,000 square feet of restaurant Website: www.tarrytownhouseestate.com Website: www.wyndhamgardenhotelnewarkairport.com space. Room rates: $189-$299. Address: 725 10th Ave @ 49th Street, New York, NY 10019 Travel Inn Phone: (212) 586-3400 or (800) 433-1982 160 guest rooms. One meeting room Email: [email protected] Address: 515 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 RESTAURANTS, VENUES Website: www.skylinehotelny.com Phone: (212) 695-7171 or (800) 869-4630 Email: [email protected] and CATERING Smyth, a Thompson Hotel Website: www.newyorkhotel.com True to the neighborhood’s industrious past and spirited Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium and the present, Smyth, a Thompson Hotel, offers ample event space Upsky Long Island Hotel Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden for corporate functions, private events and parties. Stir up vim (formerly Sheraton Long Island Hotel) A 2,300-square-foot open space suitable for parties, meetings and vigor in Little Park Downstairs or elevate the occasion in 209 guest rooms, 16 meeting rooms and concerts. Features street-level access, galley kitchen, and our top tier suites. Chef Andrew Carmellini provides catering for Address: 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Colonial-style garden and grounds surrounding the historic our event and meeting space featuring peak organic seasonal Smithtown, NY 11788 house museum. ingredients from his longtime partnerships with local farmers, Phone: (631) 231-1100 or (877) 736-4313 Address 417-421 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10065 anglers, vintners, ranchers and foragers. Events at Little Park Website: www.upskylongisland.com Phone (212) 838-5489 feature custom, chef-designed menus and personalized service Contact Allison Coliskey, Executive Director from a team of event-planning professionals. Village Latch Inn E-mail: [email protected] Address: 85 W Broadway, New York, NY 10007 65 guest rooms, one meeting room, By request Web site: www.cdany.org
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Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center E-mail [email protected] Armory on the Hudson Alice Tully Hall is one of the most popular and frequently used Web site www.amnh.org/hostanevent Home of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, this performance halls on the Lincoln Center campus. The theater world class 60,000-square-foot arena provides a variety features upgraded equipment, digital cinema projectors, a Apella of rental options for sports events, expos, large lectures, built-in film screen, and state-of-the-art production capabilities. Apella is New York City’s most innovative meeting and event commencements, concerts and social functions. Wood cut from a single African moabi tree envelops the theater space, located within The Alexandria Center for Life Science. Address: 216 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY 10032 which offers ample leg room, Wi-Fi access, and expanded We offer 10 thoughtfully designed rooms with contemporary Phone: (212) 923-1803 ext 7012 technical opportunities for live streaming. Soaring to three interiors, state-of-the-art technology and expansive East Contact: Maria Laporto, Director of Special Events stories, the glass-enclosed lobbies feature two distinct spaces River and city skyline views. Events at Apella are managed by E-mail: [email protected] which can be repurposed for breakout rooms and receptions. Backal Management Group and are exclusively catered by Tom Web site: www.armoryonthehudson.org Lincoln Center offers a majestic and unparalleled experience, Coliccio’s Riverpark and ’wichcraft restaurants. the perfect backdrop for corporate meetings, awards shows, Address 450 East 29th Street (Between First Avenue Artie’s New York Delicatessen graduations, film screenings, fashion shows, orchestral, pop and and the East River) New York, NY 10016 Accommodates up to 100 seated guests for corporate events. jazz concerts, lectures, weddings and gala dinners. Contact Rachel Huber, Events Manager Catering and party trays available. Atrium accommodates up to Address 1941 Broadway at 65th Street, Phone (212) 706-4100 50 for private events. New York, NY 10023 Email [email protected] Address: 2290 Broadway, New York, NY 10024 Phone (212) 875-5037 Website: www.apella.com Phone: (212) 579-5959 Contact Venue Sales Team Contact: Barry E-mail: [email protected] Arena Event Space E-mail: [email protected] Web site: yourevent.lincolncenter.org Available for corporate or private events for 50 – 500 guests. Web site: www.artiesny.com Stage ready. Three 16’ x 20’ projection screens, HD projectors, American Museum of Natural History wireless microphones, LCD TVs and an extensive lighting and Atlantica – Elite Private Yachts More than 40 exhibition halls, showcasing some of the greatest sound system. 600-square-foot venue with an additional 2,000 Elite Private Yachts provides New York Metro with Atlantica the treasures and natural wonders of the world, are available for square feet of rentable space located downstairs from Arena. most innovative and accommodating private charter yacht on special events. Address 135 West 41st Street, New York, NY 10036 the harbor. Atlantica hosts distinguished events on the water Address West 79th Street and Central Park West, Phone (212) 278-0988 from executive business meetings to employee outings with New York, NY 10024 Contact Gina LaRochelle, Events Director up-close views of the Statue of Liberty and the New York City Phone (212) 769-5350 E-mail [email protected] skyline. Offering endless options for dining, beverages and Contact Audrey Isaac, Director of Sales & Marketing, Web site: www.arenanyc.net entertainment, Atlantica is your private space to create the Event & Conference Services perfect setting. Flexible boarding and cruising times allow for a completely customized event that’s exactly to your specifications. Atlantica can accommodate 290 guests for seated events and 400 for cocktail events. Departs from Pier 61 Chelsea Piers. Address: Pier 61, Chelsea Piers New York, NY 10011 Phone: (866) 401-8439 Email: [email protected] Web site: eliteprivateyachts.com Aureole Charlie Palmer’s famed Aureole is home to some of the most successful corporate events in New York City. Featuring signature Michelin-starred Charlie Palmer fare, an award- winning wine selection, impeccable service and flawless planning and execution, our dining experience is an unforgettable way to express appreciation of your employees, clients and partners. With private dining accommodations from 25-300, as well as the adjacent outdoor patio for cocktail receptions, Aureole offers guests and planners unique experiences for varied events of all sizes. Address: 135 W 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 (at Bryant Park; 6th/Broadway) Phone: (646) 392-9172 x20 NYIT AUDITORIUM ON BROADWAY Contact: Yulia Florinskaya Email: [email protected] The NYIT Auditorium on Broadway is a state-of-the-art event space just steps from Lincoln Center and Columbus Circle. Convenient to all public transportation, it can accommodate a wide range of Website: www.charliepalmer.com events, from exclusive screenings to executive presentations, panel discussions to private parties. B.B. King Blues Club & Lucille’s Grill Legendary music and event venue located in the heart of Times For more information, and to find out about our New Client Discount, Square offering conception-to-completion event services. visit nyit.edu/aob or call 1.888.730.4814 Huge built-in stage, state-of-the-art sound, lighting, video and wireless capabilities. We accommodate everything from press 1871 Broadway, New York, NY - nyit.edu/aob - 1.888.730.4814 - [email protected] conferences and movie premieres to award shows, product launches, bar/bat mitzvahs and much more. Address: 237 W 42 St, New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 997-4511 Contact: Colleen Hendricks or Julie Hirsh Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: www.bbkingblues.com Barbetta A palazzo-like interior and verdant garden are available for large receptions. For smaller parties, Barbetta offers the patrician rooms of its land-marked 1874 townhouses. Accommodates from 4 to 400 guests. The spectacular main dining room is decorated with museum-quality 18th century Italian antiques, foremost among these the magnificent glittering 1775 Piemontese chandelier. On the floor above, the original rooms of the Astor-built townhouses have been meticulously restored to their aristocratic splendor. Address: 321 West 46th St., New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 246-9171
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Contact: Suzanna Gardijan the expansive outdoor summer bar provides a great setting for Contact: Special Events Department Email: [email protected] cocktails, followed by a relaxed, seated-dinner event. Outdoor Email: [email protected] Website: www.barbettarestaurant.com Patio: 30-200 guests. Main Dining room: 75-150 guests. Website: http://www.bluewatergrillnyc.com/ Address: MetLife Building, 200 Park Avenue at East 45th Basketball City Street, New York, NY 10166 Bowlmor Lanes - Chelsea Piers Basketball City at Pier 36 is a new state-of-the-art Phone: (212) 949-8248 Overlooking the Hudson River at Pier 60, Bowlmor Lanes 70,000-square-foot facility located on the East River off the FDR Contact: Sharon Colabello Chelsea Piers was built for work and play. The 55,000-square- Drive. The venue includes a parking lot and deck overlooking E-mail: [email protected] foot facility can accommodate up to 800 people and features an the East River with views of downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn Website: www.patinagroup.com/the-beer-bar all new gravity ropes course and interactive laser tag arena, as and Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, South Street Seaport and well as floor-to-ceiling video walls and 40 lanes of black-light Statue of Liberty. This facility can be transformed from a premier Belmont Park Racetrack bowling (including a private bowling suite). Event-ready audio/ basketball facility into a unique venue for hosting catered Thoroughbred racing facility within park setting. Private dining video and a signature menu of inventive cocktails and cuisine affairs, concerts, fashion shows, fundraisers, product launches, rooms, corporate tents, meeting space, LIRR station on site. make Bowlmor Chelsea Piers a decidedly different—and always sales meetings, team building events and tradeshows. Address: 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, NY 11003 unexpected—workday surprise. Address: Pier 36 at 299 South Street, New York, NY 10002 Phone: (888) 285-5961 Address: Chelsea Piers, Pier 60, New York, NY 10011 Phone: (212) 233-5050 Contact: Nicolas Pipia Phone: (212) 835-2695 ext. 2280 Contact: Bruce Radler, President E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Nikki Lazar, Director of Sales E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nyra.com Email: [email protected] Web site: www.basketballcity.com Website: www.bowlmor.com/chelsea-piers Blue Fin The Beacon Theatre Located in the heart of Times Square, enjoy Blue Fin’s wide Bowlmor Lanes - Times Square The Beacon Theatre is a historic three-tiered Manhattan theatre variety of seafood, sushi and raw-bar offerings. Blue Fin can You could travel the city and its boroughs for a comprehensive restored to its original 1929 grandeur. The Beacon provides an accommodate parties of 10 to 400 guests. tour of NYC, or you can visit Bowlmor Lanes Times Square intimate setting for unforgettable concerts and special events. Address: 1567 Broadway at 47th street, and travel through seven different bowling lounges, each with This venue is perfect for award ceremonies, corporate events, New York, NY 10036 their own distinctive New York City theme—from Chinatown galas, television shows, benefits, fundraisers, meetings, product Phone: (212) 918-1400 to Central Park. Sample and savor Bowlmor’s signature menu, launches and graduations. Contact: Special Events Department featuring original cocktails and inventive American cuisine that’s Address: 2124 Broadway, New York, NY 10023 Email: [email protected] served to you laneside—so you never have to put your party on Phone: (212) 465-6106 Website: http://www.bluefinnyc.com/ pause. E-mail: [email protected] Address: 222 W 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Website: specialevents.thegarden.com Blue Water Grill Phone: (646) 616-5410 Host an elegant party at Blue Water Grill’s central Union Square Contact: Joanna Green, Director of Sales The Beer Bar location with seafood, sushi and raw-bar offerings. Blue Water Email: [email protected] Ideal for birthdays, corporate events and other special Grill can accommodate parties of 10 to 300 guests. Website: www.bowlmor.com/times-square occasions, The Beer Bar’s contemporary casual menu and Address: 31 Union Square West at 16th Street, emphasis on beer make for an easy, fun-filled party. Matched New York, NY 10003 Brasserie 8 1/2 with a convenient location, adjacent to Grand Central Terminal, Phone: (212) 331-0328 Accommodates 300 for sit-down events and 575 for receptions.
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The Capital Grille, Chrysler Building The Capital Grille is a fine-dining restaurant that offers dry aged steaks, fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and professional service in an atmosphere of relaxed elegance. The Capital Grille is best known for its expertly prepared steaks, which are custom-aged for 18 to 24 days in-house. The restaurant’s wine list features more than 350 selections, and its floor-to-ceiling wine kiosk regularly houses 3,500 – 5,000 bottles. The Capital Grille also offers personalized, on-site wine lockers, available by annual lease. Address: 155 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017 Phone: (212) 953-2000 Contact: Nikita Simon Email: [email protected] Website: www.thecapitalgrille.com The Capital Grille, Time-Life Building Address: 120 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10020 Phone: (212) 246-0154 Contact: Juliana DiBello-Chapman Email: [email protected] Website: www.thecapitalgrille.com The Capital Grille, Wall Street Address: 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271 Phone: (212) 374-1811 Contact: Jaime Rodriguez Email: [email protected] Website: www.thecapitalgrille.com Carmine’s 91st Street Our little room seats up to 40 guests. Our main room can accommodate up to 240 for a buyout. Address: 2450 Broadway New York, NY 10024 Phone: (212) 221-3800 ext. 225 Contact: Penny Kaplan, Director of Special Events and Catering E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.alicart.com Carmine’s Theater District A large private room accommodates 160 for sit-down events Additionally, Brooklyn Public Library’s Business & Career Private room on the second level offers its own entrance, a and 200 for receptions. Boutique private dining rooms: Our Library, conveniently located in downtown Brooklyn and close coat check and private bar area, and seating for up to 200. two new, intimate private rooms are luxuriously furnished, an to eight train lines, MetroTech Center, the Marriott and Brooklyn Other location at 2450 Broadway. Contact us about our new ideal setting for dinner parties and small gatherings. Seating Borough Hall, offers spaces ideal for business meetings, full-service, off-premise catering. capacity: 10-30. presentations and seminars. Address: 200 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Address: 9 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019 Address: Central Library – 10 Grand Army Plaza, Phone: (212) 221-3800, ext. 225 Phone: (212) 829-9577 Brooklyn, NY 11238 Contact: Penny Kaplan, Director of Special Events Contact: Erin Kerrigan Business & Career Library – 280 Cadman Plaza and Catering E-mail: [email protected] West, Brooklyn, NY 11238 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.patinagroup.com/brasserie-8-12 Phone: (718) 230-2198 Website: www.alicart.com Contact: Craig Hayes Brooklyn Botanic Garden Email: [email protected] Caroline’s on Broadway Expansive grounds with plantings of cherry trees, roses and Website: www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/ A Unique and Versatile events venue ideally situated in the herbs and a Japanese garden. The Palm House is a Beaux Arts- central/rental heart of NYC’s Times Square District. An ideal location for your style pavilion and the Atrium is a light-filled space overlooking next daytime meeting, seminar, product launch or corporate an outdoor terrace and our Cherry Esplanade. Both event Cafe Centro outing. Full kitchen and staff and state-of-the-art audiovisual spaces offer audiovisual equipment and catering. Sophisticated French specialties and an air of 1930s Paris capabilities available for all events. Address: 990 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11225 make Café Centro one of midtown Manhattan’s most popular Address: 1626 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (718) 307-7133 restaurants for corporate or private events. Art Deco touches, Phone: (212) 974-7615 Email: [email protected] a glass-enclosed kitchen and a hearth rotisserie add style Contact: Michael Bressi Website: www.bbg.org/ to your event, while the patio offers a fun alternative in the E-mail: [email protected] warmer months. Located in the MetLife Building, adjacent to Website: www.carolines.com Brooklyn Museum Grand Central Terminal, Café Centro enjoys easy access from The Brooklyn Museum, one of the largest and most anywhere in and around the city, as well as on-site parking. Central Park Boathouse comprehensive art museums in the country, is an extraordinary Accommodates 250 for seated events and 400 for cocktail Central Park landmark retreat overlooking the lake. Lush venue located in the heart of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The receptions. landscaping and catering facilities for up to 1,500 open year- Museum’s spaces provide stunning, one-of-a-kind backdrops Address: 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166 round, with chef Russell Rosenberg serving contemporary for private events, including wedding ceremonies and Phone: (212) 949-8248 American Cuisine. receptions, cocktail parties, and corporate events. Contact: Sharon Colabello Address: East 72nd Street and Park Drive North, New York, Address: 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11238 E-mail: [email protected] NY 10021 Phone: (718) 501-6408 Web site: www.patinagroup.com/cafe-centro Phone: (212) 517-2233 Contact: Samantha Strassberg Contact: Catering Manager Email: [email protected] Cafe Fiorello Website: www.thecentralparkboathouse.com Website: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org A classic Italian cafe near Lincoln Center featuring a private wood-paneled room with bold original art. Can accommodate Central Park Zoo Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library and up to 40 guests, seated. Provides a unique urban setting for special events: breakfast Business & Career Library Address: 1900 Broadway, New York, NY 10023 meetings, cocktail parties, casual picnic dinners or elegant Brooklyn Public Library’s limestone-clad Central Library Phone: (212) 265-0100 black-tie affairs. may be the perfect location for your next special event. The Contact: Carmen Bottoms, Merchant or Andrea Roman, Address: 830 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021 landmarked art deco building, located in the heart of Brooklyn Sales Manager Phone: (718) 741-3836 at Grand Army Plaza, boasts a variety of spaces ideal for E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] meetings, small receptions and intimate cocktail parties. Website: www.cafefiorello.com Website: www.nyzooevents.com
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Charlie Palmer Steak The private event room is ideal for mid-sized groups for festive and luxurious celebrations. With room for up to 35 guests for a seated dinner, its clubhouse style lends itself to both semi-private and fully private events. Charlie Palmer Steak’s convenient midtown location on East 54th street makes this the perfect location for both corporate and social events. Customizable menus highlight a vast range of USDA prime steaks and signature progressive-American, Charlie Palmer fare. Our impressive wine list and classic cocktail offerings are available for all larger groups. Charlie Palmer Steak is also available for closed restaurant events for up to 150 guests. Address: 5 East 54th Street, New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 644-9394 Contact: Catering Sales Director Katherine Leong Website: www.charliepalmer.com/charlie-palmer- steak-ny/ Charlie Palmer at the Knick Boasting views of Times Square, Broadway and 42nd Street, Charlie Palmer at The Knick is the hotel’s signature restaurant serving the honest American cuisine that chef Palmer, a master chef of venerable Michelin-starred restaurants, created exclusively for The Knickerbocker. Guided by a passion for market-driven ingredients and vibrant, unexpected flavors, the seasonally driven breakfast, lunch and dinner menus showcase Palmer’s culinary genius with dishes reflecting the region’s culinary treasures. An enviable location in the heart of Times Square and an understated see-and-be-seen vibe add to the restaurant’s allure, while chic chainmail screens create semi- private dining spaces. An adjacent lounge offers a menu of lighter fare, and, in a nod to the hotel’s legacy as the rumored birthplace of the martini, a custom martini cart serves the house martini only in its most classic form. Address: The Knickerbocker - 6 Times Square, New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 204-4980 Contact: Catering Sales Manager, Jennifer Sorrell Website: www.theknickerbocker.ocm Chelsea Piers Connecticut The 465,000 square-foot Chelsea Piers property in Stamford, Connecticut features a rock-climbing wall, trampolines, batting cages, indoor turf fields, hardwood courts, indoor ice rinks, tennis and squash courts, team-building programs, a restaurant and bar, and on-site catering services. The newly opened, fully customizable event space the LOFT is ideal for private and corporate events. At 4,000 square feet, this high- end, industrial-style event space can accommodate up to 250 guests and a wide range of event formats. Free on-site parking. BookBook YourYour NextNext Address: 1 Blachley Road, Stamford, CT 06902 Phone: (203) 989-1005 Contact: Casey Lindine, Parties and Events Director CorporateCorporate oror SocialSocial Email: [email protected] Website: www.chelseapiersCT.com/specialevents Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment EventEvent TodayToday Complex Manhattan’s 28-acre sports village features a golf driving range and indoor simulators, twin indoor ice rinks, rock- climbing walls, indoor athletic fields, team-building programs, riverside meeting and reception spaces and multiple locations for photo shoots, film shoots and media events. On-site fee- based parking. Address: West 23rd Street and the Hudson River, New York, NY 10011 Phone: (212) 336-6777 Contact: Sherwin Johnson, Director, Special Events E-mail: [email protected] 6 Private Event rooms Website: www.chelseapiers.com/specialevents Social gatherings China Grill Corporate Happy Hour A midtown staple in the CBS building, China Grill boasts group menus containing over 40 dishes in oversized portions Team Building intended for sharing. Raised platforms, two bars and outdoor space make China Grill perfect for parties of 10-600 people. Address: 60 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 554-6507 Contact: Catering Department E-mail: [email protected] MIDTOWN w – Times square – Empire State – HB Burger Website: www.chinagrillrestaurant.com/new-york Contact Lauren Pagano at [email protected] or 212.582.2057
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Dos Caminos Third Avenue Dos Caminos on 3rd Avenue and 50th Street is a modern Mexican restaurant serving up tremendous flavors that are just God’s Love We Deliver as bold as the Mexican architecture-influenced interior, helping Preferred Caterer to create delicious food in a unique environment that has been recognized by customers and critics alike – especially for our famous freshly made guacamole. We are also known for our extensive tequila and margarita menus. Address: 825 Third Avenue @ 50th Street, New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 331-0328 Contact: Special Events Department Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.doscaminos.com/ Ed’s Chowder House We offer a setting of Old World elegance and classic cuisine in the private dining room which seats 30. Choose from an extensive wine list and menu specializing in naturally raised meat, sustainable seafood and organic produce. The main dining room can be split into private space for up to 165 HOST YOUR NEXT EVENT AT THE guests, seated. Address: 44 West 63rd St., New York, NY 10023 Phone: (212) 554-6507 NEWEST EVENT SPACE Contact: Catering Department E-mail: [email protected] IN DOWNTOWN NEW YORK CITY Website: www.edschowderhouse.nyc Rooftop Garden • Multiple Terraces • State-of-the-Art Technology Empire Hotel Rooftop 50% Tax Deductible The indoor-outdoor rooftop allows for seated dinners up to 250 and receptions up to 800 people. Perfect for groups looking to have multiple spaces and breakout areas. For more information or to schedule a tour, contact Chrissy Basham Address: 44 West 63rd Street, New York, NY 10023 at 212.294.8163 or [email protected] Phone: (646) 625.3617 Contact: Teddi Pickard Email: [email protected] The Michael Kors Building at God’s Love We Deliver Website: www.empirehotelnyc.com/eat-and-drink.html 166 Avenue of the Americas godslovewedeliver.org/rentspace Empire Steak House We at Empire Steak House stand out from all the rest when Crimson & Rye 150 for cocktails. Main dining room accommodates up to a it comes to food, service and ambiance. We will make your Our relaxed yet sophisticated atmosphere, artisanal cocktails, maximum of 140 guests. dining experience exceptional and memorable. Empire 50th soulful music, and delicious bar fare make Crimson & Rye the Address: 60 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 Street can accommodate events for up to 450 guests. The perfect location for your next celebration. With an accessible Phone: (212)-933-5262 venue is equipped with two full service bars, two levels, a midtown location, comfortable lounge furniture and a festive Contact: Ehren Jennings, Director of Private Dining private wine room, state of the art sound systems, and flat- atmosphere, we look forward to hosting your next event. E-mail: [email protected] screen televisions. The main floor can accommodate up to We can reserve for small groups of 10-20 in our space with Website: www.danielnyc.com 300 guests and the second level lounge can accommodate a minimum food-and-beverage spend or host full or partial up to 150 guests. The private wine room is perfect for smaller restaurant buyouts ranging from 70-200 guests. Dave and Buster’s affairs, dinners, luncheons and meetings of up to 25 guests. Address: 198 East 54th Street, New York, NY 10022 Dave and Buster’s is a multi-faceted entertainment venue At Empire 54th Street we have private rooms for 10 to 200 Phone: (212) 644.9394 featuring creative cuisine, custom cocktails and team-building guests. The space is designed by the Sinanaj brothers and Contact: Catering Sales Director, Katherine Leong activities along with multiple meeting room options complete decorated with modern décor and a color scheme of gold, red Website: www.crimsonandrye.com with state-of-the-art audio visual technology. Dave and and black and leather details. There is an intimate bar space Buster’s is a one-stop shop for all your needs. Conveniently with a stunning calacatta marble and high top seating. Our Cucina & Co. located in Times Square, Dave and Buster’s is accessible to the dedicated private dining coordinators will help you plan and Cucina & Company was designed to reflect the comfortable majority of transit options in NYC. Dave and Buster’s infuses personalize your event so you and your guests can have an environment and mood of an old-style European kitchen. fun with the important need of team building for companies unforgettable experience. Whether you are hosting a corporate Conveniently located in the lobby of the MetLife Building looking to build relationships, inspire competitiveness and offer event or celebrating a special occasion, our goal is to ensure adjacent to Grand Central Terminal, Cucina & Co. enjoys the gift of fun to their employees and clients. Dave and Buster’s quality and hospitality so you can enjoy your event as much as easy access from anywhere in and around the city, as well is the perfect setting for meetings, cocktail events, product your guests! as on-site parking. Accommodates 100 for seated events launches and client- and employee- appreciation events. Address: Empire Steak House East and 150 for cocktail receptions. Address 234 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 151 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022 Address: 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166 Phone: (646) 495-1988 Empire Steak House West Phone: (212) 949-8248 Contact: Amy Arcara, Director of Special Events 237 West 54th Street, NY, NY 10019 Contact: Sharon Colabello Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 582-6900 (East Side) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.daveandbusters.com or (212) 586-9700 (West Side) Website: www.patinagroup.com/cucina-co-metlife www.dnbparty.com Contact: Jordana Maurer Email: [email protected] Current at Chelsea Piers David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center Website: empiresteakhousenyc.com 6,000 square feet of space for corporate and social occasions. The David Rubenstein Atrium is Lincoln Center’s newest and River views, award-winning cuisine and complete catering most exclusive venue due to its limited availability to select Frames Bowling Lounge services by Abigail Kirsch. clients on select dates. The T-shaped, LEED Gold certified Located at 550 9th Avenue and 40th Street, Frames is a Address: West 23rd Street at the West Side Highway, space is perfect for meetings, product launches, concerts and complete entertainment center. Boasting 26 bowling lanes, New York, NY 10011 cocktail parties. A 44-foot media wall offers various multi- additional private VIP lanes, billiards lounge featuring two Phone: (212) 336-6060 media possibilities for presentations, art installations, brand tables and plenty of intimate seating, ping-pong tables, two Contact: Michael Seaberg, Director of Sales awareness or short films. Two vertical gardens, a floor-to- full bars with specialty sangria and beer towers, sophisticated E-mail: [email protected] ceiling fountain and custom felt art installation all contribute to lounge areas and a high-end audiovisual system, Frames is the Website: www.piersixty.com/current the hip, unique flair of this venue. perfect venue for your corporate or personal events. Address: Broadway at 63rd Street, New York, NY 10023 Address: 550 9th Avenue @ 40th Street, NYC, NY 10018 Daniel Phone: (212) 875-5037 Phone: (212) 268-6909 Available for corporate events, business meetings and product Contact: Venue Sales Team Contact: Event Staff launches. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails. Bellecour E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Room accommodates up to 90 guests for sit-down meals and Website: lincolncenter.org Website: www.framesnyc.com
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Glasshouses The Glasshouses, located in West Chelsea, is NYC’s premier event space with spectacular views of the Hudson River and the city. Beautiful modern clean space with professional staff will make your special event even more special. Call today to schedule a site visit. Address: 545 W 25th Street, New York, NY 10001 Phone: (212) 634-8797 Contact: Perry Brocco Email: [email protected] EXCLUSIVELY YOURS Website: theglasshouses.com God’s Love We Deliver God’s Love We Deliver is the New York metropolitan area’s leading provider of life-sustaining meals and nutrition counseling for people living with severe illnesses. Begun as an HIV/AIDS service organization, today God’s Love provides for people living with more than 200 individual diagnoses. God’s Love cooks and home delivers the specific, nutritious meals a client’s severe illness and treatment so urgently require. Meals are individually tailored for each client by one of our Registered Dietitians, and all clients have access to unlimited nutrition counseling. God’s Love supports families by providing meals for the children and senior caregivers of its clients. All of the agency’s services are provided free of charge, and in its history of more than 30 years, God’s Love We Deliver has never had a waiting list. For more information, visit godslovewedeliver.org. God’s Love is a non-sectarian organization.
Event Space: The Michael Kors Building at God’s Love We Deliver Galas + Corporate Meetings offers hundreds of square feet of flexible space, on the fifth Tradeshows + Conferences + Fundraisers floor and roof garden. The space is perfect for corporate outings Non-Profit Events + Holiday Parties (we are happy to design a day for your group that includes a stint volunteering in our kitchen), special events of all kinds and offers a wonderful backdrop for photo and film shoots. The VISIT YANKEES.COM/EVENTS fifth floor and roof garden features outdoor spaces designed by OR CALL 646.977.8400 acclaimed firm Sawyer Berson. The fifth floor includes: indoor seating for 90 for dinner or 120 classroom-style; outdoor seating for an additional 60 people; 200 for cocktails; a state-of-the-art demonstration kitchen and a beautiful terrace with unparalleled New York City views. The roof garden can accommodate 200 for cocktails or an intimate dinner for 24, offering spectacular 360 degree city views. The combined spaces can accommodate 400 people for cocktails only. Address: 166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013 Phone: (212) 294-8162 Contact: Steven Marion Email: [email protected] Website: godslovewedeliver.org/rentspace HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM events Gotham Hall mc A historic landmark bank built in 1924, Gotham Hall, in the heart of midtown, is a monument to style, hosting one GRAND BALLROOM remarkable event at a time. Whether a gala or a conference, the experience can best be described as awe-inspiring. Its interior boasts a seven-story-high, elliptical gold-leaf ceiling with opaque stained glass, Corinthian limestone columns, ONE LOCATION. TWO VENUES. gilded chandelier and sconces, and imported marble floors. Address: 1356 Broadway @ 36th Street, New York, NY 10018 Phone: (212) 244-4300 Contact: B. Allan Kurtz, Managing Director E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gothamhallevents.com Gramercy Tavern Entertain a maximum of 22 guests for lunch or dinner while dining on a specially prepared menu from chef Michael Anthony. Address: 42 East 20th Street, New York, NY 10003 Phone: (646) 979-4274 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gramercytavern.com PERFECT FOR ANY EVENT. THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN’T DO. Grand Prospect Hall A national historic landmark, music hall, entertainment For Your Next Event Contact the Sales Department and conference center. In-house catering specializing in international cuisine. Glass-enclosed atrium, open-air plaza [email protected] | (212) 279-7740 x227 and on-site valet parking. Accommodates 60 to 2,000. Visit our new website: www.mceventsnyc.com Address: 263 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Phone: (718) 788-0777 Contact: Michael Halkias Mention this ad for preferred packages. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.grandprospect.com 311 West 34th Street, Between 8th and 9th Avenues, NYC 10001
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Great Performances Address: 243 Fifth Avenue, Suite 540, New York, NY 10016 Highline Ballroom At Great Performances, we believe in a collaborative Phone: Office: (212) 432-4400 Renovated music and event venue in the meatpacking district commitment to service, innovation and quality. We execute small, Mobile: (917) 974-4144 features minimal industrial decor providing column-free intimate gatherings with craftsmanship. We are the go-to event Contact: Matt Altman open sight lines of the stage from every area within the club. planning and catering company for large events that require Email: [email protected] Add state-of-the-art PA system, digital soundboards, superb critical devotion to detail. We are a place where clients and chefs Website: www.headlinebooking.com lighting, LED video projection, flexible space and a huge stage, collaborate, where customers and event directors inspire and the Highline Ballroom is the perfect location for any event. teach each other. We are a company that promotes sustainability Heartland Brewery Address: 431 W 16th St., New York, NY 10011 through Katchkie Farm, our very own 60-acre organic farm When Heartland Brewery opened New York’s first American- Phone: (212) 414-5994 in Columbia County, New York. Founded as a waitress service style brewpub on Union Square in 1995, our city was not the Contact: Alisha Horesh for women in the arts, Great Performances enhances life’s hotbed of brewpubs, beer bars, and evolved beer drinking it is Email: [email protected] celebrations with great food and artful service while maintaining today. Heartland quickly established itself as a pioneer of the Website: www.highlineballroom.com a high level of professionalism and grace. Great Performances craft beer movement in New York City. Since then, Heartland is the exclusive caterer to some of the city’s most prestigious has consistently brewed New York’s freshest craft beers, HHornblower Cruises & Events cultural institutions, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, the including six classic brews and a wide range of seasonal ones. Hornblower New York combines unparalleled views with Brooklyn Academy of Music, Sotheby’s and the Apollo Theater. Brewers at Heartland assemble a variety of distinctly American sophisticated brunch and dinner cruises as well as private Address: 304 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 ingredients to create Heartland’s beer recipes. Heartland’s charters for any type of event, large or small. Hornblower’s Phone: (212) 727-2424 beers taste different than beers from Germany and Britain New York City Lights Dinner Cruise is the perfect place Email: [email protected] because they are made from indigenous ingredients such to entertain both locals and out-of-towners. The Jazzy Website: greatperformances.com as Wisconsin malt, hops from Washington and Oregon, and Champagne Brunch Cruise is a relaxing alternative to your American yeast. All beers are served at their freshest within regular brunch. Hornblower has hosted private events Headline Booking Group one to two weeks of brewing. That’s what we at Heartland call aboard its luxury yachts for some of New York’s most We are the premier source to book headline talent for your “Real Beer.” It did not take long for the Heartland’s brewing well-known companies and can help provide the perfect next event. With more than 15 years of experience booking techniques to be recognized. Heartland’s Farmer Jon’s Oatmeal space and atmosphere for your next corporate event, from and producing live performance events, Headline Booking Stout won a bronze medal at the prestigious Annual Great off-site meeting space to impressive product launches and Group serves as a conduit to any artist our clientele may American Beer Festival in Colorado in 1995 and a gold medal conferences. Book your cruise or event today. be interested in. Our long term relationships with artists in 1997. The restaurant’s well-prepared food and carefully Address: Pier 40 in the West Village, 353 West Street, and their representation allows Headline Booking Group to designed, homey setting won accolades as well. Heartland New York, NY 10014 provide clients the most current information regarding artist was named Best Brewpub by New York magazine in 1996 and Phone: (646) 798-4234 fees and production requirements. Our mandate, which our 1997. Since then, Heartland has grown into the largest group Email: [email protected] clients consistently rely upon, is the highest level of customer of brewpubs in the region. Website: www.HornblowerNY.com service. Whether we are booking the talent or overseeing all Address: 1430 Broadway, Suite 1513, New York, NY 10018 aspects of the entertainment component of your event, our Phone: (212) 400-2300 The Howard Theatre staff will seamlessly guide you from your initial inquiry to Contact: Lauren Pagano Conveniently located in the heart of DC’s Historic Shaw the completed performance. A truly global agency, Headline Email: [email protected] neighborhood walking distance to major transportation Booking Group provides you the opportunity to book any Phone: 212-582-2057 & numerous hotels The Howard Theatre offers a unique entertainer, anywhere in the world. experience you won’t find anywhere else! The Center Stage
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- The 12,000 square foot theatre offers two tiered horseshoe- Company are complemented with fresh croissants, pastries, The Kosciuszko Foundation shaped seating (booths & tables) centered on a 30-foot stage fruits, granolas and an all-day menu of gourmet flatbreads. The Beaux Arts entrance rotunda, wood-paneled meeting room making the largest event seem intimate. State of the art venue’s namesake honors John Jacob “Jakey” Astor VI, son of for 80 and spacious upstairs dining room for 90. Ideal for production and audio visual further enhance the experience hotel founder John Jacob Astor IV, born just four months after meetings, concerts, lectures and business meetings. creating one stop shopping for any event. The atmosphere his father died on the Titanic. With its vaulted barrel ceiling and Address: The Kosciuszko Foundation at the is enhanced with two 8-foot video screens on either side of stylish interiors fashioned in textural overtones and Breccia Van Allen Mansion, 15 East 65th Street, the stage. The Center Stage room can accommodate up to Capraia marble, Jake’s @ The Knick is a welcome addition to New York, NY 10065 250 seated or 550 reception style. The Upper Circle - This Times Square. Phone: (212) 734-2130 unique balcony foot space comes complete with a private bar Address: The Knickerbocker, 6 Times Square, Contact: Gigi & a breathtaking aerial view for “the best seat in the house” New York, NY 10036 E-mail: [email protected] during performances. It’s the perfect location for any event. Phone: (212) 204-4980 Web site: www.thekf.org The Upper Circle can accommodate 100 guests seated or Contact: Catering Sales Manager, Jennifer Sorrell 150 for cocktails. Have more guests? We can create unique Website: www.theknickerbocker.com La Fonda Del Sol accommodations using the entire Theatre. Whether it’s a press One of Midtown’s most vibrant restaurants, La Fonda Del Sol conference, cocktail party, student group or corporate event, The Jewish Museum offers an unprecedented stage for modern Spanish cuisine, we can work with you to create your vision. The Jewish Museum offers outstanding rental spaces in with a focus on tapas. Designed by Adam D. Tihany and Address: 620 T Street NW, Washington DC, 20011 a Museum Mile landmark. Housed in the former Warburg awarded two stars by Frank Bruni of The New York Times, the Phone: (212) 803-2899 Mansion and designed as a French Gothic chateau, our elegant split-level design consists of a striking bar and lounge on the Contact: Colleen Hendricks or Julie Hirsh rooms can accommodate a wide range of events. Private ground floor, and an elegant formal dining room on the upper Email: [email protected] or julie@ viewings of our world-class exhibitions enhance all occasions. level. Both are perfect backdrops for Executive chef Chris de bbkingblues.com The opportunity to host an event at the museum is reserved for Luna’s modern take on Spanish cuisine. Lounge reception: Website: www.thehowardtheatre.com corporate and individual supporters beginning at the $10,000 175-250 guests. Main dining room: 100-120 guests. Private level. Additional rental fees apply. dining room: 25-32 guests. Iguana New York Address: 1109 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10128 Address: MetLife Building, East 44th Street and Restaurant is open seven days a week. Mexican cuisine. Phone: (212) 423-3216 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10166 Private parties for 20 to 600 guests. Lounge and disco on the Contact: Ronya Gordon Phone: (212) 949-8248 lower level. New private room on the second level. E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Katherine Kim Address: 240 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Website: http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/Rentals E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (212) 765-5454 Website: www.patinagroup.com/la-fonda-del-sol Contact: Nino G. Brusco, General Manager Keens Steakhouse E-mail: [email protected] 122 year-old midtown Manhattan landmark. Four authentic Lexington Cruises Website: www.iguananyc.com period dining rooms for business lunches, dinners, receptions, Newly redesigned contemporary yacht. Accommodates 10 to cocktails for small or large parties. 100 guests. Departures throughout New York City, New Jersey, Jake’s at the Knick Address: 72 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018 Connecticut and surrounding areas. A cultured coffee shop and artisanal café, the lobby-level Phone: (212) 268-5056 Address: New York Skyports Marina, East 23rd Street at Jake’s @ The Knick is a perfect grab-n-go option for busy E-mail: [email protected] FDR Drive, New York, NY 10010 visitors. Custom coffees and espressos by Brooklyn Roasting Website: www.keens.com Phone: (212) 717-0300
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Contact: David Hackert Lucky Strike Manhattan Website: www.lyricbroadway.com E-mail: [email protected] With all the glamour and glitz of New York City, it can get Social media: facebook.com/lyricbroadway; twitter @ Website: www.lexboat.com overwhelming thinking about all the possibilities when planning LyricBroadway; Instagram @LyricBroadway a corporate event. We’ll make it easy: come to Lucky Strike Liberty Science Center Manhattan (located on 42nd St. & 12th Ave). From corporate Madison Square Garden Are you seeking a uniquely dramatic event space? Liberty team building events, professional mixers, conferences & more, As the world’s most famous arena, there’s no debating Science Center is just minutes from Manhattan and offers we’ve been nationally recognized as a leader in corporate that history happens here. Celebrated athletes, musicians, some spectacular views of the skyline and the Statue of event services for over 10 years! Offering a smorgasbord performers – presidents and popes - are all part of our historic Liberty. Our glass-enclosed observation tower is the region’s of activity to satisfy any taste, Lucky Strike Manhattan’s family of guests. Beyond our 19,500-seat arena, Madison most impressive space for an intimate dinner or ceremony. For expansive 33,000 square feet is loaded with 26 premium Square Garden offers a variety of spaces to accommodate larger events, our two-story gallery spaces and grand lobby bowling lanes, 11 competition ready billiards and ping pong corporate events, galas, concerts, TV shows, benefits, award can accommodate up to 1,200 guests. We offer full-service tables, legendary food & drink event menus and a world- ceremonies and more. amenities for meetings, parties and receptions; fully equipped class A/V system. Plus, our venue is uniquely suited to be Address: 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 theaters for multimedia presentations, top-notch entertainment totally customizable for your event - whether it’s rearranging Phone: (212) 465-6106 and elegant decor. Our expert event staff will deftly handle the the interior, branding us with logos or bringing in your own E-mail: [email protected] planning and setup for you. Our preferred caterers will design a entertainment. Need something more intimate? Try our Luxe Website: specialevents.thegarden.com menu to suit your budget and taste. Contact our special events Room – an ultra-premium VIP lounge within Lucky Strike team today to start planning your most memorable event ever. featuring its own private entrance, 4 private lanes, dedicated The Theater at Madison Square Garden Event space capacity: 50 - 1,200. bar, private DJ station and so much more. Don’t settle for The Theater at Madison Square Garden is the perfect setting Address: Liberty State Park, 222 Jersey City Boulevard, another boring event –get your guests talking with something for special events including TV shows, film premieres, Jersey City, NJ 07305 they’ll remember forever. Call us today to learn more! corporate meetings, Network UpFronts and graduations, Phone: (201) 253-1378 Address: 624-660 W. 42nd St., New York, NY 10036 to name a few. The venue has hosted legendary concerts, Email: [email protected] Phone: (646) 829-0170 memorable theatrical productions and an impressive roster Website: www.LSC.org Contact: Event Sales Department of performers. The space’s interior architecture is equally Email: [email protected] remarkable as the room allows for flexible configurations. The The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers Website: bowlluckystrike.com last row is a mere 177 feet from the center stage, ensuring an 10,000 square feet of space for corporate and social intimate experience from every seat in the house. occasions. River views, award-winning cuisine and complete Lyric Theatre Address: 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 catering services by Abigail Kirsch. Broadway theatre and multifunctional event space in the heart Phone: (212) 465-6106 Address: West 23rd Street and the West Side Highway, of Times Square. Magnificent auditorium and stage, two-level E-mail: [email protected] New York, NY 10011 spacious lobby, elegant Apollo Link, two rehearsal studios and Website: specialevents.thegarden.com Phone: (212) 336-6060 stylish Ambassador Lounge can accommodate groups of 20 to Contact: Michael Seaberg, Director of Sales 1,900. Maloney & Porcelli E-mail: [email protected] Address: 214 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 Skylight Room: 1,800 square feet, complete with a fireplace, Website: www.piersixty.com Phone: (212) 556-4718 three skylights, a 25-foot cherry wood bar, a baby grand piano Contact: Sally Shen and private events chef and kitchen. Accommodates up to E-Mail: [email protected] 128 seated guests or 175 for a cocktail reception. Mahogany
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Room: This elegantly appointed private dining room is tucked away behind our wine vault to provide a clubby retreat for your guests. Accommodates up to 30 seated guests or 40 for a cocktail reception. Address: 37 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 360-0438 Contact: Denise Bryant E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.maloneyandporcelli.com Manhattan Center Events Located in the heart of midtown, the Manhattan Center is home to two of New York City’s most beautiful event spaces, the Hammerstein Ballroom and Grand Ballroom. Together the iconic Hammerstein Ballroom and classical Grand Ballroom offer 22,000 square feet of flexible space with clear sight lines, state-of-the-art sound and lighting, and unparalleled service. In addition, Manhattan Center Productions has two TV studios and Historical landmark I One block away fromMadison Square Park I Ballroom seated capacity of 300 two recording studios, both interconnected to the ballrooms. Our flexible space caters to any event including conferences, product launches, trade shows, television awards programs, commercials, fashion shows and fundraisers. Address: 311 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001 Phone: (212) 279-7740 x214 Contact: Director of Sales & Marketing: Jessica Rothstein Berman, CMP Email: [email protected] Contact Our Sales Team Website: http://www.mceventsnyc.com 15 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016 Manhattan Club 212.471.0882 Midtown venue for meetings, seminars and special occasions. princegeorgeballroom.org For groups of 70 to 280. Offers a comfortable environment with cocktail bar. Address: 201 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 489-9595 Contact: Frank Rego, Director of Catering 100% of rental proceeds beneet E-mail: [email protected] New York’s largest provider of supportive Website: www.manhattenclubnyc.com housing and homeless outreach services. Metropolitan Pavilion Metropolitan Pavilion is conveniently located in the heart of Chelsea and perfect for your next meeting or conference. Three room sizes accommodate a wide range of meetings and other event types. Extensive WiFi services hundreds of devices simultaneously with multi-megabit speeds. The network supports dedicated line drops, LANs, and streaming HDTV- quality video. Multiple Tier-1 carriers over a local connection provide speeds up to 400Mbps. Both of the Pavilion’s ground floor spaces—accommodating up to 600 or 965 people respectively—has a separate entrance, coat check, green room, restroom, and catering prep area. Or combine them into 25,000 sq. ft. of event space for up to 1,565 people. The Level (5th floor), Gallery (4th floor) and The Metropolitan Suite (2nd floor) are perfect for use alone (75–300 guests), in combination with each other, or in conjunction with the ground floor’s North & South Pavilions. The Showroom and Conference Room serve smaller meetings of up to 50 guests. Metropolitan Events & Production can assist in producing your event—dinners, receptions, trade events, and more—based on nearly 20 years of experience. Our talented team of event professionals offers a wide range of services. Address: 125 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 Phone: (212) 463-0071 Contact: Sales Department Email: [email protected] Website: www.metropolitanevents.com Metropolitan West Metropolitan West is New York City’s new frontier for events of distinction and innovation located in Manhattan’s burgeoning Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The completely renovated facility offers two separate and adaptable event floors or you can combine them to use the building’s stylish central stairway and pristine 30-person elevator connecting both floors. South-facing floor-to-ceiling windows provide views and plenty of sunlight on either floor. With unbridled adaptability, -““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ -“““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ Metropolitan West is one of the City’s most versatile and ““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ ““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ reliable event spaces for red carpet and media-intensive ““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ events, gala benefits, cocktail receptions, trade events, corporate meetings, fashion shows, private celebrations, $POUBDUVTJOGP!NFUSPQPMJUBOFWFOUTDPN]]NFUSPQPMJUBOFWFOUTDPN product launches, and more. The sister venue to Metropolitan Pavilion, located in the historic Ladies’ Mile district in Chelsea, Metropolitan West offers the same great service and expertise
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but in the heart of Midtown West with spectacular views Address: 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 National Museum of the American Indian- overlooking the Hudson River. Phone: (212) 708-9680 Smithsonian Institution Address: 639 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036 Contact: Corporate Entertaining Exquisite historical landmark offers museum’s corporate Phone: (212)463-0071 E-mail: [email protected] members enriched cultural and artistic surroundings with Email: [email protected] Website: www.moma.org/entertaining several flexible spaces for meetings or events. Dinners or Website: www.metropolitanevents.com theater-style seating for up to 400. Receptions for up to 1,200. Museum of the City of New York Address: 1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004 Michael Jordan’s The Steak House N.Y.C. The Museum of the City of New York’s beautifully renovated Phone: (212) 514-3820 Located in Grand Central Terminal on the north and west landmark building on Fifth Avenue’s iconic Museum Mile is Contact: Trey Moynihan, Mgr., Corporate Membership & balconies, with views looking over the famous Beaux-Arts the perfect place for any corporate event or meeting. Guests Special Events terminal, the restaurant pays homage to an era of glamorous entering the Museum from Fifth Avenue step into the beautiful E-mail: [email protected] train travel, notably the 20th Century Limited, and has a design rotunda that boasts a floating marble staircase and starlight Website: www.americanindian.si.edu/support/ and layout reminiscent of a dining car. The steak house is chandelier. The stunning marble staircase leads to the second specialevents/newyork known for both its selection of perfectly charred steaks and floor where the marble court overlooks Central Park through classic dishes. Private dining rooms accommodate 8, 14 and three floor-to-ceiling French doors. The front courtyard and Nautical Holidays 16 while the entire restaurant can accommodate 750. back terrace are delightful in the summer months and can be Specializing in nautically inspired corporate events aboard the Address: 23 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 tented in any season. The newly renovated Ronay Menschel regions finest vessels, in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Phone: (646) 453-5798 Hall and Bruno A. Quinson Room are just right for any all-day Address: 7 Spezzano Drive, Riverside, CT 06878 Contact: Heather Lopez meeting or evening program. Phone: (203) 637-0270 E-mail: [email protected] Address: 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029 Contact: Bob Zampino, Manager Website: www.michaeljordansnyc.com Phone: (917) 492-3327 E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Francesca Bertolini, Director of Event Sales Website: www.nauticalholidays.com Museum of Jewish Heritage E-mail: [email protected] Available for lifecycle, corporate, nonprofit and academic Website: www.mcny.org/yourevent New 42nd Street Studios occasions, including conferences, film screenings, concerts, The third-floor studios, with a capacity for 299 standing guests, weddings, bar /bat mitzvahs, banquets and cocktails. Naples 45 offer a versatile special events space. The LuEsther T. Mertz Board Accommodates 30 to 400 with auditorium. State-of-the-art An authentic Neapolitan pizzeria and Italian restaurant situated Room on the ninth floor is available for more intimate gatherings. technology, views of New York Harbor. Catering available. in the landmark MetLife building at Grand Central Terminal. Address: 229 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 Address: 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280 Naples 45 offers al fresco dining in the warmer months. Naples Phone: (646) 223-3042 Phone: (646) 437-4206 45 enjoys easy access from anywhere in and around the city, Contact: Laura Knutzen, Operations Coordinator Contact: Rachel Heumann as well as on-site parking. Accommodates 250 for seated Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] events and 400 for cocktail receptions. Website: www.new42studios.org Website: www.mjhnyc.org/spacerental Address: 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166 Phone: (212) 949-8248 New York Historical Society Museum of Modern Art Contact: Sharon Colabello Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society is one of Spaces adjacent to galleries are available to the museum’s E-mail: [email protected] America’s pre-eminent cultural institutions and the oldest corporate members for entertaining. Website: www.patinagroup.com/naples-45 museum in New York City. Located across from Central Park
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in the heart of the Upper West Side, the New-York Historical Nick & Stef’s Steakhouse Oceanbleu at the Ocean Resort at Bath & Tennis Society is a beautiful landmark building that has much to offer Adjacent to Madison Square Garden, Nick & Stef’s Steakhouse The Ocean Resort at Bath & Tennis in Westhampton Beach, NY corporate, non-profit and private clients interested in hosting builds on and departs from steakhouse standards. An ideal is an oceanfront retreat overlooking 500 feet of private beach. all types of events. Showcasing America’s history through the location for pre- and post-game parties, dinner receptions With over 100 guest rooms, meeting and conference facilities, unique lens of New York and deeply engaging exhibitions that year-round or other social events, this sleek, contemporary a grand ballroom, and a slew of amenities, including heated reveal the impact of history on our lives today, the New-York steakhouse features great steak, the freshest seafood and outdoor pool, tennis, spa, salon and fitness center, the Ocean Historical Society is a striking and sophisticated setting for inventive signature sides. Nick & Stef’s sophisticated bar Resort at Bath & Tennis is only 80 miles from NYC. It is the entertaining. STARR Events is the exclusive caterer and also provides a welcoming reception for celebrations of all kinds. perfect destination for inspired meetings, distinctive conferences, manages the on-site restaurant, Caffè Storico. Main dining room: 125-250 guests. Side annex: 20-25 guests. and tranquil motivation. The Resort’s management team is eager Address: 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way Bar & Lounge: 50-75 guests. to design a conference package to meet your group’s needs and at 77th Street, New York, NY 10024 Address: Madison Square Garden, 9 Penn Plaza at West budget. Robbins Wolfe Eventeurs, the Resort’s exclusive caterer, Phone: (212) 485-9201 33rd Street and 8th Ave., New York, NY 10001 will design a complementary menu package to your taste and Contact: Anne VanderWal, Director of Special Events Phone: (212) 949-8248 preference. Mid-week and select weekend conference dates still Website: www.nyhistory.org/rental Contact: Sharon Colabello available for the 2016 season. Try something new this year, and E-mail: [email protected] take your meeting to the beach. Contact us today to discuss. The New York Academy of Medicine Website: www.patinagroup.com/nick-and-stefs- Address: 231 Dune Road, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 17,000 square feet of function space. Offers a 500-seat steakhouse-nyc Phone: (631) 288-8878 theater-style auditorium, boardroom and a variety of Contact: William Cataldo multifunction meeting spaces atop Museum Mile. NYY Steak Email: [email protected] Address: 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029 Located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, NYY Steak is New Website: www.bathandtennis.com Phone: (212) 822-7272 York’s latest premier steakhouse for lunch, dinner, special events Contact: Reggie Richards-Peelle and private dining. Just one block from Rockefeller Center, Per Se E-mail: [email protected] guests can enjoy a fine-dining experience with the class and Chef Thomas Keller’s four-star restaurant offers private dining Website: www.nyam.org quality that only this world-class franchise can provide. Rich options for weddings and other social and corporate events. with New York Yankees history and design, this 200 seat, three- Exclusive buyouts of the restaurant are also available. The New York Public Library ¬story space features a custom-made signature wall adorned Address: 10 Columbus Circle, 4th Floor, Landmark in the heart of New York City. Event spaces range with 86 autographs of legendary Yankees players. NYY Steak is New York, NY 10019 from the Trustees Room, which accommodates 125 guests, the home of championship cuisine, featuring our USDA prime Phone: (212) 823-9349 to Astor Hall, which accommodates up to 750 guests. The dry-aged steaks and over 200 varieties of fine wine. NYY Steak Contact: Jennifer Murray auditorium facility seats 177. can accommodate groups of 10 – 100 in one of our three private E-mail: [email protected] Address: Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, dining rooms including our converted bank vault, while full venue Website: www.perseny.com New York, NY 10018 events are available for up to 350 people. Phone: (212) 930-0730 Address: 7 W. 51st St., New York, NY 10019 Picnic House in Prospect Park Contact: Events Department Phone: (646) 307-7910 Overlooks the Long Meadow in Prospect Park. Spacious, glass- E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Jim Stewart enclosed pavilion accommodates 175 for meetings, dinner and Website: www.nypl.org/spacerental Email: [email protected] dancing. Piano and fireplace. Approved catering list. Website: nyysteak.com Address: 95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
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Phone: (646) 393-9031 ext.2 Rock Center Cafe The Sea Grill Contact: Christina Kuhn, Director of Rentals and Seasonal American cuisine in an iconic landmark location. Elegant, seafood-focused cuisine in an Adam Tihany-designed Event Planning Dining room features views of The Rink at Rockefeller Center dining room, featuring views of The Rink at Rockefeller Center E-mail: [email protected] in winter and the garden in summer. The private garden in winter and the garden in summer. Accommodates 150 Website: www.prospectpark.org/visit-the-park/party- accommodates up to 2,000 for outdoor or tented events. seated guests and 225 standing. Private room and patio dining venues/weddings-and-special-events/picnic- Seated or standing: 140 to 350. Private dining available. available. house/ Address: 20 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020 Address: 19 West 49th Street, New York, NY 10020 Phone: (212) 332-7620 Phone: (212) 332-7606 Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers Contact: Ken Palmer, Director, Special Events Contact: Ken Palmer, Director, Special Events 20,000 square feet of space for corporate and social E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] occasions. River views, award-winning cuisine and complete Website: www.patinagroup.com/rock-center-cafe Website: www.patinagroup.com/the-sea-grill catering services by Abigail Kirsch. Address: West 23rd Street at the West Side Highway, Rosa Mexicano Lincoln Center Sky Room New York, NY 10011 Mexican cuisine with private and semi-private space available New York City’s highest roof top lounge, with 360° views of Phone: (212) 336-6144 for up to 200 guests. Manhattan Contact: Michael Seaberg, Director of Sales Address: 61 Columbus Ave., New York, NY 10023 Address: 330 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (212) 397-0666 ext. 29 Phone: (212) 380-1195 Website: www.piersixty.com Contact: Jennifer Forbes Contact: Heather Conover – Event Director E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Prince George Ballroom Website: www.rosamexicano.com Website: skyroomnyc.com History meets luxury at The Prince George Ballroom, Manhattan’s premier event destination in the Flatiron District. Rosa Mexicano Union Square Smith and Wollensky Conveniently located between Fifth and Madison Avenues Mexican cuisine with private and semi-private space available American Room (capacity 60); Brandy Room (capacity 52); - and meticulously restored to its original Neo-Renaissance for up to 400 guests. Club Room (capacity 35). The tastefully appointed second floor splendor - this landmark venue is the place for your corporate, Address: 9 East 18th Street, New York, NY 10003 of the quintessential steakhouse makes a festive setting for fundraising, and private functions. With over 9,000 square feet, Phone: (212) 397-0666 ext. 29 private events of all sizes. The sky-lit rooms can be utilized The Prince George Ballroom can accommodate large events and Contact: Jennifer Forbes separately for more intimate events or combined to create an features great amenities including: a modern gallery entrance, E-mail: [email protected] expansive space. For more intimate gatherings, celebrations a ceremony and green room, and a professionally equipped Website: www.rosamexicano.com or presentations, the Derby Room (capacity 26), has classic, kitchen. The Prince George Ballroom is owned and operated by clubby décor. Breaking Ground, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides affordable Rosa Mexicano First Avenue Address: 797 Third Ave @ 49th Street & 3rd Avenue, housing for the homeless and low-income residents living Mexican cuisine with semi-private space available for up to New York, NY 10022 in New York City. One hundred percent of net proceeds from 150 guests. Phone: (212) 360-0438 ballroom events support this mission. Address: 1063 First Avenue at 58th Street, Contact: Denise Culver Address: 15 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016 New York, NY 10022 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (212) 471-0870 Phone: (212) 397-0666 ext. 29 Website: www.smithandwollenskynyc.com Contact: Karen Jimenez Contact: Jennifer Forbes Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] SoHoSoleil Website: www.breakingground.org/our-buildings/ Website: www.rosamexicano.com SoHo meeting lofts provide energizing off-site settings for the-prince-george creative workshops, executive training sessions and video Rubin Museum of Art shoots. Quality Italian From a stunning entryway to a state-of-the-art theatre, the Address: 138 Grand St., New York, NY 10013 The 57 Room accommodates up to 32 seated guests or 40 for Rubin Museum has the perfect space for your artful event. Phone: (212) 431-8824 a cocktail reception. Outfitted in reclaimed Italian newsprint The Museum’s centerpiece is a dramatic spiral staircase that Contact: Operations Manager dyed a rich burgundy, the 57 Room offers a warm and intimate leads to six floors of galleries, and the lobby at the base of the Email: [email protected] dining experience. The Trophy Room accommodates up to 60 staircase is perfect for intimate gatherings or for a reception Website: sohosoleil.com seated guests or 75 for a cocktail reception. Embossed leather during a larger event. The Museum’s cherry-wood-lined walls flank a faux fireplace outlined with antique placards theatre is the ideal space for performances, screenings, and St. Cloud sourced from butcher’s guilds throughout Italy. Exclusive seminars—with a stage, pristine sound and lighting, and With its three plush corner Sky Pods overlooking Times access to this room is offered via our working butler’s pantry, flexible seating—and can also function as a dramatic setting Square, stylish indoor and outdoor seating options, the offering a private entry for your guests. for dinner or cocktails. The arcaded colonnade adjacent to exclusive Waterford Crystal Lounge; the open-air Nat Sherman Address: 57 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019 the lobby is equipped with customized LED lighting and can Cigar Lounge, an ultra-luxe private area with lush living Phone: (212) 390-1111 be used for seated dinners, cocktail receptions or in tandem walls of greenery, the St. Cloud rooftop bar and lounge is Contact: Denise Culver with the lobby for increased flexibility and added capacity. Our uniquely New York. Named for the late-19th century hotel E-mail: [email protected] exclusive caterer is STARR Events. that originally occupied the site, St. Cloud is the pinnacle MEET ME AT Website: www.qualitymeatsnyc.com Address: 150 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011 of The Knickerbocker experience, offering a progressive Contact: Olivia Cohen, Manager of Special Events cocktail menu, bottled craft beers and an upscale, seasonally Quality Meats Phone: (212) 620-5000 x292 focused small-plates menu. Sophisticated entertainment is an The warm, industrial décor of Quality Meats draws on cues Email: [email protected] understated-yet- eclectic mix of cirque-like, biergarten and from traditional New York City butcher shops, with its use of Website: www.rubinmuseum.org/specialevents speak-easy fun, while curated music selections set the tone for THE CROSSROADS warm wood, stainless steel, and white marble. The space extraordinary experiences high above the city. succeeds in being simultaneously rustic, inviting and luxurious Rue 57 Address: The Knickerbocker, 6 Times Square, with rich details. The Fireplace Room accommodates 40 seated A bi-level French brasserie that also offers a full sushi menu. New York, NY 10036 guests or 60 for a cocktail reception. The Butcher Room seats The Salon private room is located on the lower level and can Phone: (212) 204-5787 20 for a more intimate gathering. accommodate up to 80 guests for seated brunch, lunch, dinner Contact: Catering Sales Manager, Jennifer Sorrell OF NEW YORK Address: 57 West 58th Street, New York, NY 10019 or 100 guests for a standing cocktail party. Website: www.theknickerbocker.com Phone: (212) 371-7777 Address: 60 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019 Contact: Denise Culver Phone: (212) 399-3097 Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Event Sales The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, a multi-purpose, intimate Website: www.qualitymeatsnyc.com Email: [email protected] meeting and performance venue, is beautifully perched on the Website: www.rue57.com 10th floor of the Samuel B. & David Rose Building where two Radio City Music Hall walls of floor-to-ceiling glass and a wraparound terrace offer Radio City Music Hall is legendarily majestic and is the Science, Industry & Business Library spectacular views of the Hudson River and Lincoln Center showplace of the nation. The brilliant splendor of the Hall’s Offers an electronic training center with 30 workstations, campus. The Penthouse is fully equipped to meet conference design is perfect at every scale, from the famously exquisite audiovisual equipment and a conference center with two and entertaining needs and is perfect for corporate and non- 5,900-seat theater to the luxurious private apartment, the Roxy meeting rooms, each seating up to 50 guests. profit events and private parties. Suite. With the many lavish spaces it contains, the venue is Address: 188 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Address: 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023 a brilliant compliment for an event of any size that requires a Phone: (212) 930-0750 Phone: (212) 875-5037 touch of resplendence. E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Venue Sales Team Address: 1260 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10020 Website: www.nypl.org E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (212) 465-6106 Website: yourevent.lincolncenter.org E-mail: [email protected] Web site: specialevents.thegarden.com theplazany.com | 212.549.0550 | @plazaparties greatperformances.com | 212.727.2424 | @gpfood
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Strip House - 44th Street Upstairs at Kimberly Hotel Grand Central Terminal, Vanderbilt Suites enjoys easy access Strip House is widely considered one of the best steakhouse The Kimberly Hotel’s highly regarded rooftop lounge, simply from anywhere in the city and offers on-site parking. The art brands in the country, consistently receiving rave reviews and called Upstairs at The Kimberly, is a 3000 square foot space collection complements a classic decor and design tone in frequented by celebrities. Our midtown restaurant on 44th which boasts 360 degree views, retractable glass ceilings and a setting made for meetings, corporate events and private street is known for its proximity to many Broadway shows as walls, ambient heated floors and a main room that promises to parties of all sizes. This sophisticated meeting space presents well as its signature steaks and sides along with its famed be as elegant and inviting in the winter months as it is sunny and the unique ability to serve cuisine from four acclaimed Patina interiors featuring siren-red décor to bring Old World glamour sophisticated in the summer season. Upstairs overwhelms the Restaurant Group restaurants: sophisticated French cuisine to the spaces. senses at every turn. Take the express elevator from the street from Café Centro, authentic Italian fare from Naples 45, Address: 15 West 44th Street between 5th and 6th, level and be transported to a breathtaking urban oasis thirty stories modern Spanish offerings from La Fonda del Sol and power New York, NY 10036 above Manhattan. Living green walls cascade down bronze panels breakfasts from Cucina & Co. Total room capacity: 130 seated, Phone: (212) 331-0328 framing the surrounding cityscape from every possible angle. 170 standing. Medium room capacity: 80 seated, 100 standing. Contact: Special Events Department A perfect view of the iconic Chrysler Building is the star of the Small room capacity: 40 seated, 50 standing. Email: [email protected] show. Upstairs provides the perfect setting for corporate events, Address: 200 Park Avenue, the MetLife Building Website: http://www.striphouse.com/ cocktail reception, weddings, meetings, and private dining. It can 44th Street & Vanderbilt Avenue, accommodate up to 250 guests. An event Upstairs will be an New York, NY 10166 St. Johns University - Manhattan Campus experience like no other, focusing on refined service in a relaxed Phone: (212) 949-8248 Address: 51 Astor Place, New York, NY 10013 luxurious setting, offering its guests a one-of-a-kind rooftop Contact: Sharon Colabello Phone: (718) 990-8038 experience and the desire to come back again and again. Email: [email protected] Contact: Tamara A. Lajara Address: 145 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022 Web site: www.vanderbiltsuites.com Email: [email protected] Contact: Jordana Maurer Email: [email protected] Virgil’s Real Barbeque St. Johns University - Oakdale Campus Phone: (212) 702-1685 Authentic barbecue. Private room on the second floor seats Address: 500 Montauk Highway, Oakdale, NY 11769 Website: www.upstairsnyc.com up to 200 guests. Contact us about our new full-service off- Phone: (718) 990-8038 premise catering. Contact: Tamara A. Lajara Vanderbilt Suites Address: 152 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Email: [email protected] Vanderbilt Suites combines state-of-the-art equipment with Phone: (212) 921-9494, ext. 3 sleek, modern design in a versatile 2,200-square-foot room. Contact: Penny Kaplan, Director of Special Events St. Johns University - Queens Campus The Tihany-designed space is conveniently located in the heart and Catering Address: 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439 of midtown New York with an exclusive address at New York’s E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (718) 990-8038 iconic MetLife Building. Just steps away from the connected Website: www.alicart.com Contact: Tamara A. Lajara Email: [email protected] St. Johns University - Staten Island Campus Address: 300 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301 Phone: (718) 990-8038 Contact: Tamara A. Lajara Email: [email protected] Subrosa Subrosa is a unique venue that provides full in house event services including full on site food, beverage and production needs. Address: 63 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 997-4511 Contact: Alisha Horesh Email: [email protected] Website: www.subrosanyc.com DOS CAMINOS 1567 BROADWAY Tao The Sky Box is perched 35 feet in the air and overlooks the entire dining room. This private room accommodates 16 to 26 guests for a multi-course, family-style meal. THE BEST Address: 42 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 399-3097 OF MIDTOWN Contact: Kristen Nelson E-mail: [email protected] STRIP HOUSE / BLUE FIN / DOS CAMINOS Website: www.taorestaurant.com Tao Downtown TAO Downtown offers two signature Sky Box dining options located on the upper level and overlooking the main dining room. With seating for up to 22 guests, you can survey the restaurant from your own private perch. Address: 92 Ninth Avenue at 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 Phone: (212) 888-2724 Contact: Kristen Nelson E-mail: [email protected] STRIP HOUSE 15 W. 44TH Website: http://taodowntown.com/#/home PERFECT FOR Tappan Hill PRESENTATIONS A landmark historic mansion overlooking the Hudson River, HAPPY HOURS devoted to the execution of day meetings. 40 minutes from CORPORATE LUNCHES Manhattan. Accommodates 30 to 400 people. Catering by Abigail Kirsch. SALES & BUSINESS MEETINGS Address: 81 Highland Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591 CONVENIENT MIDTOWN LOCATIONS Phone: (914) 631-3030 PRIVATE DINING SPACES AVAILABLE BLUE FIN 1567 BROADWAY Contact: Caitlin Marron E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.abigailkirsch.com 212.331.0328 [email protected] NEWYORKEVENTVENUES.COM
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Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium is a year-round destination offering versatile space suitable for corporate events and conferences, trade shows, photo shoots, fundraisers, awards dinners, social events, football games, soccer matches and more. The seasoned sales and service team provides you with comprehensive planning resources, venue expertise and unique enhancement opportunities. Yankee Stadium is a living museum, resurrecting memories of the past while continuing to serve as the stage for present and future events. Address: One East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: (646) 977-8400 Email: [email protected] Website: newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/events/ index.jsp Zerzura at Plunge Zerzura offers a lush escape, both day & night, to take in the 360-degree views of the Manhattan skyline and Hudson River while enjoying unique cocktails and light Mediterranean fare. In the evening, Zerzura offers table service and sounds provided by a rotating roster of New York City DJs. Address: 18 Ninth Ave., New York, NY 10014 Phone: (646) 625-3617 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.zerzura.nyc
FLORISTS A Votre Service Events As an Event Planning and Floral Design company, À Votre Service Events team is obsessed with customer service, known for opulent details and their incredible work transforming spaces. Full-service planning and day-of coordination available. Phone: (800) 757-0549 Website: www.avsevent.com Banchet Flowers Located in New York’s stylish meatpacking district, Banchet’s Entenmann’s Florist Ovando Flowers is the ultimate in urban chic. High ceilings, worn brick Entenmann’s Florist offers a large variety of fresh flowers and Ovando has blossomed into one of New York’s most sought-after floors and overflowing gorgeous flowers. The space can host gifts for any occasion. The goal is to exceed our customers’ floral design and event production firms. Under Sandra’s direction events as intimate as dinner for 24 or as generous as cocktails expectations with quality, value and professional service. and impeccable eye, the company continues to break ground and for 70. Stop in to see how our space can set a beautiful stage Address: 1731 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305 win international acclaim for its work with prestigious clients, such for your next event. Phone: (201) 433-0205 as the likes of Hermes, the U.S. Open Tennis Association, Donna Address: 447 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011 Website: [email protected] Karan, the Four Seasons, Saks Fifth Avenue and the MoMA, to Phone: (212) 989-1088 name only a few. With stunning work spanning the gamut from Email: [email protected] Fleurs du Mois Inc floral installations to custom props and moody lighting to the Website: www.banchetflowers.com We believe every event should be as unique as our clients. full-scale construction of breathtaking displays and environments, We listen, and bring your dreams to life. We handle simple Ovando is a dazzling celebration of form, function and flowers. Big Apple Florists requests, large-scale events, and everything in between. Address: 90 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038 We pride ourselves in being one of the premier New York City Proposals, engagement parties, ceremonies, and receptions. Phone: (212) 924-7848 ext. 101 florists. We can provide you with a level of service and supply Call today to arrange a free consultation. Contact: Sandra de Ovando you with a wider floral selection, while upholding the care, Address: 224 West 35th Street, Suite 1100, Email: [email protected] attentiveness and integrity of our work. For all of your corporate New York, NY 1000 Website: www.ovandony.com/ and event planning needs, our floral designers look forward to Phone: (917) 382-9039 making your floral vision a reality. Big Apple Florist can hand Website: www.fleursdumois.com Starbright Floral Design deliver fresh seasonal flower bouquets, green foliage, blooming Starbright was founded in 1994. We occupy production and plants and fruit and gourmet gift baskets to anywhere in New L’Atelier Rouge administration space in a loft on 28th Street in the center of York City within the same day. L’Atelier Rouge is one of Manhattan’s premiere floral and Manhattan’s historic flower district. Starbright is open seven Address: 228 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017 event decorators, with our team of floral couturiers producing days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In the past 18-plus Phone: (212) 687-3434 completely customized event experiences perfectly tailored to years we have had the opportunity to develop relationships Website: www.bigappleflorist.com/ the tastes and needs of each and every couple. and execute events at the most known venues throughout Address: 39 W 29th St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Manhattan. In excess of 200 of the top concierges of the B Floral Phone: (212) 226-463 leading hotels of Manhattan use us as their go-to florist. Today B Floral specializes in personalized arrangements for events Website: www.latelierrouge.com Starbright is positioned to execute its plans for growth into the of any size. With success based on a foundation of stunning future with exemplary customer service and a quality product artistry and experienced event management, we bring each L’Oasis at a fair price. Protecting the standard of quality and service client’s vision to life through customized creativity and style. If you are planning a one-of-a-kind event — a wedding, that we have set over the years is our priority. We will always Address: 153 West 27th Street New York, NY 10001 a fashion show — or would like to send a beautiful floral be known as a supplier that offers a customer experience that Phone: (646) 216-3169 arrangement, here are all the services you can get with earns five stars at every level. Website: www.bfloral.com us: corporate and private events, gala, weddings, — LBGT Address: 140 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001 weddings welcome. We celebrate LOVE — weekly accounts, Phone: (800) 520-8999 By Yena Designs plants and orchids, terrace, daily deliveries (please place your Website: www.starbrightnyc.com/ Before turning her attention to flowers, Yena Jung worked on order before noon as flowers will be purchased the same day), Wall Street, and her sharp attention to detail has carried into linen and furniture rentals, holidays décor. Triplicity Flowers her floral designs. Jung creates modern graphic arrangements Address: 120 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001 We specialize in modern and luxury floral designs created for centerpieces, bouquets and chuppahs in eye-popping Phone: (917) 601-2540 with the highest quality floral and plant materials. Whether colors. Her services also include draping and prop styling. Website: www.loasisfloraldesign.com/ your event is intimate or grand, thoughtful floral décor will be Address: 120 West 28th Street, 3F New York, NY 10001 customized to fulfill your vision. Phone: (347) 366-4347 Phone: (646) 535-8685 Website: byyenadesigns.com Website: www.triplicityflowers.com
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SCHUMER Railroad Passenger The Municipal Art Chief Executive Corporation, Amtrak Society of New York Metro New York, AECOM *Additional speakers to be announced To place your listing, contact Joanne Barbieri • 212-210-0189 ADVERTISING & MARKETING FINANCE David Carrie Warburg Realty News America Marketing Anthemis Group Eric Sivin, 72, joined Kevelyn Guzman, 35, David Carrie LLC as was promoted to Ajay Singh, 43, joined Leslie Campisi, 38, Director of Partner Chief Operating Of- News America joined Anthemis Placements. He was ficer. She previously Marketing as Chief Group as Chief Mar- formerly Founder at held the position of Financial Officer. keting Officer. She Sivin Tobin Associ- Director of Opera- He was formerly was formerly Senior ates. tions. SVP Finance at News Vice President, Dig- Mr. Sivin will lead The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Corp. ital Practice Lead at the firm’s law firm partner, group is responsible for the attainment of MSLGROUP. placement and merger practice. short- and long-term operational News America Marketing Leslie is Chief Marketing Officer goals, working directly with the CEO of Anthemis Group, based in New and President on the development Heidi Gray, 50, was Duane Morris York City. She has spent her career of the organization to ensure future promoted to Vice Mark Canizio, 58. exploring the way technology growth. The COO will provide the President. Duane Morris LLP is leadership and management News America transforms communications and has pleased to announce necessary to ensure that the com- Marketing (NAM) the helped startups, mid-size challenger that Mark A. Canizio, pany has the proper operational premier publisher of brands and global tech companies a partner in the firms controls, administrative and reporting coupons in the U.S. drive their businesses forward with New York office, has procedures, and people in place and Canada, produc- award-winning integrated marketing been named head of to effectively grow and to ensure ing billions of coupons programs. At Anthemis, Leslie leads the firms 95-lawyer operating efficiency. annually, today announced that the team tasked with growing the Construction Practice Group. Heidi Gray, a member of the NAM firm’s reputation among investors, team for 27 years, has been named clients, partners and entrepreneurs Bob Rubin: Construction Disputes TRANSPORTATION the company’s Chief Human Re- around the world. Avoidance and Resolution sources Officer. Previously the EVP, HNTB Corporation Sales, Central Division, Heidi will Robert Rubin, 77, Thomas Spearing III, now be responsible for developing LAW joined Bob Rubin: 49, joined HNTB a strategic framework to translate Construction Corporation as Norton Rose Ful- NAM’s business strategies into Disputes Avoidance Metropolitan bright actionable HR priorities. She will and Resolution New York Office lead the HR team in partnering and Gerard Messina, 51, as CEO. He was Leader, Senior Vice collaborating across the organiza- joined Norton Rose formerly Special President. He was tion to deploy practices that recruit Fulbright as Partner. Counsel at McCarter formerly Regional top talent while developing internal He was formerly and English LLP. President (Americas) at Hill Interna- talent and advancing the company’s Partner at Kenyon New York attorney, Robert A. Rubin tional. Spearing is responsible for business goals. and Kenyon LLP. (Bob Rubin) is pleased to announce driving success of the firm’s New Gerard Messina is an intellectual the formation of Bob Rubin: Con- York office operations. His focus ARCHITECTURE property lawyer focusing on patent struction Disputes Avoidance and includes strategic planning, quality Resolution. Bob Rubin will provide prosecution and counseling with control, risk management, recruit- Hoffmann Architects dispute resolution services for infra- extensive experience in the tech- ment and market diversification. structure and vertical construction, The New York office has grown more Erin Kesegi, 38, was nology sector. Licensed to practice assessment of risks, and recom- than 200 percent since 2013 and is promoted to Senior before the US Patent and Trade- Architect. She mendations of remedial strategies the largest office in the firm with mark Office, he has handled patent previously held the for projects in trouble. He will more than 280 multidisciplinary office post-grant proceedings and position of Project offer several different fee structures transportation professionals located complex patent portfolio review. Architect. and representation as befit client in New York City and Albany, NY, This summer marks Messina has served clients in the needs—as a neutral, as an advisor and Newark, NJ. Kesegi’s 15th year electronic control systems, comput- to the client, or as part of a team, with Hoffmann Architects, having er hardware and software, semicon- where his mission is not to replace joined the firm in 2001 after earning ductor and financial systems indus- but to assist and advise Counsel. her architecture degree from Roger tries. He will continue to focus his EXECUTIVE MOVES Williams University. She serves as practice on patent prosecution and REAL ESTATE a mentor to new staff members and counseling at Norton Rose Fulbright Try our new Advanced oversees the technical staff orienta- and will serve clients primarily in Meringoff Properties Search tool with data on tion program. In addition, she was the automotive and software and David Cohen, 27, instrumental in systematizing the circuit design industries. joined Meringoff thousands of executives firm’s design and drafting standards. Properties as Vice With experience in a range of build- President, Leasing. and personnel changes. ing envelope systems and materials, Norton Rose Fulbright He was formerly Kesegi has published articles and Michelle Carniaux, 55, Director at Avison www.crainsnewyork.com/ led seminars that consider roofs, joined Norton Rose Young. facades, and windows, both modern Fulbright as Partner. execmoves construction and historic restoration. She was formerly She leads project teams in the Partner at Kenyon diagnosis and resolution of building and Kenyon LLP. distress. Michelle Carniaux is an intellectual property lawyer CONSTRUCTION focusing on patent prosecution and counseling with extensive expe- Hunter Roberts Construction Group rience in the technology sector. Michael Beirne, Licensed to practice before the US 52, joined Hunter Patent and Trademark Office, she Roberts Construction has handled patent office post-grant Group as Vice Pres- proceedings and complex patent ident and General portfolio review. Carniaux’s clients Manager of Interiors. come from the computer, elec- He was formerly tronics, imaging, medical device Project Executive at technologies and telecommunica- Turner Construction Company. Mike will oversee the planning, tions industries. She will continue organizing, and executing of our to focus her practice on patent New York commercial interiors and prosecution and counseling at retail markets. He will manage a staff Norton Rose Fulbright and will serve of 28 and contribute to the overall clients primarily in the automotive discussion of Hunter Roberts’ sales, and software and circuit design finances, and annual business plan. industries. APRIL 18, 2016 | CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS | 59 041816.indd 1 4/15/2016 2:50:13 PM 20160418-NEWS--0060-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 4/15/2016 5:47 PM Page 1 GOTHAM GIGS EYES WIDE OPEN: Kenneth Springer’s firm performs investigative due diligence for private equity, banks, corpora- tions and family offices. Following the money Business is booming for financial fraud investigator Kenneth Springer KENNETH SPRINGER all Street has been in the dumps for said banks and wealthy families are once again letting AGE 62 several years, with banks stuck in a their guard down and failing to fully investigate the BORN Rockville Centre, N.Y. seemingly endless cycle of sacking people they’re entrusting with millions of dollars. RESIDES Ridgewood, N.J. staff. One of the few people in the field Springer’s staff specializes in scouring databases and enjoyingW boom times is Kenneth Springer, a private eye files in state and county courthouses across the nation to EDUCATION B.S. in finance from who specializes in uncovering the dirt that money man- find intelligence. Facebook pages are often particularly Siena College agers would rather keep buried. Business revealing, as are in-person interviews with THE BIG ONE Over the years he has doubled in the past three years. So long as people who know the subject being investi- said he has done background checks “So long as there’s greed and people “ gated. In one case, his firm was hired by a on scores of well-known figures in the willing to turn a blind eye, I’m busy,” there’s greed bank that was asked to approve a $200 mil- financial and real estate worlds. “I’ve said Springer, a certified fraud examiner and people lion line of credit for a New York University never done it, but I’d love to investi- and former FBI special agent who since willing to turn student who said he was descended from gate Donald Trump,” he said. 1991 has run Corporate Resolutions Inc. a blind eye, Turkish royalty and had raised $7 million for BACKGROUND CHECK Springer Springer oversees a team of 30 who a hedge fund. Springer’s firm found that the I’m busy. has investigated every known type check out money managers vying for ” claims were false and urged the client to of financial scam, either as a PI or cash for clients, including the New York steer clear. The student later pleaded guilty in his previous life as an FBI special State Common Retirement Fund, which confirmed to federal bank-fraud charges. agent in New York City, including a hiring Corporate Resolutions last year. Background After nearly 40 years of uncovering people’s secrets, $20 million dividend investment checks cost around $7,500 each, and Springer’s firm Springer is looking toward the next phase of his career. scheme at Prudential Bache; bearer- generates $6 million in annual revenue. Among other opportunities, he’s deciding whether to bond thefts from brokerage-house Business has been strong ever since the Bernie Madoff join the advisory board of an insurance startup that vaults orchestrated by organized scam broke in late 2008 and awakened the world to the would write policies protecting customers against the crime; advance fee schemes; black dangers of inadequately vetted money managers. But kind of fraud Springer detects. He’s intrigued but wary. box thefts and other bank-related with that disaster fading into history and the stock mar- “I need to do background checks on the guys I’d be thefts. — AARON ELSTEIN BUCK ENNIS ket rallying steadily over the past several years, Springer working with,” he said. 60 | CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS | APRIL 18, 2016 20160418-NEWS--0061-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 4/15/2016 5:48 PM Page 1 SNAPS Tisch School of the Arts raises record $2 million The NYU Tisch School of the Arts celebrated its 50th anniversary at a gala on April 4 at Jazz at Lincoln Center. More than $2 million was raised—a record for the institution, which attracts students from all over the world to study acting, dance, photography, writing and other disciplines. All the money will be used to fund scholarships. Movie directors Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Dean Allyson Green and Fashion company Suite 1521 co-founder Lizzie actor Alec Baldwin at the Tisch Tisch and Loews Corp. Co-chairman Jonathan School festivities. Tisch at the April 4 gala. New Museum’s new millions Jewish Board gala garners $1.3 million Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services trustee Carol L. Levin with Wilton Brands Chairman and CEO Jerry W. Levin at a Artist John Giorno, New Museum trustee Toby Devan Lewis, New Museum fundraiser for the Jewish Director Lisa Phillips and artist Ugo Rondinone at an April 4 gala for the New Board on April 7 at the Museum, which raised $2 million. Plaza Hotel. New York State Commission on National and Community Service Chairman Susan K. Stern, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services CEO David Rivel and Jeffrey M. Stern of Forum Capital Partners at Artist Dustin Yellin, the Jewish Board musician Swizz Beatz and gala, which raised artist Jeff Koons at the $1.3 million. New Museum fundraiser held at Spring Studios. SEE MORE OF THIS WEEK’S SNAPS ONLINE AT CRAINSNEWYORK.COM/SNAPS MICHAELASSELIN, PRIEST, BUREAU MADISONMCGAW, HILTY PHOTO NYU ZACH GET YOUR GALA IN SNAPS. EMAIL THERESA AGOVINO, [email protected] APRIL 18, 2016 | CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS | 61 20160418-NEWS--0062-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 4/15/2016 5:45 PM Page 1 FOR THE RECORD* will be the first to open, $500,001 to $1 million. RETAIL by Neal Ohm. The land- feet at 1636 Westchester NEW IN TOWN on May 4. The listed creditors are New York Kids Club lord, Dom Ben Realty Ave. in the Bronx. The store Chase Home Finance, signed a 15-year lease for Corp., was represented by will occupy the ground Café Zarathustra/Zad’s Fair Weather Bushwick HSBC Credit Cards, 8,400 square feet at 135 Cushman & Wakefield’s floor of the property Vegan Persian 274 Wyckoff Ave., Federal National Mortgage Plymouth St., in Benjamin Fox. The asking between Harrod and 867 Broadway, Brooklyn Brooklyn Association and Citibank Brooklyn’s Dumbo area. rents were $150 per square Morrison avenues. The ten- The Persian eatery, which The daytime coffee shop (South Dakota). The preschool center will foot on the ground floor ant and the landlord, Jem opened in Bushwick, reopened as a full-service occupy the ground and and $75 per square foot on Realty Management, were offers curry-like stews and restaurant, offering a 10- second floors of the six- the second floor. both represented by Kassin daily specials for $7 or less. course tasting menu for REAL ESTATE DEALS story building between Sabbagh Realty’s Albert $65, an à la carte menu Pearl and Adams streets. XNY Stores signed a 10- Manopla. Asking rent was Lululemon Lab and weekend brunch. COMMERCIAL The tenant was represented year lease for 8,000 square $60 per square foot. 50 Bond St. Facebook signed a The athletic-apparel 10-year lease for roughly retailer opened its first MERGERS AND 200,000 square feet at concept store in Noho. ACQUISITIONS 225 Park Ave. South. The DEALS ROUNDUP social network will occupy TARGET/SELLERS TRANSACTION BUYERS/INVESTORS TRANSACTION TYPE Moynat Goldman Sachs has 78,666 square feet on the SIZE [IN MILLIONS] 937 Madison Ave. acquired financial-services top three floors of the 19- The French maker of luxury startup Honest Dollar Inc., story building between Virgin America Inc./CM $2,947.7 Alaska Air Group, Inc. SB M&A Investment Partners LLC leather goods—known which helps small busi- East 18th and East 19th (Manhattan); Cyrus Aviation for its domed trunks— nesses offer individual streets; the remaining Holdings, LLC (Manhattan); opened its stateside flag- retirement plans to space will be on lower Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. (Manhattan); PAR Capital Management, Inc.; ship next door to the employees. Honest Dollar floors. Colliers Virgin Group Holdings Limited; Met Breuer. will remain based in International’s Eric Virgin.com Limited. Austin, Texas, and operate Ferriello and Robert Tunis, Parfums de Marly as part of Goldman Sachs’ along with Los Angeles- Ruckus Wireless, Inc./Citadel $1,299.6 Brocade Communications SB M&A Advisors, LLC; Firelake Capital Systems, Inc. 805 Washington St. investment-management based Wixen Real Estate’s Management, LLC; Investor Growth The French fragrance division. Warren Wixen, repre- Capital (Manhattan); MeriTech company is selling scents sented the tenant. The Capital Partners; Mitsui & Co. Global Investment Ltd.; Mitsui & Co. for $195 to $275 in the Marketing startup Olapic landlord, Orda Technology Investment Group; Rogers meatpacking district. has acquired California Management, was repre- Ventures Partners; Singtel Innov8 marketing firm Piquora. sented by Newmark Grubb Pte. Ltd.; SingTel Ventures (Pte) Ltd.; Sutter Hill Ventures; WK Technology Fund Upstate Stock As a result, Olapic Knight Frank’s Courtney 2 Berry St., Brooklyn becomes a marketing Adham, Brent Ozarowski, USI Senior Holdings, Inc./BlackRock $336.7 Hennessy Capital Acquisition SB M&A The menswear store development partner Andrew Peretz and Brian Kelso Capital Advisors LLC (Manhattan) Corp. II opened in Williamsburg. of Pinterest and offers Waterman. The asking rent All of the brand’s apparel content publishing to was $85 per square foot. Alliance Fiber Optic Products $306.1 Corning Inc. (NY) SB M&A is made in the USA, and Facebook, Instagram Inc./Foxconn Holding Limited; one of its three factories is and Pinterest. PostWorks signed a Matics Computer Systems, Inc.; located in Brooklyn. 49,690-square-foot sub- Renaissance Technologies Corp. (Manhattan) lease at 1411 Broadway. BANKRUPTCIES The television production Evanta Inc./Leeds Equity Partners, $275.0 CEB Inc. SB M&A COMPANY MOVES company will occupy the LLC (Manhattan); Prospect Au Café 15th and 16th floors of the Capital Management L.P. (Manhattan) Aesop 1700 Broadway building between West 138 Broadway Filed for Chapter 11 bank- 39th and West 40th Groupon, Inc. $250.0 Atairos Management, L.P. GCI The Australian beauty ruptcy on March 23. The streets. The tenant was (Manhattan) brand will open its ninth filing cites estimated represented by Savitt New York City location in assets of $0 to $50,000 and Partners’ Mark Schoen. Slack Technologies, Inc. $200.0 Accel Partners; Comcast GCI Ventures; GGV Capital; Index Tribeca. estimated liabilities of The sublessor, Nine West, Ventures; Spark Capital Partners, $100,001 to $500,000. was represented by JLL’s LLC; The Social+Capital Partnership; Anthom Amanda Bokman, Frank Thrive Capital (Manhattan) 25 Mercer St. Brooklyn Events Doyle, Clark Finney, The minimalist women’s 54-60 N. 11th St., David Kleiner and Kevin Lifealike Limited/Canaan $168.3 Accor S.A. SB M&A Partners; Hyatt Hotels Corporation; apparel retailer opened a Brooklyn West. Asking rent ranged Index Ventures; Intel Capital; Kreos second location that now Filed for Chapter 11 bank- from the $60s to the $70s Capital; Quadrant Capital Advisors, Inc. (Manhattan) also sells men’s shoes. ruptcy on March 31. The per square foot. filing cites estimated Properties at Windermere $167.0 W. P. Carey Inc. (Manhattan) SB M&A Between the Bread liabilities and assets of Third Bridge signed a Preparatory School, North 609 West 27th St. $1,000,001 to $10 million. seven-year lease for Broward Preparatory School and The fast-casual restaurant 25,261 square feet at 1411 the Village School/Nord Anglia Education, Inc. opened a third location in Maria’s Mont Blanc Broadway, nearly double Chelsea, inside the Restaurant the size of its current AwesomenessTV, Inc./ $160.0 Verizon Communications SB M&A Terminal Warehouse. 315 W. 48th St. Midtown South digs. The DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. Inc. (Manhattan) (24.50%) Filed for Chapter 11 bank- London-based research Equinox ruptcy on March 28. The firm for hedge funds will Selected deals announced for the week ended April 7 involving companies in metro New York. SB M&A: Strategic buyer M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing shares of a company without 670 Broadway filing cites estimated lia- occupy the 31st floor of the participation of a financial buyer. FB M&A: Financial buyer M&A represents a minority or majority 315 Park Ave. So. bilities and assets of $0 the 40-story building, acquisition of existing shares of a company with the participation of a financial buyer. GCI: Growth capital 203 East 92nd St. to $50,000. The listed beginning in June. The investment represents new money invested in a company for a minority stake. SOURCE: CAPITALIQ 246 Bedford Ave., creditor is 315 W. 48th St. tenant was represented Brooklyn Realty Corp., the landlord. by Savills Studley’s Lance 117 Front St., Brooklyn Leighton and Evan GET YOUR NEWS ON THE RECORD Equinox will open five 727 Bedford Properties Margolin. The landlord, *To submit company openings, moves or real estate deals, or to receive further information, locations before the end of 727 Bedford Ave., Callahan Capital email [email protected]. 2016 in Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn Properties, was represented For the Record is a weekly listing to help businesspeople in New York find opportunities, Gramercy and the Upper Filed for Chapter 7 bank- by CBRE’s Paul Amrich, potential new clients and updates on customers. Bankruptcy filings from the Eastern and East Side, plus in ruptcy on March 16. The Neil King and Patrice Southern districts of New York are listed alphabetically, as are recently announced New York Williamsburg and Dumbo. filing cites estimated Meagher. The asking rent City agency contract opportunities. Real estate listings are provided in order of square footage. The Upper East Side gym assets and liabilities of was $78 per square foot. 62 | CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS | APRIL 18, 2016 20160418-NEWS--0063-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 4/15/2016 5:48 PM Page 1 PHOTO FINISH Steal a glance, not the bike rent van Assen unlocked a bike from a street sign on the corner of Baltic and Court streets in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, not with a key but with his phone. The German-made steel cable on the BVanmoof S-series cycle was anchored directly to the electric bike’s frame, a feature that van Assen, who man- ages U.S. operations for the Dutch bike maker, believes could make bicycle thefts a thing of the past. Stolen bikes are so common in the city that there are blogs and Twitter feeds devoted to recovering pilfered rides. While most other crime rates dropped, reported bike thefts increased 68% in three years, to 4,849 in 2014, according to the NYPD Legal Affairs Bureau. The spike stems mostly from a surge in cycling— Department of Transportation counts show rider volume increasing 70% from 2008 to 2014—and the temptation to save a few bucks by buying a cheap lock or chain. The S-series will need the extra security. It has 75 miles of battery life that boosts the speed of the bike while it’s being pedaled, plus smart technology that tracks miles and monitors the bike’s location with 3G technology, bringing the price tag to a cool $3,000. Van Assen, who moved to Brooklyn from Amsterdam, where it’s estimated there are more bikes than resi- dents, believes the battery’s boost makes cycling into the city viable for Brooklynites. “In Amsterdam, it’s normal to just have a bike. 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