Airlines

Southwest to Launch Syracuse Service in November

Southwest, the nation’s leading discount airline, is launching service to Syracuse in Upstate New York beginning on November 14, 2021. Southwest continues to grow across North America with service to its sixth destination in New York. The airline also serves Albany, Buffalo, LaGuardia (NYC), Rochester and Islip (Long Island). Southwest will initially offer up to […]

News Retail

Stop & Shop Looks to Hire 1,000 in NY Metro Area

PURCHASE, NY — The Stop & Shop supermarket chain says it is looking to fill more than 1,000 part-time jobs across the New York Metro area. The available positions include part-time roles in-store, as well support for its ecommerce operations on Long Island. Stop & Shop has more than 150 store positions available across New […]

Restaurant

Wings of New York Opens First Store in Yankee Stadium

JERICHO, NY — Wings of New York, the virtual restaurant concept created by Nathan’s Famous, has opened its first physical restaurant, located inside Yankee Stadium, home of the NY Yankees baseball team. The Wings of New York location will offer a limited version of the menu, including Harlem style Chicken and Waffles, as well as […]

Banks News

Morgan Stanley Partners With Microsoft for Cloud Transformation

NEW YORK –– Investment bank Morgan Stanley is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. on a strategic cloud partnership aimed at accelerating the firm’s digital transformation and shaping the future of innovation in the financial services industry. The companies will strike a unique collaboration to unlock the opportunities that Microsoft’s cloud provides with a specific view […]

Funding

Small Door Veterinary Lands $20 Million Investment

NEW YORK — Small Door Veterinary, a membership-based veterinary service, announced $20 million in Series A funding alongside expansion plans including a new practice on Manhattan’s Upper East Side (1231 Third Ave) coming this summer . The company has an ambitious rollout plan to open 25 locations by 2025 as it plans to transform and […]

Funding

DataDome Closes $35 Million Round

NEW YORK — DataDome, a company that offers AI-powered SaaS solution to protect online businesses against bot-driven fraud, has secured a $35 million Series B investment. The funding round was led by New York-based venture capital firm Elephant, with participation from DataDome’s existing investor ISAI. The cash infusion will help DataDome to aggressively scale its […]

Real Estate

SL Green Sells 635-641 Sixth Avenue for $325 Million

NEW YORK — SL Green Realty Corp. has sold 635-641 Sixth Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan for $325.0 million. The property is comprised of two adjoined buildings totaling 8 stories and 267,000 square feet, occupying the full western block-front on Sixth Avenue from 19th Street to 20th Street in Midtown South. The transaction […]

Funding

Furniture Marketplace Kaiyo Raises $5 Million

NEW YORK — Kaiyo, a full-service marketplace for gently-used furniture, has raised $5 million in funding led by Moderne Ventures, with full participation from Lerer Hippeau and Max Ventures. The new capital will help Kaiyo expand beginning in Washington D.C., and throughout the Northeast. Kaiyo currently provides white-glove delivery to the New York metropolitan area which includes New York, New […]

Funding

DailyPay Lands $500 Million

NEW YORK— DailyPay, a provider of on-demand pay services for businesses, has secured $500 million of capital which includes a $175 million Series D equity round led by Carrick Capital Partners with participation from existing investors. In addition, the company also raised $325 million of credit capital from various sources. The Company plans to invest its newly raised capital […]

News Restaurant

American Express Awards $40,000 Grants to Historic Restaurants

NEW YORK — American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have chosen 25 historic and culturally significant restaurants in the U.S. owned by underrepresented groups that will receive funding through the “Backing Historic Small Restaurants” Grant Program. Each restaurant will receive $40,000 in grants funded by American Express and administered by the National […]

News

Goldman Sachs Invests, Awards Grants for Black Women Initiative

NEW YORK — The Goldman Sachs Group announced the initial foundational grant, capital investments and philanthropic grants for the One Million Black Women initiative, which has committed more than $10 billion to advance racial equity and economic opportunity by investing in Black women. The One Million Black Women Advisory Council, which consists of 17 Black business and community […]

Funding Magazine

Owen’s Craft Mixers Closes $7.5 Million Funding Round

NEW YORK — Owen’s Craft Mixers, makers of premium, all-natural cocktail mixers, has closed a fundraising round of $7.5 million led by country music star Lee Brice, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Darius Rucker, NHL legend Mario Lemieux, Levy Family Partners and Maas Family Office – owners and creators of RumChata. The NY-company plans to […]

Media News

HBO Max to Offer Service With Ads for $9.99 Per Month

HBO Max announced it will debut an ad-supported version of its streaming subscription service the first week of June. Consumers will have a choice between the existing ad-free version of HBO Max at $14.99 per month, or an ad-supported experience for $9.99 per month. Both HBO Max tiers offer access to original programming, as well […]

Airlines

JetBlue to Begin JFK Service to London August 21

NEW YORK — JetBlue is beginning its long-awaited transatlantic service to the United Kingdom with nonstop flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy international Airport (JFK) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR) starting August 11, 2021. JetBlue will serve both of London’s major airports with nonstop service between New York-JFK and London Gatwick Airport (LGW) starting […]

News

Life Time Fitness Opens New Club in NoHo Neighborhood

NEW YORK — Life Time — a fitness chain known for its supersized clubs – has opened its third New York City location in less than six months, and fourth in the city with a new NoHo club in Cooper Square. Life Time is investing in New York City with plans to bring six new clubs to the city […]