Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is distancing itself from a planned acquisition of a large Bronx industrial center after it emerged that a city real estate official — who is close friends with Adams — had gone to unusual lengths to promote the deal.The administration had been in talks to purchase or lease the newly-built Bronx Industrial Center for as much as $670 million, City Councilman Lincoln Restler said at a hearing on Tuesday. Louis Molina, Commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative services, acknowledged that he had met to discuss the possible deal on Oct. 8 with his deputy, Jesse Hamilton, and brokers from Cushman & Wakefield, including the firm’s vice chair Diana Boutross. Days earlier, Hamilton’s and Boutross’s phones had been seized as part of a bribery probe by the Manhattan district attorney.But Molina appeared taken by surprise Tuesday when Restler showed a grainy video in which Hamilton, who supervises the city’s real estate holdings, encouraged city agencies to consider the “phenomenal,” “state-of-the-art industrial space.” Molina said he had never seen the video, which had previously been posted online but was not produced by DCAS’s communications office. Molina said that the acquisition of the Bronx Logistics Center was still “in the early stages of consideration.”Hours later Tuesday evening, the city disowned the whole concept. A DCAS spokesman said that the agency is “not moving forward with the lease or acquisition of the Bronx... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2024-10-30 17:40:25 UTC ]
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Pedro Almodóvar’s debut story collection goes to HarperVia, Christina Clancy re-ups with St. Martin’s, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A Mars survival pick-a-path adventure, visual puzzles in animal pictures, baseball history, and more of today's best children's book deals! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-01-31 15:46:26 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2024-01-29 17:17:13 UTC ]
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Bookstore workers at San Francisco’s City Lights Booksellers and Publishers have agreed to unionize, with the City Lights Workers Union joining the Industrial Workers of the World Local 660. City Lights management has voluntarily recognized the union. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH buys the latest from Israeli global bestseller Yuval Noah Harari, Karen Tei Yamashita sells a book about Japanese American identity to Graywolf, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2024-01-22 16:42:56 UTC ]
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A UK-US deal, the Open Road-owned Bloodhound in the UK is to see Dreamscape produce at five audiobooks from its list monthly. The post UK-US: Open Road’s Bloodhound Books in Audiobook Deal With Dreamscape appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-01-19 20:47:58 UTC ]
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Random House signs a book on Open AI by Ashlee Vance and a novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, M.L. Lee sells two novels to Simon & Schuster, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2023, the major publishers maintained their grip on the bestseller lists, but indies scored some notable successes, with Entangled, Kensington, and Sourcebooks among those making inroads. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Scott Morrison, the former prime minister of Australia, is bringing a memoir to W; ‘Uncommon Answers’ to prayers land at Chosen Books; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Like last week's Golden Globes, the Emmys were very good to streaming services. The 75th Primetime Emmys aired on Monday, January 15 and saw Max, Hulu and Netflix take home the most awards by a solid margin. Hulu led the pack, winning six Primetime Emmys thanks to its dark comedy, The Bear. The... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-01-16 10:44:09 UTC ]
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An inside look at the debut speculative novel so charming that Avid Reader Press executive editor Margo Shickmanter preempted it from her bathtub. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Del Ray lands a Keanu Reeves novel, written with China Miéville; Blackstone buys a six-book literary role-playing game; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A literary agency merger serves up culinary publishing as our Rights Roundup highlights books published in Turkish, Catalan, French, German, and Finnish. The post Rights Roundup: JVNLA and Esku Cooking Up Deals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-01-11 21:40:51 UTC ]
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The AAP StatShot report for October shows US book publishing revenues at US$10.6 billion in the first 10 months of 2023. The post AAP StatShot: US Industry Was Up 1.8 Percent in October appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-01-09 20:42:57 UTC ]
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Results were buoyed by strong sales in higher education course materials, which were up 17.9%, and at religious presses, which saw a 12.2% bump, in conjunction with a 1.5% increase in sales of adult books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2024-01-08 14:54:33 UTC ]
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Sandra Glahn, the author of ‘Nobody’s Mother,’ brings two more titles to IVP Academic; a true story inspires a picture book headed to Behrman House; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Investors seemed unimpressed but analysts say even talk of a merger reflects moves to consolidate in a tough market Barbie and Tom Cruise’s Top Gun are planning on getting hitched. Warner Bros Discovery, the Hollywood studio that brought us the Batman, Harry Potter and Barbie films, and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-12-21 17:19:19 UTC ]
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