New York City Council Passes Controversial Hotel Licensing Bill

Nov 11, 2024 • 17 min read

When Ivy Nallo and Zack Nussdorf moved to Taghkanic, N.Y., in 2020, they envisioned having a small garden where they could grow enough produce to host dinners on the screen porch. Four years later, the 625-square-foot plot has grown into a one-acre farm with greenhouses and a herd of Mangalitsa pigs, known for their lard. At the end of October, Nallo and Nussdorf opened Restaurant Manor Rock in Hudson, N.Y., a 20-minute drive from their farm. Much of the produce, like the patchwork peppers and the Barbarella eggplants, comes from their land, as does the pork for their loin chops and charcuterie. Nussdorf briefly worked as a line cook at the Michelin-starred Brooklyn restaurant the Four Horsemen. Here, he and the chef Diego Romo, previously of Gem and Estela in Manhattan, are making simple, seasonal dishes, like grilled squid with turnips and potatoes cooked in Mangalitsa lard. Before it hosted a string of restaurants, Manor Rock’s Warren Street space was a townhouse. It was overhauled earlier this year by the design and architecture firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero, who outfitted the restaurant with porcelain sconces, cream-colored walls and a red-oak bar made of trees from Manor Rock Farm. “We wanted it to feel like it’s been here for the last hundred years,” Nallo says. .

Nov 7, 2024 • 6 min read

Marriott International unveiled plans Monday for its biggest organizational overhaul in a decade, targeting up to $90 million in annual cost savings as the hotel giant repositions itself after doubling in size over the past decade.

Stratis Batayas, a first-time hotel owner in Greece, is better at inventing creative concepts for guests than knowing the latest techniques in global hotel marketing and distribution.

Believe it: there is great skiing in upstate New York. New Yorkers know there are a number of good reasons to venture upstate year-round, but come winter those snowy slopes beckon. And while many picture a winter in New York to be one of sparkling lights of the Rockefeller Tree, crowded streets of fabulous fur coats, or even the tall skyscrapers that evade snowfall, for skiers (or snowboarders) who wish to see all that New York truly offers, there’s no shortage of vibrant ski mountains, towns, lodges, and resorts that are totally dreamy for great winter skiing experiences right near the big city. Some are even less than two hours away.

I grew up in the tri-state area, spent some years in Texas, and then moved back to the East Coast to start my life in New York City.

Traveling between Africa and the United States just got easier.Delta Air Lines recently announced the seasonal expansion of a nonstop flight between New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and Lagos, Nigeria’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

I grew up in New Britain, Connecticut, and when I was 18, I fulfilled my dream of moving to New York City for college. I ended up staying for three more years after school, and I still think it's the most incredible place in the world.

JetBlue flyers who like to book the airline's extra-legroom seats — which are known as "Even More Space" seats — will start to notice changes over the coming months.

Ready or not, November is here. And while there are plenty of reasons this particular November might not be everyone's favorite, there are still a lot of good things in store, like booking a trip to one of the incredible new hotels now open (detailed below) or snagging tickets to see the "Wicked" movie, which comes out later this month.

Oct 31, 2024 • 10 min read