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Professional & Results-Focused, Certified Compliance, Internal Audit, Grant Writer and Resolution Specialist I help organizations and individuals uncover discrepancies, resolve disputes, and protect financial interests—specializing in commercial lease audits, landlord-tenant matters, contract negotiations, disputes, and airline, travel, and subscription resolutions.

Here are the James Beard Foundation’s NYC chef and restaurant semifinalists for 2025

It is official: the James Beard Awards season is upon us. Established in 1990, the James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards come together to “recognize exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, media, and broader food system.” The announcement of the semifinalist list ladders up to the awards ceremony culminating in June.  Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr of Frenchette, Le Rock and the recently reopened and revamped Le Veau d’ Or received a semifinalist nod for Outstanding Restaurateur, as did Simon Kim of Gracious Hospitality...

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A ‘Warmer Than Usual’ Spring Is Headed Our Way

With an arctic airmass suspended over NYC this week bringing us the coldest weather in two years, it’s safe to say we’re all deep in the winter blues. And, to add insult to injury, this is also the coldest January in 13 years. But we’re here to bring you some good news: beyond the days slowly but surely getting longer–we just experienced the first 5 pm sunset of the year–we’ve also got spring to look forward to, and this one will be warmer than usual. The Old Farmer’s Almanac recently released its long-range weather outlook for the spring, and with it comes the...

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Action Bronson Crowned This Woodside Burger Among The ‘Top Five On Earth’

Rapper, TV show host, and Queens native Action Bronson’s food documentary series title is something we find ourselves saying quite often when eating around NYC–”F*ck, That’s Delicious.” And on a recent trip to Woodside, he was saying that very same thing. Bronson paid Woodside’s Irish-American institution Donovan’s a visit on a recent episode of “F*ck, That’s Delicious” as part of his journey to uncover NYC’s best pub burgers, and he wound up crowning one of the burgers among the top five on Earth! Bronson stated: In the Iron Triangle, as I...

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The Roots are playing a six-show residency at the iconic Blue Note this March

Here’s the stuff of musical dreams: in honor of the 30th anniversary of the band’s first ever album release on a major label, Do You Want More?!!!??!, The Roots will be playing a six-show residency at the iconic Blue Note in downtown Manhattan this March.  “We are doing six early Roots era focused shows,” Questlove, the band’s drummer and joint frontman announced on Instagram earlier today, under a photo of a poster detailing the event. According to the flyer, the band will play two shows per night between March 13 and 15, the first at 8pm...

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