"We’ll be looking to work closely with Mayor Mamdani if he is the mayor," REBNY prez Jim Whelan says at a Crain's breakfast. They met recently & discussed areas of agreement on upzoning & vouchers, and disagreement on rent freeze. "He's very personable ... a very good listener"

Real estate will ‘work closely with Mayor Mamdani,’ REBNY chief Whelan says crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/ny…

Full story on Jim Whelan's comments today, which treated a Mamdani win as highly likely even as prominent real estate execs continue to plot against him. "I don't see any reason at this point to be doubting the polls": crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/ny…

Applause and some (happy) tears in the meeting room after Freedom Plaza casino is voted down. (No outbursts from the developers, though)

exclusive: the Adams admin officially signed a 20-yr, $77M office lease at 14 Wall St, owned by billionaire Adams donor Alexander Rovt. NYC DCAS says an internal review affirmed the decision—but it didn't probe the role of indicted official Jesse Hamilton crainsnewyork.com/politics-polic…

Mayor Adams today will announce plans for 1,700 homes on city-owned sites in East Harlem and Kent Ave. on the Williamsburg waterfront. But Antonio Reynoso, Lincoln Restler & Jen Gutiérrez condemned the BK project, where they've long pushed for a park: crainsnewyork.com/politics-polic…

the MGM Empire City casino bid in Yonkers was just approved 5-0 by its community advisory committee— the first of eight downstate bids to advance to the last round of NY's downstate process after 3 high-profile rejections in Manhattan.

"Queens get the money ... sorry, Jay-Z, we win again," says Queens BP Donovan Richards Jr. as the Resorts World casino bid at Aqueduct Racetrack sails through its CAC vote. With that, two "racinos" advance to the last round. Bally's, Steve Cohen & The Coney face votes next week.