AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoBrooklyn Tragedy: Eight people, including two children, died when a three-story building collapsed beside a construction site in Flatbush. The city is inspecting 100 sites linked to the project’s five associated entities as investigators examine the cause. City Policy: Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a law giving qualified nonprofits and community land trusts first chance to buy certain distressed or subsidized apartment buildings. The City Council also passed a ban on companies using personal data to set individual prices. Business Climate: Gov. Kathy Hochul launched an online tool to simplify license renewals for small businesses; separately, TE Connectivity plans New York operations expected to create more than 860 jobs. Markets and Rates: Wall Street recovered much of its early loss after Nvidia shares plunged following CEO Jensen Huang’s resignation, but the S&P 500 still slipped 0.4%. New York Fed President John Williams said more action may be needed to bring inflation back to target.
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