Manhattan Building At Risk Of Collapse Is ‘Stable,’ Officials Say

Insider Brief Volley Automation said its robotic parking systems have been selected for two Manhattan condominium developments by Legion Investment Group. The systems will be used at 38 Gramercy Park East and 550 West 21st Street in West Chelsea, both of which are under construction, according to the company. “Legion is demonstrating how innovation can […]

The post Kalshi loses New York court battle as Google bans prediction market extensions appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Kalshi has lost another round in court. A federal judge has turned down the company’s request to stop New York from applying its gambling laws to the prediction markets platform. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan issued the ruling on Tuesday. She said Kalshi was not entitled to a preliminary injunction. She reasoned that the federal Commodity Exchange Act does not override New York’s gambling laws when it comes to Kalshi’s sports-event contracts. Torres said New York has strong reasons for its position. She pointed to the state’s goals of stopping gambling addiction, protecting the integrity of sports, and keeping unregulated contracts from spreading. Those interests, she wrote, “heavily” outweigh Kalshi’s arguments about federal law taking priority, and about customers running into what the company called “intractable” tech problems. “Kalshi has no

The post Judge denies Kalshi bid to block New York gambling laws appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A federal judge in Manhattan refused to shield Kalshi from New York’s gambling laws on Tuesday, deepening a split among US courts over who regulates prediction markets and pushing the fight closer to the Supreme Court. The decision matters because federal appeals courts now disagree on the central legal question, and that kind of divergence is what tends to draw the justices in. Kalshi has already asked the Second Circuit to review the ruling. It was expected that the dispute could ultimately reach the Supreme Court, and each conflicting ruling makes that outcome harder to avoid. What the judge decided US District Judge Analisa Torres, who also presided over the SEC’s case against Ripple, denied Kalshi’s request for a preliminary injunction against the New York State Gaming Commission. The order landed in KalshiEX LLC v. Williams, filed July 7 in the Southern District of New York. At i

Anthropic's expansion in NYC highlights the city's growing importance as an AI hub, potentially boosting local tech talent and innovation. The post Anthropic plans to lease 16-story Manhattan building, double NYC workforce to 1,000 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company, plans to lease a 16-story building in Hudson Square and to double its work force in New York City to 1,000 people this year.

The post Evacuated Manhattan Building ‘Remains Unstable,’ Mamdani Says appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline A Midtown Manhattan building, which formerly housed Pfizer offices and is being converted into apartments, “remains unstable” hours after that building and several others nearby were evacuated due to its support columns buckling, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday afternoon. The Midtown building formerly housed Pfizer offices. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Key Facts In a press briefing Tuesday afternoon, Mamdani said two structural columns in the building have buckled and the building “remains unstable,” saying officials have seen continued movement in one of the impacted columns since arriving on scene this morning. Ahmed Tigani, commissioner of New York’s Department of Buildings, said Tuesday afternoon the city is bringing in emergency beams and columns to support the building. Mamdani said New Yorkers should “

The post NYC Buildings Evacuated As Support Beams Buckle On 33-Floor High-Rise appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline A Midtown Manhattan building, which formerly housed Pfizer offices and is being converted into apartments, and several nearby buildings were evacuated Tuesday morning after officials discovered support columns were buckling, sparking fears it may collapse. The Midtown building formerly housed Pfizer offices. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Key Facts The New York Fire Department said it received a call shortly before 8 a.m. EDT saying bricks were spotted falling from the 21st floor of the building, multiple outlets reported, where officials then discovered two support columns were buckling. The building, as well as several nearby buildings, were evacuated Tuesday morning, while surrounding streets were closed. No injuries have been reported, fire officials said. Metro Loft Management, a real estate agency leading the bui

A Manhattan judge ordered that Michelle Bond’s criminal trial start in November after he denied a motion to dismiss the indictment based on claims that prosecutors misled her husband over her charges.