• Hard-hit Grand Central tenants not on board with MTA’s rent decision

    Hard-hit Grand Central tenants not on board with MTA’s rent decision

    The MTA has finally broken its silence in a monthlong standoff over the rent at Grand Central Terminal — and retail tenants don’t like what they’re hearing. In a letter this week to shop owners and restaurateurs at the landmark Manhattan train station, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it was temporarily deferring rent collections for …
  • Struggling Grand Central tenants go on rent strike amid coronavirus

    Struggling Grand Central tenants go on rent strike amid coronavirus

    Grand Central Terminal’s tenants are staging a rent strike. Some 20 retailers located in the posh Manhattan train station fired off coordinated e-mails to their Metropolitan Transportation Authority landlord on Thursday, informing the transportation agency that they can’t pay their April rent. The uprising — in the form of boilerplate e-mails — is being backed …