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Tavern’s goose may be cooked

Time is running out on Tavern on the Green — not just on lame-duck operator Jennifer LeRoy, but on the last knife and fork.

Hotel conflict right in the middle of high season

A total of 1,216 union employees from four major hotels in Puerto Rico will be protesting against their employers between Thursday and Saturday, for what they consider to be violations of their rights and unfair treatment.

City Council rejects Kingsbridge Armory mall plan

Members of the City Council overwhelmingly voted against a plan for a shopping mall inside the Kingsbridge Armory December 14.

Tavern:  A last New Year’s Eve under LeRoy family’s operation

This coming New Year's eve, New Yorkers and others will have one last opportunity for a special evening of dining, dancing, and fireworks at Tavern on the Green, the restaurant which became world-famous under restaurateur Warner LeRoy and his family.

Plans and back-up plans for auctioning of Tavern’s assets

While litigation over the ownership of the Tavern on the Green name continues, plans and back-up plans for the auction of its assets, tangible and intangible, are made. At the close to 2009, the LeRoy family, who have run the restaurant since 1976, will begin vacating the space for Central Park Boathouse operator Dean Poll to take over operations.

Hotel employees to protest Blackstone policies

Dozens of unionized employees of the Caribe Hilton, Condado Plaza and El San Juan hotels will stage demonstrations over the next three days to protest work conditions at the beachfront properties owned and/or managed by the Blackstone Group.

For immediate release: Rallies begin today in front of Hilton hotels in San Juan

Hundreds of hotel workers of the Caribe Hilton, Condado Plaza and the El San Juan hotels will be holding a series of protests and marches December 17, 18 and 19.

Federal court judge hears argument in Tavern name case

A federal district court judge vigorously questioned attorneys for New York City and for the LeRoys, current operators of Tavern on the Green, as each side argued it has the right to Tavern on the Green's famous name.

Hilton hotel employees march through Condado

Hundreds of Caribe Hilton, Conrad Condado Plaza and El San Juan Hotel and Casino employees on Thursday marched through the Condado, protesting low wages, poor health care benefits, abusive practices, unsanitary and unsafe working conditions, as well as violations of federal labor laws.

Hundreds of hotel workers rally against Hilton at Conrad Condado Plaza Hotel

San Juan's Ashford Avenue was closed off by police on Thursday, as hundreds of hotel workers chanted and marched in the street to protest Hilton's low wages, poor healthcare benefits, abusive managers, unsafe working conditions and violations of federal labor law.