Met Ball attendees, from left: Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, Anna Wintour, Madonna and Katy Perry

Loews Hotels chairman Jonathan Tisch and his wife, Lizzie, are donating $10 million for a new gallery in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a major renovation of its 23,000-square-foot Costume Institute, the New York Times reported. While fundraising for the project has been in the works for years (last year’s Gala Benefit organized by Vogue editor Ann Wintour raised around $9 million), the Tisch gift “provided us with the tipping point to move forward,” said Met director Thomas Campbell. Comments

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From left: Mary Ann Tighe, Pamela Liebman, Dottie Herman, and Darcy Stacom

In a town where one’s address often means more than one’s name, it
should come as no surprise that some of the most influential players
come from the real estate industry in Crain’s list of New York’s 50
most powerful women. Freshly-minted REBNY Chair Mary Ann Tighe of CB Richard Ellis came in third, while Pamela Liebman, the Corcoran Group’s CEO, ranked 38th, and rival Dottie
Herman of Prudential Douglas Elliman was right behind at No. 39. Darcy
Stacom, vice chairman of CBRE, came in at No. 50. JPMorgan executive Heidi Miller nabbed the number one spot, with Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris coming in second. Other household names like PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi (No. 4) and iconic Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour (No. 21) also made the list, along with public officials like City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (No. 13), Senator Kristen Gillibrand (No. 20) and City Planning Commission chair Amanda Burden (No. 33). The paper also ranked the top companies to work for: Kimpton Hotels got high marks at No. 9, as did Silverstein Properties (No. 22) and Studley (No. 26). [Crain’s] and [Crain's] [more]

From left: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Related Companies CEO Stephen Ross, PR wiz Howard Rubenstein

When it comes to powerful New Yorkers, as far as New York Magazine is concerned, there’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg and then there’s “everyone else.” That “everyone else” includes heavyweights in real estate-related positions. In its list of the top 12 most powerful and influential city-dwellers, New York Magazine included Stephen Ross, chairman and CEO of Related Companies, calling him “the real estate industry’s last man standing,” along with PR giant Howard Rubenstein, who has counted developer Harry Macklowe and Rudin Management as clients. Others on the list include Al Sharpton, Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase chairman, Senator Chuck Schumer, and one woman: Anna Wintour.