38-38 Ninth Street, Long Island City, New York Review of Finance

A new generation might just be discovering the printed newspaper.

Nicolas Kemper

Apr 28, 2026

#50

Publishers Noted: in which our publisher reviews the building of another publisher

“It’s getting fucking impossible to make physical things,” said Niccolo Porcello as we walked up Ninth Street in Long Island City, carrying about five hundred copies of the New York Review of Finance (NYRF) to the magazine’s Wednesday evening launch party in a subterranean bar in the Financial District.

NYRF is a brand-new review. Its first issue appeared on November 19, 2025. In our arms was the second. NYRF might not have happened without us—that is, without New York Review of Architecture. Its cofounders—Porcello, Michael Nicholas and Paige Oamek—started talking about making a magazine last summer while playing for the NYRA softball team. Possibly the ultimate meet-cute.

It also might not have happened without the building we had just exited—that is, Stellar Printing. None of NYRF’s founders have a background in finance or even strong connections to the Financial District. Porcello says he goes to Manhattan only once every t…

Nicolas Kemperis the publisher of NYRA. He also asked Oamek if NYRF plans to start its own softball team. To his relief, she said no.

Publishers Noted