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The Holdouts
"If it doesn't start doing something soon, I'm going to be out of business after 26 years."
Leases On Life
Manhattan: Broadway On The Upper West Side
The Life And Death Of The Mom-n-Pop
Small businesses help make New York's neighborhoods. But as the next issue of City Limits reports, economic trends and policy decisions are threatening their survival.
Got Juice?: Choices Loom After Power Project's Demise
A year after the collapse of a plan for new transmission lines to New York City, questions remain. Was the need for new infrastructure a myth? Or are tougher choices ahead for consumers?
Years Pass, But Question Remains: Is NYC Denying Welfare?
The benefits rolls are far smaller and the mayor is quite different, but the debate over welfare in New York still revolves around whether eligible applicants are being turned away.
When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?
NYCHA's using community input to plan for what to build after three public housing towers are demolished. But the plan means a loss of public housing, and it confronts deep distrust from some tenants.
The New NYC Entrepreneurs
Cuomo Agenda Sees City As Model
In his 250-page policy platform, the gubernatorial candidate models several proposals after what New York City is already doing. What does the city get in return?
Check Cashers Get New Respect
Some city officials and nonprofits are recognizing that in lower-income neighborhoods, many of which have a meager banking presence, check cashers fill a vital need.
After The Quake, Rebuilding Haiti From Brooklyn
The donation drives and telethons might be over, but local foundations and Haitian groups are just beginning their work to help the country and its people rebuild.
Lottery Opponents Want Warnings
The lottery is more important than ever to state finances. But counselors and a lawmaker want more done to protect those who don't have "a little bit of luck."
The Search for the Smoking Gun
The reasons for the race gap
Where It Hurts
The costs of black unemployment
Now What?
The Struggle for a Solution
The City's Latest
Hirings and Retirings
More Than Words?
Bloomberg and Race
Quiet Follows Harlem's
Rezoning For Redevelopment
Term Limits Backlash:
Incumbents In Trouble
OTHER DAVIDS READY THEIR
Slings In Run For Mayor
Mom-and-Pop Cafes Gird
For More City Regulation
New York City is known as a world capital of entrepreneurial activities across a wide range of different fields. In recent years, the interplay between supporting policies capable of generating new business activity and supporting the needs of workers has become more pronounced.
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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Thursday, June 06, 2013
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CONVERSATIONS/OPINONS
Supporting Businesses, Strengthening Neighborhoods
The city's commissioner of small business services says New York's efforts to bolster Business Improvement Districts will help to preserve the mom-and-pop character of neighborhood retail.
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State of the Chains 2012
The Center for an Urban Future's latest report, State of the Chains, 2012, finds that the number of chain stores in New York City increased for the fifth straight year, underscored by especially strong growth among retailers in the Bronx.
A Brief History of Latino Politics in New York
From the 1930s to the present, a look at the candidates who have tried--and in some cases succeed--to increase Latino representation in the City Council, the state legislature, Congress, borough hall and beyond.
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