A new report is revealing the city added 71,400 private-sector jobs in 2011, an overall 2.3 percent gain in the past year. The data also shows th...
nypost.com | ISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN | Posted 07.02.2011
The price is not right. In addition to skyrocketing rent and gas prices, New Yorkers are being nickel and dimed to death, shelling out 21 cents mor...
Chloe Tribich | Posted 05.25.2011
A small but highly effective provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has expired.
Melissa Mark-Viverito | Posted 05.25.2011
Today, 12 council members are forming the NY City Council Progressive Caucus. Bloomberg has done little to confront inequality, preferring instead a trickle-down economic approach.
Mary Brosnahan | Posted 05.25.2011
A staggering 39,200 people will bed down tonight in NYC's emergency shelter system. Paterson's budget would slash $104 million from adult shelters, prevention services and permanent housing.
Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011
Social promotion was never a big problem. Politicians, including both Thompson and Mayor Moneybags, created an unnecessary furor and stigmatized a tiny fraction of the student population.
Stuart Appelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011
Bloomberg must begin to recognize that real prosperity doesn't trickle from the top down. The battle over jobs planned for the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx is his first challenge.
Rachel Sterne | Posted 05.25.2011
While national news grabs headlines, voters around the country have expressed their interest in local issues this election season. A voter in New York says she wants to know about the impact of immigrants on the city's economy.
Posted 03.09.2012