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Brooklyn's Local Chains Become Little Empires

New York Times | DIANE CARDWELL | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Patrick Watson, Alan Harding, Area, Jean-Jacques Bernat, Brooklyn, Melissa Murphy, Sweet Melissa Bakery, Michele Pravda, Smith Street, Brooklyn Chains, Jim Mamary, Brooklyn Smith Street, Robert Walsh, Leslie Bernat, Area Brooklyn, Brooklyn Stores, Frank Falcinelli, Loretta Gendville, Loren Sosna, Frank Castronovo, Scott Stringer, New York News

While New Yorkers have been nervously eyeing the encroaching tide of national chains, fearing the stores will wash away all things small and charming,...

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Jay-Z To Give September 11th Benefit Concert In New York City

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: September 11, David Paterson, New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund, Answer the Call, Jay-Z, World Trade Center, Nicholas Scoppetta, Madison Square Garden, New York, September 11th, Scott Stringer, New York News

NEW YORK — A benefit concert that rapper Jay-Z is planning for Sept. 11 is a step in the direction that his career – and life – is h...

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Putting Food Policy On The City's Front Burner

Scott Stringer | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

Read More: City Council, Manhattan, Manhattan Borough President, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Beekeeping, New York, Beekeper, Scott Stringer, New York News
Scott Stringer

Our food system in New York City needs a radical overhaul. We need to make food a real priority.

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With Albany AWOL, City Faces New Reality on School Governance

Scott Stringer | Posted 07.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Department of Education, Public Schools, Scott Stringer, New York City Public Schools, New York City, New York, New York News
Scott Stringer

New York City's public school students can be forgiven if they're not impressed by the work of their government.

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We've Got Civil Rights; Now, We Just Need Civil Eats

Kerry Trueman | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Big Pharma, Healthy Monday, Healthy Eating, Scott Stringer, Paul Krugman, George Carlin, Joan Dye Gussow, Health Care, Brian Lehrer, Foodstat, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Yes, habits must change, but in order to accomplish that, you've got to give consumers true freedom of choice.

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Young Agrarians: Digging The Future

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Scott Stringer, Sustainable Agriculture, Thomas Jefferson, Greenhorns, Industrial Agriculture, Real Food Challenge, Green News
Kerry Trueman

We need to make growing food a prestigious profession again, as it was when our country was founded.

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