NYC is Abuzz about Locally-Grown Food, but will Jobs Follow?

15 April 2009

by Karina Ioffee, Kieran Krug-Meadows, Nick Loomis and Geneva Sands-Sadowitz Eating local is in. New York City farmers’ markets are busier than ever and more restaurants are featuring produce from places like Westchester County farms and cheeses handmade in Brooklyn. But at a time when unemployment continues to rise—nearly 9 percent in April—can locally-grown food […]

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Opening a Bar During Recession

15 April 2009

By Damiano Beltrami, Aisha Al-Muslim, Anastasia Economides Sometimes there are advantages to opening a business during an economic downturn. Holiday Haber, owner of P&G Café, a bar that opened two weeks ago at Columbus Ave and 78th Street, says there’s not as much red tape now. At a time when many business are closing or […]

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Angry Americans Protest Wall Street – Good Therapy, Poor Politics, say Experts

15 April 2009

by Igor Kossov, Lindsay Lazarski, Mike Reicher and Kate Zhao As April rain fell on Wall Street, employees at Bank of America stood between potted plants in their second floor offices and looked down at the angry crowd below. The people in the crowd waved plastic-draped signs, chanting “shame” and “bankers come out.” The bankers […]

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Unemployed New Yorkers Get Creative With Their Free Time

08 April 2009

Out of work! Now what? New Yorkers who are recent casualties of the economic crisis are finding unique ways to hunt for work and fill their spare time.  For some, the answer is as easy as daytime television. Others stay active in the job hunt by networking. Then there are those, as Rachel Geizhals reports, […]

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Golden Gloves Knockout

20 March 2009

By: Tracy Chimming, Maria Clark, Indrani Datta, Jeanmarie Evelly & Jessica Wakeman Boxing fans gathered Wednesday night in Brooklyn to watch 14 young hopefuls battle it out to advance in the famous Golden Gloves competition. Held at Thomas Jefferson High School, the event was just one in a 10-week series of bouts before the final […]

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Tamil-Americans Protest Sri Lankan Mission in NYC

20 March 2009

Nearly 100 Tamil Americans gathered outside of the Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations in Midtown Manhattan on March 16, chanting for a cease-fire in the war torn northern region of Sri Lanka. In recent weeks, the Sri Lankan military has made significant advances on the Liberation Tiger of Thamil Eelam (LTTE), an ethnic […]

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"Green" Day

19 March 2009

The 248th annual (yes, you read right, two-hundred and forty-eighth) St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City gives the world permission to be Irish for a day. The Parade’s first march up Fifth Avenue was in 1762, and this year in 2009, the day is still as special. People came all the way from […]

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The Battle For Asser-Levy Park

16 March 2009

There have been news about Marty Marcowitz wanting to build an amphitheater in Asser-Levy Park. I put together a slideshow about it.

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Opening of new South Ferry Station

16 March 2009

by Xiomara Martinez-White and Sergey Kadinsky The South Ferry loop on the 1 train opened in 1905, allowing a one-seat ride between the Staten Island ferry and Harlem. By 1946, subway trains were expanded to 8 cars, and the station became obsolete. Without room for growth, its tight loop forced passengers to move to the […]

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Real Estate Fears in NYC

14 March 2009

By Lois DeSocio, Jacqueline Linge, Maureen Sullivan, and Brian Winkowski. The New York City real estate market is no longer immune to the real estate drop that is hitting the rest of the country. Home values and sales have decreased throughout the metropolitan area, according to the Real Estate Board of New York. As a […]

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