Staten Island
Speed Trap
Jonathan Bowles |
Reliable high speed Internet access is becoming critical to the success of small businesses. But decrepit technology and a lack of infrastructure investment are keeping thousands of them logged off.
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Big Idea: Work Details
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The problem for low-wage earners in New York isn’t the lack of government assistance. It’s how to get to it.
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The Big Idea: Getting Back to Work
David Jason Fischer |
No more excuses: Black male unemployment is here to stay, unless New York mobilizes a crisis response. Here are some places to start.
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The Big Idea: University Heights
Neil Kleiman |
Don’t call the City University of New York an ivory tower. The school’s new, wide vision of higher education has resulted in a wealth of job-training programs.
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The Big Idea: Meet the New Boss
James DeFilippis |
Why worker-ownership is the ultimate strategy for keeping jobs in New York.
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NYC Inc: Ditching Class
David Jason Fischer |
As long as half of all new teaching recruits leave the schools within the first five years, New York City will never have enough teachers. Here’s how to change that.
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NYC Inc: Model Cities
Joel Kotkin |
Data shows New York’s economic pulse has been flatlining for years. What urban wonks can learn from unlikely recovery zones in Los Angeles and Houston.
Bronx
SNAP OUT OF IT! NEW DRINK DEAL WON’T SOLVE WATERFRONT WARS
Geoffrey Gray |
Snapple may be the city’s official beverage, but the drink-maker has had trouble keeping its jobs in New York.
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CLOSED FOR BUSINESS
K. Wright |
Mayor Bloomberg signed legislation yesterday closing down the city’s Department of Employment and folding its functions into other agencies.
