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.
The 2007 closure of a Pfizer factory in Brooklyn was a milestone in manufacturing’s retreat from the borough. Chapter three of “Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand” looks at what it’s meant for a neighborhood and its residents.
The push for neighborhoods to have more than a voice.
As City Limits reports on the plight of small businesses in the five boroughs, a lobbyist for small firms blames the struggle mostly on Mayor Bloomberg.
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.
Hope Community LDC wants to purchase 47 East Harlem buildings out of foreclosure. But a tenant organization has raised questions about the would-be buyer’s past record.
A developer broke the rules, the city belatedly cracked down and dozens of Brooklyn families own property with no legal right to exist.
The city steps in, hoping to rescue 10 Bronx buildings laid low by overambitious investors, potentially establishing a model for rescuing others.
If enacted, the cuts would slash about 2,000 of New York’s public day care slots. The city claims less families are using the service.
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