This article describes Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in New York City. BIDs are not-for-profit organizations created by an act of the city council to develop and administer service pro...
This article analyzes the complex and contradictory ways that migration changes women's status in New York City—both for better and for worse. The focus is on the impact of women's incorporation into the labor force. On the positive side, migrant women's regular access to wages—and to hi...
The API, announced as a joint project between Mayor Bill de Blasio’s economic opportunity and operations offices, along with the software company WebIntensive, makes the screening rules used by the city’sbenefits screening portalaccessible to other applications. The online tool gathers data from u...
NEW YORK—America has been experiencing the longest economic increase in its history.Incomes have risen, unemployment has fallen, and cities such as New York are bursting with new office buildings. But just a short walk from Manhattan's skyscrapers, George Brown sits on the side-walk, cooking ...
New York State is offering additional unemployment benefits for up to 20 weeks. The mayor encouraged residents to visitLabor.ny.govto see if they qualify. Web Extra:See If You Qualify For State Unemployment Benefits The city's Small Businesses Services department has also connected 37,000 people...
By some measures, New York City's traffic is more congested than it's ever been. Enter: Congestion pricing. Since last Sunday, during most hours, cars crossing into the lower half of Manhattan are charged nine dollars. There's a higher toll for trucks. Fourteen hundred cameras keep tabs...
Determining the Benefits of the New York City Trans Fat BanRegarding Dr. Ross's comment, evidence supporting restriction of TFA use is not limited to observational studies. A multitude of controlled feeding trials (1) have assessed the effect of TFAs on serum lipid profiles. Meta-analyses of ...
I’ll close by making a broader point about the benefits ofdecentralizationandfederalism. I’m sure that there is both federal funding and state funding of New York City’s Department of Education. What incentive is there for the bureaucracy to spend that money wisely (or, as we just learned...
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The city said it has been responding to the historic surge with urgency, by hiring more staff members. In a statement, a spokesperson said, in part, it "connected a record number of New Yorkers to critical benefits during this administration." ...