Work? Not on Election Day!
Many employees took off on Election Day to promote their candidate and/or watch the race, with or without their employers' blessing.
Author: Daniel Macht
via Crain's New York Business
Lehman Loss Hits Non-Profit Groups
Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy likely will mean funding woes for many local non-profit groups that relied on the investment bank's generosity.
Netball Bounces Into New York
It's far from the national pasttime. But netball, an English-born sport pla…
via New York Daily News
Tortilla Makers Face Flat Profits
The city's tortilla makers are in trouble: Their profits are as flat as the…
CD 5: Poles Apart in Ridgewood
As many Polish immigrants move into Ridgewood, others seek economic opportunity back in Europe.
via Huff Post's Off The Bus
Caravan Races for Latino Vote
A 14-car caravan of Barack Obama supporters cruised the streets of the Bron…
via The Queens Courier
Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
The Reverend Jesse Jackson led a march to a Laurelton house surrounded by weeds after calling for a new civil rights movement to fight rising foreclosures and high-cost lending that have plagued minorities disproportionately - and southeast Queens, in particular. “This is the economic crisis of our time,†Jackson said.
via The Queens Courier
Seniors Feeling Social Insecurity
The Social Security administration announced a 2.3 percent cost of living a…