via New York Daily News
DUMBO Bags Shoppers
DUMBO'S got a brand new bag. The DUMBO Business Improvement District is handing out free reusable canvas bags to the neighborhood's 1,300 households.
Topic: Business
via Courier-Life Publications
Nails in the Economic Coffin
Manicurists are biting their nails over the current economic downturn. Spending at spas is down, according to customers and owners in Williamsburg – an indication some folks are cutting back on even the most ordinary of pampering.
Tenement Union Can't See How Other Half Lives
On a blustery evening at Chelsea Piers, union members from the Lower East S…
Bootleggers Back After Raid
A day after Mayor Bloomberg and Rolex executives hailed a raid on counterfe…
Union Slams Senior Care Company
Union-backed protesters railed against labor and living conditions at one of the nation’s largest senior care providers’ facilities Feb. 27 on the Upper West Side. The company accused protest organizers of waging a publicity stunt to collect more union dues.
via Norwood News
Hotel to Check in Amid Concerns
Despite ongoing community concerns, work will begin in February on a 6-stor…
via Downtown Express
A Bull Market For Roti
Trinidadian food is rising on Wall Street. Alvin Badall's roti truck is proving to be a big hit with the Financial District crowd.
Multi-Media: Immigrants Set Up Shop
New Yorkers depend on immigrant businesses for many of the services they ne…