Crumbling roads, spotty internet trouble small businesses
Every hour that one of The Advance Group's trucks is stuck in highway or bridge traffic, it costs the moving company around $200. And with 40 trucks trying to get into Manhattan<…; daily and...
View ArticleNorthwell still metro area's largest private employer
health care network employed more than 68,000 full-time and full-time-equivalent employees as of Dec. 31.While the city, state and federal government represented the five largest employers overall,...
View ArticleTherapy app raises $50 million
Online therapy company Talkspace has raised $50 million in a Series D round to expand its national network, the company said Wednesday.The Midtown company, which connects people to licensed therapists...
View ArticlePort Authority head says no new JFK runways
New runways for John F. Kennedy International Airport will have to idle on the tarmac for the time being.An expert panel at a Crain's forum on Wednesday disputed the future of new takeoff and landing...
View ArticleCity Council passes crackdown on mechanical voids
No more staring into the void.The City Council voted through a de Blasio administration-backed measure that will limit the so-called mechanical-void loophole.Until now, city rules have not counted...
View ArticleMental health app raises $50 million for expansion
Online therapy company Talkspace has raised $50 million in a Series D round to expand its national network, the company said Wednesday.The Midtown company, which connects people to licensed therapists...
View ArticleA gallery director features only artists ages 60 and up
Show Marlena Vaccaro a plain white wall and she'll envision an art gallery.That's exactly what happened when the painter and nonprofit executive visited an arts- education program that was seeking to...
View ArticleFamiliar lessons from the taxi debacle
Warren Buffett was asked by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in 2010 how housing prices got so detached from reality."That was a mass delusion," he explained, "reinforced by rapidly rising...
View ArticleNew York's rent laws will be renewed, and so will its housing emergency
Regu… residential rents is like trying to make a balloon smaller by squeezing it: Every action creates another problem. The outcome is a tangle of rules and a market worse off than if it had been left...
View ArticleMalaysian financier's NYC condos to be sold in forfeiture lawsuits
Two luxury New York City condominiums that fugitive Malaysian financier —and the U.S. on Wednesday asked a Los Angeles federal judge to let them take the first step toward listing sales of the $31...
View ArticleNew Jersey's pension fund to cut hedge fund allocation in half
The New Jersey State Investment Council unanimously voted to cut its target allocation to hedge funds in half, reducing investments in these partnerships to about $2 billion.The pension fund approved...
View ArticleWeWork said to be in talks for $2.75 billion credit line
WeWork Cos. is in talks with banks about arranging a $2.75 billion credit line ahead of a planned initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter.filed>… confidentially...
View ArticleCity Council speaker will rework fur ban legislation
The Business Council of New York State, the state's largest business advocacy organization, is backing legislation that would authorize drivers licenses for residents who entered the country...
View ArticleState AG alleges 'pay to play' scheme at World Trade Center
The Business Council of New York State, the state's largest business advocacy organization, is backing legislation that would authorize drivers licenses for residents who entered the country...
View ArticleTaxi driver earnings have dropped by 36% since 2013
The Business Council of New York State, the state's largest business advocacy organization, is backing legislation that would authorize drivers licenses for residents who entered the country...
View ArticleState Senate lacks support on rent-regulation legislation
The Business Council of New York State, the state's largest business advocacy organization, is backing legislation that would authorize drivers licenses for residents who entered the country...
View ArticleState's largest business group backs licenses for immigrants
The Business Council of New York State, the state's largest business advocacy organization, is backing legislation that would authorize drivers licenses for residents who entered the country...
View ArticleLGBT pioneers Rivera, Johnson to be honored
Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, two LGBT rights activists who took part in the 1969 Stonewall rebellion and founded an organization that helped homeless gay youths, will be honored with a public...
View ArticleTop Cuomo aide supports surrogacy bill
Secretary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo Melissa DeRosa and Counsel to the Governor Alphonso David have issued testimony in support of gestational surrogacy.The testimony was prepared for the state's first...
View ArticleMap: Where recent college grads can afford to rent in NYC
There are more city repo… published Wednesday. The apartment-listing site’s block-by-block map ranks areas on the number of apartment listings affordable on a recent college graduate’s salary, assuming...
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