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Joint venture sets out to build new neighborhood in Queens

Mayor Michael Bloomberg stumped before the Queens Chamber of Commerce two years ago flanked by real estate giants Related Companies and Sterling Equities. The pair, he announced, had gotten the green light to redevelop Willets Point, not too far away.   Two years later, the joint venture, known as the […]

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Few details in humble plan for city economy

The De Blasio administration is looking to “backfill” the finance jobs it expects to lose with growing industries like tech, a top city official said Thursday, asserting that the city wouldn’t “pay” to keep jobs here. In a speech light on specifics, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen disparaged the competition New […]

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Tech Spurs Growth in Tourism in New York, Experts Say

Tech in New York is innovating all of the economy’s major sectors, and travel and tourism is no exception. A panel of travel and tourism industry experts at this year’s Crain’s Future of New York City Conference, agreed that social media and other technology increases access to New York and […]

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Airbnb; the six-letter word

  The fight over Airbnb boils down to a fight over taxes. Airbnb has been in the news a lot lately for its incredible growth and popularity among customers. Proponents of the online accommodation site point to its ingenuity as a boon for the tourism industry and for the city. But that […]

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Writing Skills and Communication, Still Fundamental for Employers and Schools

It wasn’t tech or computer skills that united this morning’s conversations about education between business leaders and Chancellor of New York City Schools Carmen Fariña. The leaders convened at Crain’s Future of New York City Conference Thursday. Instead their common thread was much more old fashioned: writing and so-called “soft […]

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Housing and Manufacturing Could Mix in Innovative Districts

Innovative mixed-use zonings could create more affordable housing and at the same time increase jobs in the city’s growing manufacturing sector if land-use policies could be changed, city officials say. Carl Weisbrod, Director of New York City’s Department of City Planning, has been explicit about his vision for mixed-use zonings […]