East Harlem faces an uncertain future and so does the neighborhood’s support for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s still-developing plan to rezone it. The Mayor’s strategy is to rezone East Harlem and 15 other neighborhoods to pack in more dwellings while requiring developers to add more affordable housing units. This would […]
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Hackathons Offer Introduction to Computer Science in the Bronx
On a sunny Saturday afternoon, the kind of temperate fall day that usually calls for a lounge in the park, high school seniors Jenny Li and Violet Killy were crouched over laptops in the fluorescent-lit library at Bronx High School of Science, writing code. The two 17-year-olds were building […]
Harlem housing leaders scoffs at gentrification accusations
Harlem community advocate Nina DeMartini-Day has spent the bulk of her life fighting to improve the lives of the poor and underprivileged in the neighborhood despite critics who argue her reforms ultimately hurt those she seeks to help. For decades, her work in city government and housing development for DDM […]
Diller Defends Private Park Funding
Barry Diller defended the use of private funding for New York parks, saying it’s the only way to build ambitious projects such as his new Pier 55 project on the Hudson River. Last year Diller and his wife, Diane von Furstenberg, announced a $113 million grant for Hudson River Park’s […]
New Jersey Wants Jobs as Christie Aims for Presidency
New Jersey will likely offer more in corporate tax incentives this year than ever before as Governor Chris Christie tries to boost job growth during his run for president. The state’s economic woes could hinder Christie’s chances at the White House, but incentive driven job growth could be a quick […]
A Bronx-based software testing center defies skeptics
Keith Klain didn’t set out to improve employee diversity in the tech sector, and he wasn’t looking in the South Bronx. His IT consulting firm, Doran Jones, used to call the Financial District home. Now its unassuming glass door faces a hot dog factory and a reliable rumble of […]
Protected: Struggling with Financing, Brooklyn Waste Start-Up Looks North
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Have Black Males Been Shut Out of the New York City Recovery?
Jobs are booming in the New York City economic recovery, but not the ones black men have traditionally held. In fiscal year 2012, blacks comprised 22% of the total New York City population but accounted for 32% of government employees. Other ethnicities were either proportionally represented or underrepresented in the […]
Unemployment Rate Among Blacks Remains High Despite New York City Job Boom
Young black men in New York City were hit hardest by the recession and while the overall economic outlook has improved, blacks continue to struggle despite the New York job boom. Overall, the unemployment rate for blacks in the first half of this year was 9.2%, almost 3 percentage points […]
Protected: City’s Reforms to Private Waste-Hauling Hit Delays
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