Amid New York’s post-recession jobs “miracle” are stunning levels of long-term unemployment. Women have been hit hard, and government layoffs might be to blame, says a new report.
New York City is creating jobs at a faster pace than the rest of the country, but also seeing its unemployment rate rise—and not because new job seekers are flooding…
A look at recycling rates by community district reveals a broad reduction in how much of Brooklyn’s waste stream gets recycled—and big differences among neighborhoods.
We asked Soviet experts what they thought of the comparisons Mayor Bloomberg has been making between communist wage policy and a local living wage proposal.
In the department’s first line-of-duty death in more than two years, the FDNY lost a 17-year veteran to what appeared to be a heart attack at the scene of a…
More people in New York are getting food stamps, but because the benefits don’t cover a realistic family grocery bill, recipients are still choosing between dinner and rent, a report…
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency recognized our coverage of staff sexual misconduct in New York’s prisons and the housing challenges facing former inmates.