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‘There has been for a long time now a deafening silence regarding a longstanding proposed solution that would help businesses citywide—the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA).’

ByHarry Bubbins 9Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City’s Staten Island Rezoning Targets Contested Territory

In many ways, Bay Street is like corridors in other de Blasio administration neighborhood plans. One difference is the tensions over race, policing and ‘quality of life’ that have played…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Oct 2014

Economy

Details Murky in Cuomo's Goal for Minority Contracts

The governor has set an ambitious goal for directing state contracts to businesses owned by women and minorities. But why did it take so long? And who is really benefiting?

ByAdam Wisnieski 1Comment

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Oct 2014

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Many Biz Owners Hurt By Gas Blast Still Waiting for Aid

The governor in August announced a loan program to help small businesses who were still reeling six months after the East Harlem gas explosion. But the money is still not…

ByGeetika Rudra 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Economy Investigations News

Outer Borough BIDs Struggle With Low Budgets, Little Impact

While well-funded business improvement districts are major players in thriving commercial districts, many outer borough BIDs have too few resources to make a difference.

ByPatrick Gillespie 0Comments

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Aug 2013

Economy

Many Store Owners Hit By Fire Refuse City Help

Small business assistance has been offered to the 11 Wakefield businesses destroyed by a May fire. But since the aid comes in the form of loans rather than grants, many…

ByTyler Pager 0Comments

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May 2013

Economy

Rockaway Businesses Still Treading Water Post-Sandy

Some 60 percent were still closed four or five months after the storm, thanks to long-standing challenges of economics and geography that hampered an already difficult recovery.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2013

Economy

40 Percent of Sheepshead Firms Still Shut Post-Sandy

And more might be closing as their owners struggle to pay back loans they had to take out to repair damage from the flood.

ByRoss Barkan 0Comments

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Jan 2013

Economy Justice

At the Corner Deli, a Yemeni Immigrant Saga

Every time you buy a beer or a lottery ticket at a bodega run by Mohamed Mohamed or one of his countrymen, you tap into a story of ethnic succession…

ByKiran Sury 2Comments

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Oct 2012

Economy In Depth

Food Trucks Give Restaurateurs Indigestion

The proliferation of falafel carts and other sidewalk food stands in Bay Ridge might make for tasty lunch options. But people who own brick-and-mortar restaurants say the mobile eateries represent…

ByAparna Narayanan 0Comments

CityViews: Will the Council Finally Act on Strong Protections for Small Businesses?

City’s Staten Island Rezoning Targets Contested Territory

Details Murky in Cuomo's Goal for Minority Contracts

Many Biz Owners Hurt By Gas Blast Still Waiting for Aid

Outer Borough BIDs Struggle With Low Budgets, Little Impact

Many Store Owners Hit By Fire Refuse City Help

Rockaway Businesses Still Treading Water Post-Sandy

40 Percent of Sheepshead Firms Still Shut Post-Sandy

At the Corner Deli, a Yemeni Immigrant Saga

Food Trucks Give Restaurateurs Indigestion

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