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It looks as if New York will avoid a second consecutive year of record-high rents.The median rent price was down across the board in Manhattan, Brooklyn and northwest Queens in August compared to last year, according to the latest report from Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel. Although there are still four months to go in […]

Enter the atrium through glossy doors, proceed past a marble bust through a towering stone archway and come face-to-face with a vibrant floral silkscreen by Andy Warhol. Just upstairs, a 26-foot-long collage by Romare Bearden depicts city life in Harlem.This is not a stroll through the Met, the MoMa or the Guggenheim, but Bellevue Hospital.The […]

9/11 BENEFITS CAMPAIGN: New York State is taking greater efforts to identify people who may be eligible for federal benefits related to the September 11, 2001 attacks, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. The campaign includes a tool kit for businesses to share with employees with instructions for applying for support under the federal World Trade […]

New York’s booming home care industry has produced some of the worst violators of wage theft laws in the city as policymakers look at how to better regulate an industry that takes place behind closed doors.The companies owing the most in wages in New York City from 2020 to 2023 were all home heath care […]

Only Two US Metro Areas Are Affordable for Homebuyers Diana Ionescu Thu, 09/12/2024 - 06:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption Youngstown, Ohio is one of just two metro areas affordable to most prospective homebuyers. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 20 U.S. states were considered affordable home-buying markets for most households. Today, just two metro areas remain […]

Proposed NHTSA Rule Takes Aim at Dangerously Large Trucks and SUVs Diana Ionescu Thu, 09/12/2024 - 05:00 Primary Image The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing a new rule that would require automakers to take pedestrian safety into account when designing cars. According to an Associated Press article by Tom Krisher, the proposed […]

Opinion: LA Should Reject ‘Misguided’ Car-Centric Policies Diana Ionescu Wed, 09/11/2024 - 12:00 Primary Image In a piece in Streetsblog Los Angeles, Wes Reutimann argues that plans to expand roadways in Los Angeles County will only exacerbate the air quality problems the region already faces. “Yet Metro and Caltrans are still moving forward with plans […]

Mall Redevelopment in Silicon Valley Diana Ionescu Wed, 09/11/2024 - 11:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption The Bayfair Center mall in San Leandro, California in 2011. With more and more American malls closing, their potential for redevelopment is growing. In the San Francisco Bay Area, a 400,000-square-foot project will reimagine the former Bayfair Center mall […]