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- City to end program giving migrants vouchers for foodNew York City is ending a program that provides migrants staying in city-funded hotels with prepaid debit cards they can use to purchase food.The one-year contract with Mobility Capital Finance, known as MoCaFi, will be allowed to expire early next year, according to city officials. The system has been providing about 2,600 families with the […]
- Lucrative bonuses for Wall Street CEOs take shape on Trump winDonald Trump’s return to the White House is already starting to tee up a deluge of bonuses in Wall Street’s corridors of power.At Goldman Sachs Group, the prospect that investment banks and buyout shops will again be among the top beneficiaries of Trump’s regulatory and tax agenda has sent its stock price soaring. If the […]
- Party panic: New York Democrats struggle to right themselves at SomosNearly every corner of Queens swung toward Donald Trump and the Republican Party in Tuesday’s presidential election, a shift most pronounced in Latino and Asian enclaves. But Gregory Meeks, the powerful congressman and chair of the Queens County Democratic Party, sees “no need to panic” from what he views as a temporary boost to the […]
- Stock rally shows banking sector's faith in second Trump termA rally in banking stocks since Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election shows investors have high hopes the policies enacted in his second term will provide a boon to the sector even if the details are still fuzzy.The 24-member KBW Bank Index has jumped 7.9% in the past two days, hitting its highest since […]
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- Denver Slaughterhouse Measure Reveals Impacts of Meat IndustryDenver Slaughterhouse Measure Reveals Impacts of Meat Industry Diana Ionescu Fri, 11/08/2024 - 08:10 Primary Image Denver County voters rejected a ballot measure that would have closed a slaughterhouse in the Globeville neighborhood that processes 15 to 20 percent of the total lamb slaughter capacity in the country. According to research by Jennifer Martin, an […]
- Chicago Transit Increasing Rail Service to Pre-Pandemic LevelsChicago Transit Increasing Rail Service to Pre-Pandemic Levels Diana Ionescu Fri, 11/08/2024 - 07:00 Primary Image The Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) rail lines will increase service by 20 percent this fall, adding 1,200 new rail trips per week. According to an article in Mass Transit, “The new rail schedule returns rail service levels to pre-COVID-19 […]
- Baltimore Traffic Suffering From Absence of Key BridgeBaltimore Traffic Suffering From Absence of Key Bridge Diana Ionescu Fri, 11/08/2024 - 06:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption A container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, putting the bridge out of commission for months. Baltimore-area residents are still feeling the impacts of the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key […]
- Trump’s Election Lends NYC Congestion Pricing Program New UrgencyTrump’s Election Lends NYC Congestion Pricing Program New Urgency Diana Ionescu Fri, 11/08/2024 - 05:00 Primary Image Supporters of New York City’s shelved congestion pricing plan are urging Governor Kathy Hochul to let the program move forward before President-Elect Trump’s inauguration, when Trump has promised he would kill the program. “Hochul's decision to pause the […]