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What’s in a name? If it’s Brooklyn, a lot
Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 by Alana Casanova.
From wine to pickles, new products bearing the Brooklyn name are capitalizing on the borough’s brand and business community. And besides, entrepreneurs say, Brooklyn just isn’t Manhattan – and that’s a good thing. “The cost of doing business in New York City is always high,” said Carl Hum, president of the Brooklyn chamber of commerce. […]
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Need bedbug treatment? Cough up for efficiency
Posted on 01. Nov, 2010 by Alana Casanova.
Bedbugs aren’t only getting more common in New York City – they’re more expensive, too. As the pest epidemic grows, those affected are willing to pay more and more money to get rid of the seed-sized insects. Calls to exterminators are panicked and often ill-informed, and many clients opt for more expensive and nearly instantaneous […]
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NYC Sales and Rentals Correct Last Year’s Anomalies
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Alana Casanova.
Those looking for a definitive sign on how the New York City real estate market has been doing found contradictory signals last week. Reports showed that the rentals soared while sales crawled in the third quarter – but a look at last year’s figures suggest the markets are actually deeply connected. Both markets are reacting […]
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In Greenpoint, Superfund doesn’t scare
Posted on 02. Oct, 2010 by Alana Casanova.
Nobody is holding their breath at the newest Superfund site in Brooklyn. At Newtown Creek, a polluted waterway separating North Brooklyn and South Queens near the East River, news that the site would become a Superfund site managed by the Environmental Protection Agency was met with met with neither surprise nor alarm. The same announcement […]
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Households may be doubling up as poverty spikes
Posted on 18. Sep, 2010 by Alana Casanova.
While the state’s poverty rate spiked in 2009, the increase may have been mitigated by households doubling up and young adults holding off on moving out on their own, housing experts say. The phenomena may also lead to a greater disparity between households and housing units reported in the census figures for 2010. Census reports […]
