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The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, carrying a sludgy-like oil from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada across the United States, to refining and export facilities along the Gulf Coast, would result in releasing enough carbon into the atmosphere to irrevocably change the earth’s climate, destroying species, causing vast migrations of people from new deserts,...
A stalwart in the Bed-Stuy community for over 50 years, Joseph Foster, 84, has seen the neighborhood change many times throughout the years for both good and bad, but still to this day he remains a figurehead among the neighborhood’s small business community. Owner and operator of The New Bed-Stuy Animal Spa, located at...
It may not be politically correct, but one of the best things to happen to Brooklyn in the past ten years is the Atlantic Yards project. I mention this because last week I was at the Atlantic Terminal Mall, where from a lunch counter stool on the second floor, one looks out of a...
More than 100 dignitaries, business and civic leaders from the Brooklyn community celebrated the grand opening of the Brooklyn Campus of Berkeley College located at 255 Duffield Street (off Fulton) in downtown Brooklyn on Friday, April 15. Honored guest speaker, Marty Markowitz, President, Borough of Brooklyn, said, “If you’re a college whose specialty is...
The Jefferson Avenue Block Association between Tompkins and Throop, Jefferson T&T held their day-long annual block party with a twist. They honored a local business – the family-owned and operated Calvin’s Royal Rib House, with their new Business Influencer Award for 30 years of service — and serving authentic Southern Cuisine – to the...
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Comptroller John C. Liu today announced that talks have officially begun between his office and five of the City’s largest banks on steps the banks can take to reform the loan modification process, improve customer service and help save more New Yorkers from foreclosure. In July, Comptroller...
The marauding packs of corporate bandits are at it again, robbing the common citizenry, causing pain and death with utter abandon and no remorse. First they came for the homes, using mortgages as gambling chips, extracting bonuses and fees for every toss of the dice and with the homeowner left to account for the...
Program to Assist Low-Income and Unemployed Train for Green Collar Jobs New Website – GreenCareersNY.com – to Match Job Seekers with Green Training Opportunities This week, Governor David A. Paterson signed the Green Jobs/Green New York Act, establishing a program that will create green jobs and stimulate investment in weatherization and energy efficiency improvements for...
The morning of September 21, 2009 dawned just like any other day in the Capital Region with thick fog and subtle fall colors quietly peeping. For many it was business as usual, off to work or school, caught up in the usual traffic going toward downtown. Still while the subtle suggestion of autumn remained...
P.G. Wodehouse once wrote, “You can’t make an omelet unless you break a few eggs,” and in order to get to a sound economy, we first have to go through transformative times. “We needed to get here,” said Zane Tankel, owner of 34 Applebee’s on the East Coast, including the one we were sitting...
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