Crains starts December off on a high note with a story full of very sobering polling data about how New Yorkers feel about the economy, the security of their jobs and other things. The results are not uplifting. (In the image above, the figures on the left are results from 2003. The ones on the […]

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“Wall Street may have gotten the bailout, but most of Brooklyn’s main streets are on the brink of breakdown. From Flatbush Ave. to Fulton St., shopping strips around the borough are struggling to make it through the economic downturn and nationwide job losses, by firing employees, opting for cheaper inventory and cutting business hours.”–NYDN

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