Ilya Marritz

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Latest Sales Figures Show a Stabilized Manhattan Real Estate Market

Thursday, September 30, 2010

New figures show the Manhattan real estate market stabilizing, two years after the economic implosion that wreaked havoc on home sales.

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Authorities Target Unemployment Benefits Scammers

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Letters have gone out to 80,000 people across New York State, whom authorities say scammed the unemployment benefits system by collecting checks while they were actually working.

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Paid Sick Leave Debate Reignites With Two Conflicting Studies

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The discussion over a paid sick leave is heating up again. At issue is a bill before the City Council that would require all businesses in the city to offer sick workers paid leave so they can stay home and recuperate. Two new studies offer conflicting takes on the likely effects this bill would have on businesses.

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City Doles Out Thousands in Benefits to Dead City Workers

Monday, September 27, 2010

The pension fund that serves retired New York City workers continued to make payments to at least 14 beneficiaries, even after they died, and those payments were received by living persons not entitled to the money, according City Comptroller John Liu.

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Rising Meat And Wheat Prices Squeeze Businesses

Thursday, September 23, 2010

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its monthly forecast of consumer food prices. The costs of several raw ingredients have risen sharply this year and the purveyors of foods from bread rolls to beef are warning higher prices are on the way.

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Parks Department Warns Damaged Trees Pose Hazard

Friday, September 17, 2010

The Parks Department is warning New Yorkers that the danger from Thursday's storm hasn't passed. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe says there are thousands of hanging limbs and adv...

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The Five Boroughs Add Jobs, While the State Lags Behind

Thursday, September 16, 2010

New state and local employment numbers suggest there's an uneven pattern to the economic recovery in New York.

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What's the Point of Fashion Week?

Thursday, September 16, 2010

New York’s Fall Fashion Week is winding down, but this year it included 97 runway shows and attracted an estimated 100,000 visitors to its new Lincoln Center home. Some say the event ...

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New York Set to Be First State to Require Cleaning Products to List Ingredients

Friday, September 10, 2010

There could soon be ingredient labels on floor polish and toilet bowl cleaner sold in New York. The state is set to become the first in the nation to require disclosure of the chemicals in common household cleaning products.

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NJ Tea Party Activists Target Cap and Trade Climate Program

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Hundreds of self-described Tea Party activists took to the streets of Lower Manhattan Wednesday, and they weren't protesting the planned mosque and cultural center near Ground Zero. These activists are opposed to northeastern states' efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.

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Tenants Win a Round in Tribeca Rent Battle

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Thousands of tenants in a downtown Manhattan's Independence Plaza complex have won a round in their long-running legal battle with their landlord, Laurence Gluck. A judge has ruled the conversion of 1,300 apartments at the complex from rent-regulated to market-rate was illegal because Gluck continued to receive a city tax credit known as J-51 even after beginning conversions.

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Families Flock to New York, Spending Cash

Monday, August 30, 2010

With school out for summer, the island of Manhattan became a big jungle gym for moms, dads and kids from all around the country. Soho, Chinatown, Ground Zero, the subways – everywhere you turned, it seemed there was a dad with a camcorder and young kids in “I ♥ New York” T-Shirts.

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Proposed Gas Pipeline Has Opponents

Friday, August 27, 2010

A Houston-based energy company is encountering opposition to its plan to build a natural gas pipeline through parts of New Jersey and New York City.

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City Construction in Second Quarter Slows

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Newly-released figures show construction in the city slowed significantly in the second quarter of 2010.

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Back To School, but Not Packing Plastic

Monday, August 23, 2010

The annual reappearance of Back To School signs in shop windows is a buzzkill for kids everywhere. And this year, parents aren't so excited about it either.

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Court Gives Grimaldi's Pizzeria the Weekend to Pay Off Massive Debts

Friday, August 13, 2010

Grimaldi's, the famous pizzeria underneath the Brooklyn Bridge that was threatened with eviction, has won a reprieve from a civil court judge Friday.

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Court Gives Grimaldi's Pizzeria the Weekend to Pay Off Massive Debts

Friday, August 13, 2010

Grimaldi's, the famous pizzeria underneath the Brooklyn Bridge that was threatened with eviction, won a reprieve from a civil court judge Friday.

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Iconic Brooklyn Pizzeria Could Lose Its Lease Over Late Checks

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Friday morning, a judge will be asked to cancel Grimaldi’s lease for failure to pay rent and back taxes. Landlord Dorothy Waxman claims Grimaldi’s owner, Frank Ciolli, has not honored...

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Financial 411: New York Media Rebounds

Friday, July 23, 2010

With the New York Times' revenues growing again, and Vogue's September issue fatter than last year's, CUNY's Greg David says media outlets are recovering from a punishing recession.

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Financial 411: Now That I'm Here, Now That You're Near, in Xanadu

Thursday, July 22, 2010

WNYC's Bob Hennelly explains Gov. Chris Christie's plan to revive the stalled Xanadu entertainment complex in the Meadowlands.

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