Ilya Marritz

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For more than half a year, there's been a marketing campaign underway to brand New York City's disparate waterfront neighborhoods like Red Hook and the Battery with a new, common identity. But according to some New York residents, the effort has made next to no ...

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What we learned from the Autopsy of Lehman Brothers, plus the shutdown this week of developer Shaya Boymelgreen’s LibertyPointe Bank. Guest: Greg David of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

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WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman on the groundbreaking for the Nets Arena, and WNYC’s Ilya Marritz on the foreclosure auction for the Riverton Apartments.

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The makers of games for handheld devices are making millions, 99 cents at a time, as WNYC’s Lisa Chow reports.

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With banking reform in the works, how come there’s no plan yet for overhauling the mortgage market? Guest: Alyssa Katz, author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us.

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Schumer says Treasury, Dodd says Fed. CUNY’s Greg David says it depends on which one you trust less.

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Some Haitians believe a trade deal will the U.S. is the key to getting their country out of poverty. Planet Money’s Adam Davidson and Chana Joffe-Walt explain.

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Reuters’ finance blogger Felix Salmon says it makes sense to watch food-miles, even if you aren’t concerned about climate change.

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The economic stimulus enacted one year ago contained a huge grant to weatherize homes. But this week, two government reports highlighted New York's slow progress in the program.

New York plans to use its $400 million federal grant to make 45,000 homes more energy efficient. But ...

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CUNY’s Greg David on Gov. Paterson as lame duck, and Cuomo’s record on business.

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New York's health commissioner, Dr. Richard Daines, wants a tax on soda to fight obesity.

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New York City’s 5,000 street food vendors say the city is overzealous in enforcing bathroom breaks. WNYC’s Arun Venugopal reports. Also: Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Wall Street bonuses.

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State parks officials are proposing shutting Brookhaven State Park in Suffolk County, and 40 other parks throughout New York, in an effort to bridge an $8.2 billion budget deficit.

They also want to slash services at 23 other parks. Jones Beach would lose its Fourth ...

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The manager of New York City's $98 billion pension fund, City Comptroller John Liu, says he wants to revoke a ban on middlemen who arrange private equity deals.

The ban went into effect last spring in response to an alleged kickback scheme at the state pension ...

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WNYC’s Lisa Chow explains Walgreen’s’ acquisition of the iconic New York drugstore. Also, Andrea Bernstein on what the economic stimulus has accomplished in our area.

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Thousands of mortgage brokers have had to invent new careers for themselves. WBUR’s Curt Nickisch reports.

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CUNY’s Greg David explains what else is in the Larry Seabrook indictment. Plus: questions over the Aqueduct casino contract, and the cost of snow.

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An efficiency expert explains how businesses can save money and time. The Planet Money team speaks with Matt LeBlanc.

First BankAmericano, based in Elizabeth, NJ, was one of 140 banks the FDIC took over last year, and one of just two in the New York metro area. As I reported last December, the bank was sunk by an un-diversified portfolio consisting mostly of real estate loans.

Today, ...

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After record profits for Wall Street in 2009, the Obama administration is making Main Street and small businesses a focus in 2010. In downtown Manhattan, there was a government-sponsored matchmaking event for small businesses and banks. WNYC's Ilya Marritz reports there was attraction, if not ...