A Rutgers University study indicates that only seven percent of American workers surveyed believe they have recovered from the recession. Thirty-six percent felt that that they have experienced a major setback that has left them [...]
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sixteen years ago Roberto Gill, the founder and owner of CASA Kids Design Company, moved from TriBeca to Brooklyn because his rent was too high. He discovered he was not alone. Brooklyn has become a [...]
Thursday, November 17, 2011
It’s not hard to guess Bernard McClain had something to do with the performing arts. He is tall, standing at 6 foot 2. He speaks with a resonating voice and moves elegantly along the corridor of the Bed-Stuy apartment where he lives with his wife and two children.
Friday, November 11, 2011
On Thursday Mayor Bloomberg and Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation President Andrew Kimball announced that 300 local jobs will be created at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports. The location is currently [...]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
It happened so quickly, and its effects have lasted for so long. Two years after the recession ended, upwards of 100,000 people in Brooklyn are still without work. We know the numbers. But who are [...]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Unemployment drags on for one Bensonhurst resident
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
For the tens of thousands of unemployed in Brooklyn, losing their jobs was beyond their control. Rick on the other hand chose to leave his job to look for a better one. Little did he know, he had walked away from a steady income just as the worst economic crisis in decades was about to hit.
Friday, April 22, 2011
When Brad Estabrooke was laid off from his job in financial services, he opened the Breuckelen Distilling Company, Inc.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
By Alex Eriksen As the holiday season begins, there’s one place in the Fulton Street Mall that’s busy as ever: the unemployment office. Every day, people wait in line at the New York Department [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
By Amanda Julius After losing her job in January, Esther Coleman became a statistic. She is now one of the 20,000 Americans who were laid off last month even as national unemployment dropped from 10 [...]
Thursday, December 15, 2011
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