Across the country, there are approximately 27 million small businesses, accounting for 60-80% of all jobs. In 2012, countless small businesses across the New York and New Jersey area suffered greatly in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In fact, more than 23,000 businesses in New York city were impacted by Hurricane Sandy, affecting 245,000 employees […]
Children attending preschools in New York don’t have to get the flu vaccine after all, according to a decision in Manhattan’s State Supreme Court on Thursday, Dec. 17. The New York Times reports that Justice Manuel J. Mendez said that the city couldn’t require children to be vaccinated in order to attend city-licensed preschools and […]
When U.S. politicos want to exaggerate the dangers of international cyber-terrorism, they raise the specter of Chinese spies taking out the U.S. electrical grid, or Russian programmers hacking into our missile defense system. But those fears don’t seem so far-fetched now that The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Iranian hackers gained access to the […]
The French are known for their romantic flair, and a new dating app that started in France is helping people in cities like New York to find the perfect match. According to the New York Post, Happn is a fast-growing mobile dating app that matches users whose paths have already crossed in real life. The […]
With increased global connectivity, the world is becoming an increasingly smaller place. But for thrill-seeking explorer-extraordinaire Erlin Kagge, there’s always new adventures to be had — especially in our underground sewer systems. “I think sewers are beautiful,” Kagge told Telegraph reporter Jonathan Wells. As a Norwegian explorer, Kagge has made it his life mission to […]
Martin Shkreli, who the New York Times once called the “bad boy of pharmaceuticals,” was arrested Thursday, Dec. 17 for fraud. Shkreli, the 32-year-old founder of the secretive Turing Pharmaceuticals, became a household name and national pariah in 2015. Earlier this year, he acquired an old drug used to treat HIV patients and sick infants […]
The engineer who fell asleep at the controls of a Metro North Rail Road train in 2013, causing a crash that killed four people and injured dozens more, appeared in his first public interview, where he apologized for the incident. In his interview, William Rockefeller reports reliving the incident every day, and says that he […]
Running on the streets of New York can be risky, but the first indoor running studio in the city’s history is helping thousands of people to get their daily dose of aerobics in a safe place. According to local news affiliate Fox 5, Mile High Run Club, a group treadmill studio on East 4th St., […]
As 2016 closes in, digital marketers are beginning to examine the writing on the wall with closer scrutiny to discern what new trends will dominate next year, but are their clairvoyant efforts made for nothing? Forbes’s Jayson DeMers predicts seven trends will create landmark shifts in the field: video content will overtake written content; mobile […]
While the the online shopping giant Amazon has already cornered the eCommerce market, they are still working to take online shopping to an entirely new level. According to AZ Big Media, Amazon recently launched a new service in Phoenix, AZ, that allows customers to receive their packages within a few hours, rather than their previous […]