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Whatever your thoughts on Occupy Wall Street, the protesters were right about at least one thing: The richest one percent own a disproportionate amount of wealth, and they must be stopped. In a new report released by poverty-fighting charity Oxfam, it’s estimated that by next year the one percent will own more than half of […]
In post-recession Manhattan, the rich are making nearly as much as they did before the economic disaster, while the poor are make the same or even less. The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, released today, reveals that the top 5% in Manhattan took in $854,394 in the final year of Bloomberg’s administration, 88 times the […]
Bicycling magazine has just ranked New York City as best for bicycles, among cities with a population of 100,000 or greater. Just two years ago, NYC ranked #7. Now we’re #1! We’re #1! Despite those scary streets. The climb is credited to all those new bike lanes — 900 miles across five boroughs and growing — as well as intersection redesign and other […]
