Chavez and Citgo Fuel Bronx Activism
Citgo, controlled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, started a discounted heating oil program for needy Bronx residents two years ago. Now the energy company is backing social programs in the borough.
Citgo, controlled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, started a discounted heating oil program for needy Bronx residents two years ago. Now the energy company is backing social programs in the borough.
Buoyed by a commitment to ensure that a redeveloped Kingsbridge Armory will…
Two NYU students are offering an alternative proposal for the Domino's Sugar refinery: enviromentally friendly housing, complete with solar panels and wind turbines. But plans for a large apartment-and-retail complex already are in the works.
The mall and recreation complex coming to the Kingsbridge Armory will undou…
Sloan Mandell thought he had found the perfect spot to open his jewelry sto…
A young man in a baseball cap hurried past Doughnut Plant, a bakery a few b…
Tiffany & Co. opened its second Manhattan store, on Wall St., marking the jewelry store's return to downtown after a 67-year absence. For many, the move is symbolic of downtown's comeback from 9/11 – and the changing Financial District retail landscape.
While the city and union bickered over how many cabbies participated in the recent two-day taxi strike, the Punjabi Deli, a popular drivers' hangout in the East Village, was feeling the effects of the walkout.