Category: Business
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Koreatown Restaurants Fight to Survive as Office Vacancies and Crime Increase
As office vacancies and crime rise in Midtown South, Koreatown restaurants are fighting to keep their doors open.
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Midtown Street Vendors Fight to Survive Amid City’s Reopening
When the Covid pandemic forced New York City to lock down last year, street vendors were designated as essential workers. Now, as the city reopens, vendors are facing increased challenges related to licenses and permits.
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Midtown Bookstores Keep Their Doors Open Amid the Pandemic
The number of Midtown bookstores has been declining for years, but the pandemic has added another layer of stress to booksellers.
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Fifth Avenue Shows Signs of Recovery
With a high vaccination rate in New York City, foot traffic to Fifth Avenue has increased significantly.
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State proposed e-cig ban creates confusion for NYC retailers
A statewide ban on the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products and nicotine e-liquids has stalled in court, creating confusion among New York City retailers uncertain about how to adapt their business to a pending regulatory change. There are nearly 1,000 active e-cigarette retail licenses in New York City, according to the NYC Department of…
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Cannabis companies promote marijuana at AdWeek conference
Cannabis entrepreneurs gather at the annual Advertising Week conference in Midtown to discuss marketing marijuana.
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A small business hangs on, but barely
A deli owner at the intersection of bike lanes and gentrification sees his business slump.
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Local officials ‘outraged’ over midtown’s $5 per gallon gas
Local officials are outraged by excessive gas prices at Bisma Mobil station in Midtown.
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Garment District fate in limbo as locals worry about it all unravelling
As the fate of the Garment District inches towards resolution, many stakeholders look on anxiously.
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Chew on this: CBD-laced candy and weed legalization
Weed World Candies either contain THC and can get a customer high, or they don’t — depending on whom you ask.
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Chinese crepes, New York entrepreneur: How far can he go?
A New Yorker who makes traditional Chinese “grab-and-go” street crepes wants to expand.
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Comic book stores boom as bookstores disappear
Despite booming demand for instant purchases, comic book stores do business at a rapid clip.
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A weekly cycle of its own for Ben’s Kosher Deli
A family-owned deli actually has two owners to stay faithful to an orthodox Jewish tradition that prohibits operating a business on the Sabbath. Ben’s Deli stays open seven days a week without breaking any rules.
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No room to grow for the Flower District
Flower wholesalers in the historic 28th Street market are under strain from hotel construction and traffic but have no plans to relocate.
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Koreatown restaurants struggling in a more competitive K-town
New chain restaurants on 32nd Street, including some well-known Korean brands, force family-owned Korean restaurants to adapt.
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How the West was won, in Chelsea
Stores survive despite the impact of the High Line and the Hudson Yards development.
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Increased funding for Silicon Alley startups alters Midtown real estate
The growth of Silicon Alley from a small group of startups to the country’s second largest startup hub comes with a price: a change in real-estate dynamics in the neighborhood.
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New York’s fashion industry fears another shift
With buildings being sold for other uses in the Garment District, fashion companies face a difficult choice: pay higher rent or move to Brooklyn.
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Street Vendor Project elects new board, promises to fight license cap
A new study showing the economic benefits of street vendors may be the extra ammunition needed to get the city to reform restrictive licensing laws.
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NYC tech start-ups face talent shortage
While everything else in the NYC startup industry— funding, ideas and opportunities — are abundant and growing, talented workers, especially technical developers, are hard to find.
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