David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
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December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Here’s What the Collapse of Signature Bank Means for NY
New Yorkers woke up Monday to the news that a bank most had never heard of was suddenly closed by state regulators, its deposits guaranteed by the federal government, its stockholders’ investment wiped out and its executives sent packing. Greg…
Good News: City Jobs Recover Nearly to Pre-COVID Levels
New York City has not regained all the jobs lost in the pandemic, but new numbers released Thursday show that the city gained far more jobs last year than believed and is within striking distance of a complete recovery from…
Eric Adams Promised Better for Battered Businesses. His First Year Brought a Mood Shift but Scant Progress.
In early March, barely two months after taking office, Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his plan to revive the city’s economy after the devastation of the pandemic shutdown, which had cost the city some 970,000 jobs. He said he would focus…
An Uneven and Incomplete Recovery for NYC’s Economy in 2022
At eleven o’clock on a Thursday morning in mid-December, the tourists staying at the historic Beekman Hotel in downtown Manhattan wandered in for a late breakfast at the Bar Room, eating croissants and sipping coffee in the hotel’s soaring atrium. …
Greed and Inflation: Greedy Corporate CEO’s Playbook
Are greedy corporate CEOs driving inflation? It might seem like a stretch, but the fact is, their behavior has a major impact on the cost of goods and services. The question is, how much blame do they deserve for what’s…
Manhattan and Brooklyn Rents Flatten After Record Surge — But Don’t Expect Bargains
Relentless increases that drove rents listed for in Manhattan and Brooklyn to record highs came to a screeching halt this fall, the latest report from the real estate brokerage Douglas Elliman finds. Greg David, The City Republished with Permission: The…
Glass Half Empty in Still Depopulated NYC Office Towers
The latest figures on office occupancy dashed hopes that the number of workers in New York’s still-lagging business districts would increase as summer turned to fall. The Kastle Systems tracker of average weekday office occupancy in the region has been…
REPUBLICAN ‘SOLUTIONS’ WILL MAKE INFLATION WORSE
If cutting corporate tax rates and making billionaires wealthier actually fixed inflation, it would have been fixed ages ago. By Peter Certo | October 19, 2022 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News My wife and I recently had the tremendous…
Nearly a half-billion dollars in checks mailed to New Yorkers
By Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square contributor October 14th, 2022 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News (The Center Square) – The checks are in the mail for nearly 2 million New Yorkers, or soon will be. The New…
Unemployment Rate Jumps As More New Yorkers Seek Jobs
New York City’s unemployment rate jumped by more than half of a percentage point in August — and ironically, it is a sign of an improving job market. Meanwhile, the city’s long slog to recover all the jobs lost in the pandemic…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor