Small Business

Work

Vending Tickets in Parks Climb Steadily as New Arrivals Face Ramped Up Enforcement

June 17, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 16, 2024, 9:04 p.m.

Battery Park — the site of a physical confrontation between a Parks officer and a teenager that recently went viral — has seen more tickets for unpermitted selling than any other city park last year.

A leather-clad unicorn mannequin stood near the Purple ion entrance.

Life

Latex, Cuffs and Extra-Large Pumps: A Glimpse in the Kink Shop Outfitting Pride Parties

June 5, 2024, 12:59 p.m.June 5, 2024, 2:58 p.m.

Drag queens, revelers and fetish-focused out-of-towners make business brisk all year at Purple ion in Chelsea, but June brings a big bump.

The sun reflects on apartment buildings along East 110th Street, July 31, 2023.

Small Business

Adams ‘City of Yes’ Business Boost Comes Up for Council Votes

May 21, 2024, 5:00 a.m.May 20, 2024, 4:54 p.m.

Proposed zoning changes would make it easier for small businesses to locate in largely residential areas, prompting pushback from some corners.

Floral designer Carolyn Bailly works out of her Flower District studio.

Manhattan

Mother’s Day Is Madness in Chelsea’s Pruned Flower District

May 10, 2024, 5:01 a.m.May 10, 2024, 11:46 a.m.

Old-schoolers grieve that the holiday is no longer what it once was, but camaraderie among the wholesalers and their customers help keep it alive.

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks about cracking down on unlicensed cannabis shops.

Marijuana

How Private Equity Trumped Social Equity in State Cannabis Deal

April 24, 2024, 5:01 a.m.Oct. 22, 2024, 10:40 a.m.

Confidential documents obtained by THE CITY reveal how Chicago Atlantic Group became one of the biggest beneficiaries of the state’s legalization program.

Jackson Heights vendor Abdul Jabber sells prayer rugs on 37th Avenue during Ramadan.

Vendors

NYPD Ousts Vendors Selling Islamic Goods Just Before Ramadan

March 15, 2024, 5:00 a.m.March 15, 2024, 11:40 a.m.

The police department, which is supposed to play a secondary role in vendor enforcement, wouldn’t say what triggered the raid just before the busiest selling season of the year.

784 Hardware owner Robert Morales poses for a portrait in his Bronx store.

Small Business

Shoplifting Surge Overwhelms NYC’s Small Businesses

Feb. 21, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 21, 2024, 10:26 a.m.

Mom and pop stores have had to add staff or limit the number of customers, as thieves have gotten bolder.

A customer walks out of a Family Dollar store holding a plastic shopping bag.

Environment

New York’s Plastic Bag Ban Yields Warnings, Minor Fines for Those Flouting Law

Nov. 16, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 15, 2023, 5:01 p.m.

The ineffectiveness of what was supposed to be the “low hanging fruit” of environmental legislation has dampened the hopes of activists who want to make fossil fuel-based products history.

Vendors

Neighborhood Cop Plotted to Disrupt Corona Vendor Rally, Misconduct Complaint Alleges

Aug. 17, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 31, 2023, 2:12 p.m.

An NYPD neighborhood coordination officer is accused of taking sides in a local conflict rather than serving as a liaison between the police and the community.

Small Business

New $10 Million Loan Program Aimed at South Bronx Businesses

Aug. 16, 2023, 6:24 p.m.Aug. 16, 2023, 8:19 p.m.

The new leader of the Bronx Economic Development Corporation found unspent millions from a 1990s federal program.

Small Business

Vending Tickets in Parks Climb Steadily as New Arrivals Face Ramped Up Enforcement

Latex, Cuffs and Extra-Large Pumps: A Glimpse in the Kink Shop Outfitting Pride Parties

Adams ‘City of Yes’ Business Boost Comes Up for Council Votes

Mother’s Day Is Madness in Chelsea’s Pruned Flower District

How Private Equity Trumped Social Equity in State Cannabis Deal

NYPD Ousts Vendors Selling Islamic Goods Just Before Ramadan

Shoplifting Surge Overwhelms NYC’s Small Businesses

New York’s Plastic Bag Ban Yields Warnings, Minor Fines for Those Flouting Law

Neighborhood Cop Plotted to Disrupt Corona Vendor Rally, Misconduct Complaint Alleges

New $10 Million Loan Program Aimed at South Bronx Businesses

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