Author Archives: Greg David

Once Mayor Bloomberg insisted that New York City was home to 8.4 million people and would hit 9 million in 2030. Now he’s grudgingly willing to settle for saying that the city contains 8.2 million people as is explained in … Continue reading →

Amid all the improvements in the city, one problem seems intractable: the poor job prospects and high incarceration rates of African-American and Hispanic youths. So Mayor Bloomberg has decided to put some of his billions to work to try, again, … Continue reading →

As I write this on Friday afternoon, gridlock in Washington threatens another financial crisis. Reporters at every media outlet are covering this story and seeking their own angles. Third-semester business student Eliza Ronalds-Hannon was assigned the task of writing about … Continue reading →

Are you paying attention to the crisis over whether the United States will default on its debt and the contentious debate over how and how much to reduce the role of the federal government in the economy? You should be. … Continue reading →

In a story of endless twists, the woman who accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn of rape has now told her story publicly in interviews with Newsweek and ABC News. The New York Times story Interviews by Strauss-Kahn Accuser Raises Doubts About Prosecutors … Continue reading →

If you take my class on New York City’s Economy and Business (required if you are an urban student) you will have to give an answer to this question in the first class. How much influence does city government have … Continue reading →

What could the clandestine manufacture of rice wine tell readers about New York? A lot it turns out in the New York Times story Sale of Illegal Wine Thrives in Chinese Enclaves. This is yet another story the Times has … Continue reading →

In covering the various neighborhoods of the city, you will find many that are distinctive because of their ethnic, religious and cultural makeup. The New York Times probes the issues in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn, shaken by the … Continue reading →

The British tabloid scandal grows worse by the day and so does the tightening circle around media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The Daily Beast takes a look at how Murdoch’s New York Post operates in Murdoch’s U.S. Tabloid Scandal. The story … Continue reading →

The New York Times remembered that adage as it examined the tremendous growth in subway traffic on the weekends, a sign of how much New York has changed (read improved) in the past two decades. This story tells you a … Continue reading →