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https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/03/raising-bar-on-cbas.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Raising the Bar on CBAs The Observer posts on the excellent Bar Association report on community benefits agreements-and the report raises some of the issues that... the neighborhoodretailallianceraisingbar https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/08/money-and-faith.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Money and Faith The admonition from Nat Hentoff for reporters to do their job on uncovering all aspects of the mosque story, is now being picked up-as the ... the neighborhoodretailalliancemoneyfaith https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/09/mom-and-popped.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Mom and Popped As the NY Sun is reporting today, the City Council's Small Business Committee will hold a hearing to explore the possibility of providing ... the neighborhoodmom andretailalliancepopped https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/08/recycling-cliches.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Recycling Cliches Gotham Gazette focuses on yet another attempt by the city council to find some way to boost New York's anemic recycling rates. Now we go ba... the neighborhoodretailalliancerecyclingcliches https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/12/note-on-composting.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: A Note on Composting Many environmentalists, including those who oppose disposer usage, point to composting as a preferable alternative for handling food waste.... the neighborhooda noteretailalliancecomposting https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/11/gotham-grocery-shoppimg.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Gotham Grocery Shoppimg Our friends at the Gotham Gazette have just posted an article by Gail Robinson about the paucity of grocery stores in NYC's poorer neighbor... the neighborhoodretailalliancegothamgrocery https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/09/mike-bloomberg-real-mc-coy.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Mike Bloomberg: The Real Mc-Coy Mike Bloomberg just can't seem to help himself-but the faux coyness really is unbecoming. As the NY Daily News reports this morning, May... the neighborhoodmike bloombergretailalliancereal https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/09/eminent-grist.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Eminent Grist As the ESDC charade on the use of eminent domain continues, it appears that, at least according to the NY Sun, that Columbia honcho Lee Bol... the neighborhoodretailallianceeminentgrist https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/03/mighty-quinn.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Mighty Quinn We have certainly had our differences with Council Speaker Chris Quinn-in particular her less than aggressive check on mayoral power-but, if... the neighborhoodretailalliancemightyquinn https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/03/can-he-govern.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Can He Govern? In a wonderfully understated-and unintentionally ironic-headline concerning a political pow wow in Harlem to discuss the fate of Davis Pater... the neighborhoodretailalliancegovern https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2011/01/ The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: 01/01/2011 - 02/01/2011 Protecting Neighborhood Business For Over 20 Years the neighborhoodretailalliance https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/09/morose-on-gay-rights.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Morose on Gay Rights In today's DMI blog the indefatigable Maureen Lane flagellates herself in a post about gay rights. What makes all of this fascinating readi... the neighborhoodretailalliancemorosegay https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/09/tale-of-two-cities.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Tale of Two Cities In this morning's NY Times, the paper takes a very interesting look at the two-sided opposition to the Willets Point redevelopment : " No ... tale of twothe neighborhoodretailalliancecities https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/05/weiner-to-egress.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Weiner to the Egress So, a funny thing happened on the way to our cornucopia of electoral choices -or, in the more persuasive vernacular, another one bites the ... the neighborhoodretailallianceweineregress https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloomberg-cheapens-times-square-bomber.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Bloomberg Cheapens Times Square Bomber Debate One thing that can always be said of Mike Bloomberg is that he is certainly no cheap skate. Anyone who gives away so much of his money-or sp... the neighborhoodtimes squareretailalliancebloomberg https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2011/02/ends-and-means-at-willets-point.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Ends and Means at Willets Point The Flushing Times has an editorial on Willets Point that wonders about the use of eminent domain: "The use of eminent at Willets Point may... ends and meansthe neighborhoodretailalliancewillets https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/09/union-leaders-politicians-mount.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Union leaders, politicians mount attacks against Wal-Mart The Staten Island Advance covered an anti-Wal-Mart rally held on Wednesday sponsored by organized labor. The event is part of a 5 borough-w... the neighborhoodunion leaders https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/09/baby-and-bath-water.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Baby and the Bath Water Yesterday we commented on the misplaced efforts of the City Planning Commission to bring more supermarkets to underserved neighborhoods. A... the neighborhoodretailalliancebabybath https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/09/those-myriad-benefits.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Those Myriad Benefits Last week we were discussing the dispute over the accuracy of the polling data on the mayor's congestion taxing plan. We were particularly... the neighborhoodretailalliancemyriadbenefits https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/09/kosher-labor-practices.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Kosher Labor Practices? In yesterday's NY Times, the paper focused on the questionable labor practices of a Kosher meat processor, a company with problems all over... the neighborhoodretailalliancekosherlabor https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/11/avella-refuses-to-waiver.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Avella Refuses to Waiver As we commented this morning, the NY Post's urgent push to grant the new ed chancellor-designate a waiver is an egregious rush to judgment-... the neighborhoodretailallianceavellarefuses https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/04/shelton-from-storm.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Shelton from the Storm The Observer is reporting that a labor leaders has labeled Congressman Mike McMahon a, "Judas," for his vote against ObamaCare : "Rep. Mike ... the neighborhoodretailalliancesheltonstorm https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/08/fidler-for-truth.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Fidler On the Truth In yesterday's Daily Politics Blog Liz highlights the unusual Council vitriol generated by the decision of Speaker Quinn to stack the cong... the neighborhoodretailalliancefidlertruth https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/06/restaurants-sue-doh.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Restaurants Sue DOH As Crain's is reporting , the New York State Restaurant Association is suing the NYC Board of Health and the DOH in order to prevent the i... the neighborhoodretailalliancerestaurantssue https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/10/relateds-big-gamble.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Related's Big Gamble As more and more evidence comes in that Related Companies has cut a deal with Walmart to take 180,000 square feet in the expansion footprin... the neighborhoodretailalliancerelatedbig https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/03/progressive-caucus-gaps.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Progressive Caucus Gaps The two co-chairs of the new city council Progressive Caucus lay out their agenda in the Nation (Via Liz)-and there are some high notes tha... the neighborhoodprogressive caucusretailalliancegaps https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/09/chicken-little-wylde-and-mayor-mike.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Chicken Little Wylde and Mayor Mike As Yogi Berra might have said, "It's deja vu all over again." This time it's the fiscal crisis that is leading business leader Kathy Wylde... the neighborhoodchicken littleretailalliancewylde https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/09/trader-joe-comes-to-west-harlem.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Trader Joe Comes to West Harlem In this morning's NY Sun, the paper reports on the decision by the Bloombergers to support the rezoning initiative of Manhattan BP Scott ... the neighborhoodtrader joeretailalliancecomes https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/11/tale-of-two-cities.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: A Tale of Two Cities The folks are taking sides in the battle over the mayor's choice of a new schools chancellor-and it is beginning to look like a tale of two ... a tale of twothe neighborhoodretailalliancecities https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/03/rangels-it.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Rangel's "It" Daily Politics has an interesting post on the gala thrown for Charlie Rangel , the chairman of the House Ethics Committee-no, that can't be... the neighborhoodretailalliancerangel https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/09/wal-mart-bjs-and-race-for-speaker.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Wal-Mart, BJ's and the Race for Speaker We've been thinking a little more about the BTM/Gateway project and its potential impact on the Speaker's race. As we previously posted the... the neighborhoodwal mart https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/06/ The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: 06/01/2008 - 07/01/2008 Protecting Neighborhood Business For Over 20 Years the neighborhoodretailalliance https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/09/conflicted-just-change-subject.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Conflicted? Just Change the Subject As City Room is reporting, Comptroller Bill Thompson has jumped on the NY Times story about, well, conflicts at the city's Conflict of Int... the neighborhoodretailallianceconflictedchange https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/07/remove-that-stain.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Remove That Stain! The NY Daily News is reporting that Greg Meeks is up to his old habits -playing fast and loose with the ethics laws: "Queens congressman Gr... the neighborhoodretailallianceremovestain https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/01/beating-on-barclays.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Beating on Barclays Trying to revive a dead horse for another beating, the Daily News' Michael O'Keefe goes after the Nets deal with Barclays Bank in today's p... the neighborhoodretailalliancebeatingbarclays https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/05/neighborhood-retail-alliance-profile.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Neighborhood Retail Alliance Profile The Neighborhood Retail Alliance is profiled in a great piece by Stacey Mitchell at the Hometown Advantage , a pro-small business organizat... the neighborhoodretailallianceprofile https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2011/02/one-city-one-standard-double-standard.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: One City, One Standard: The Double Standard Can you believe the chutzpah of Mike Bloomberg? According to City Room the mayor is actually dressing down workers for, we kid you not, fai... the neighborhoodalliance oneretailcitystandard https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/10/ The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: 10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007 Protecting Neighborhood Business For Over 20 Years the neighborhoodretailalliance https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/07/ken-red-weighs-in-on-congestion.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Ken the Red Weighs In on Congestion The NY Times opens up its Op-Ed today to the wisdom of "Ken the Red" Livingston, the communist mayor of London. Now we normally resist the ... the neighborhoodretailalliancekenred https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/11/cabbie-knows-best.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Cabbie Knows Best In an Op-ed piece done for the Sunday Daily News, cab driver Nick Stern demonstrated that it's so often the folks on the ground who are able... the neighborhoodretailalliancecabbieknows https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/07/bronx-pols-demand-preservation-of.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Bronx Pols Demand Preservation of Bronx Terminal Market Today at the offices of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation a number of parties met to discuss preservation of the Bronx Term... the neighborhoodretailalliancebronx https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/08/need-for-re-testing.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Need for Re-Testing Diane Ravitch in, of all places, the Op-ed page of the NY Post, highlights the fraudulent nature of the New York State school tests: "Davi... the neighborhoodneed forretailalliancetesting https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/08/rubens-rubicon.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Ruben's Rubicon As the NY Daily News reports this morning, Bronx BP Ruben Diaz is grappling with his decision on the development of the Kingsbridge Armo... the neighborhoodretailalliancerubenrubicon https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/12/bye-bye-bondy.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Bye Bye Bondy The CityTime scandal continues to roil the waters with the resignation of NYC's real life Inspector Clouseau, Joel Bondy, as head of the Off... the neighborhoodretailalliancebyebondy https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/04/flushing-more-gridlock.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Flushing More Gridlock Speaking of the Flushing Times, the paper has an article on the recent approval of Flushing Commons: "Community Board 7 voted 35-2 Monday ni... the neighborhoodretailallianceflushinggridlock https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/12/leadership-win-for-kruger.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Leadership Win for Kruger As Crain's Insider is reporting this morning (subscription only), State Senator Carl Kruger emerged from the leadership fight as a big winn... the neighborhoodalliance leadershipretailwinkruger https://westhivecapital.com/ Revitalizing Neighborhood Retail - West Hive Capital May 5, 2026 - Revitalizing Neighborhood Retail We acquire underperforming retail properties and transform them into profitable, thriving destinationsAt West Hive Capital, we... neighborhood retailrevitalizingwesthivecapital https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-deposits-no-returns.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: More Deposits, No Returns Crains Insider is reporting that the expanded bottle bill may get a greater impetus from the newly installed governor: ... the neighborhoodretailalliancedepositsreturns https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2006/01/stadium-park-and-deride.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Stadium Park and Deride On Saturday Charles Bagli did an excellent examination of the rising neighborhood discontent over the ballyhooed Yankee Stadium redevelopme... the neighborhoodstadium parkretailalliance https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2006/02/manhattans-cb-8-takes-lead-on-vendors.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Manhattan's CB #8 Takes the Lead on Vendors The Alliance has been taking the lead on the issue of the proliferation of fruit vendors all over Manhattan and we are glad to report that... the neighborhood https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2011/02/related-problems-for-walmart.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Related Problems for Walmart As Crain's is reporting , pressure is being brought to bear on Related Companies to convince the real estate giant that partnering with Walm... the neighborhoodretailalliancerelatedproblems https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/05/small-business-congress.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: The Small Business Congress The Small Business Congress, a group headed by long time advocate Sung Soo Kim, is holding its Second General Meeting and Fundraiser tomorro... the neighborhoodsmall businessretailalliancecongress https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/10/daily-news-weighs-in-on-hcsa.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Daily News Weighs in on HCSA The Daily News comments editorially today on the recently passed Health Care Securiy Act (HSCA). The paper cites objections from some of th... the neighborhooddaily newsretailallianceweighs https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/09/lemmings-refuse-to-jump.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Lemmings Refuse to Jump In yesterday's NY Post, Dave Seifman has an interesting column on the refusal of some of the candidates being supported by Mike Bloomberg ... the neighborhoodretailalliancelemmingsrefuse https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/09/obama-and-bill-clinton.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Obama and Bill Clinton Steve Kornacki's latest observation in the Observer about President Obama's waning popularity, has a grain of truth-but only a grain; an... the neighborhoodretailallianceobamabill https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/03/zoning-out-small-business.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Zoning Out Small Business Whatever one thinks about the merits of the city's rezoning plan for 125 th Street, one fact is incontrovertible: it's another officially s... the neighborhoodretailalliancezoningsmall https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/03/cuts-and-cramps.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Cuts and CRamps As we continue to comment on the city's dire fiscal condition-and the hue and cry over the need to cut the municipal work force-it is appro... the neighborhoodretailalliancecutscramps https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/12/wholesale-violations.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Wholesale Violations The Alliance has been tracking the outrageous situation of fruit and vegetable peddlers opening up grandiose "stands" directly in front of ... the neighborhoodretailalliancewholesaleviolations https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/03/george-mcgovern-schools-nannies.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: George McGovern Schools the Nannies Acquiring new wisdom in his dotage , George McGovern writes the following in the WSJ : " Since leaving office I've written about public pol... the neighborhoodgeorge mcgovernretailallianceschools https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/03/pass-fail.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Pass, Fail In the latest dust up over educational policy, the Panel for Education Policy voted last night to approve the mayor's controversial plan to... the neighborhoodretailalliancepassfail https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-fruits-and-nuts.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: More Fruits and Nuts The NY Times had a short piece last week that, once again, attempted to extol the Green Carts program-this time in Jamaica. But the informa... the neighborhoodretailalliancefruitsnuts https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/09/softening-in-middle.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Softening in the Middle In yesterday's NY Daily News the paper's Errol Louis reports on the growing exodus of middle-class New Yorkers. Citing a report done by C... the neighborhoodretailalliancesofteningmiddle https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/12/inside-twu.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Inside the TWU Four years ago we had the pleasure to do some of the best grass roots organizing the Alliance has ever done on behalf of Local 100's efforts... the neighborhoodretailallianceinsidetwu https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2006/02/ed-debate.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: ED Debate The disingenuousness about the use of eminent domain as an economic development tool continues. The latest example, cited by Jacob Sallum in... the neighborhoodretailallianceeddebate https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/02/roc-ing-restaurants.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Roc-ing the Restaurants In today's NY Post there is a column by TomEliot on the efforts by a group called the Restaurant Opportunities Center to gain influence (or... the neighborhoodretailalliancerocing https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/08/columbia-can-we-talk.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Columbia: Can We Talk? Matt Schuerman's Observer Real Estate Blog has commentary on the CB9 vote the other night against the Columbia expansion. The take on wha... the neighborhoodcan weretailalliancecolumbia https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/10/schooling-mayor.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Schooling the Mayor With the mayor's approval rating skyrocketing , the opposition to the term limits power grab has a great deal of work to do; but there's one... the neighborhoodretailallianceschoolingmayor https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/09/cardwells-lacuna.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Cardwell's Lacuna Writing in the NY Times, Diane Cardwell puts a mostly positive spin on the city's plan to try to bring more supermarkets to designated und... the neighborhoodretailalliancecardwelllacuna https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/01/kudos-to-mayor-mike.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Kudos to Mayor Mike We have to admit it, we never really thought that Mayor Mike would lower taxes. We thought that he was congenitally predisposed to a permane... the neighborhoodretailalliancekudosmayor https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-in-deceit.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: A Study In Deceit Tomorrow a substantial group of council members will convene at city hall to announce their support for the living wage bill-and denounce th... the neighborhooda studyretailalliancedeceit https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2011/02/shoprite-wal-wrong.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Shoprite, Wal-wrong The battle between Walmart and Shoprite over the site in the expanded Gateway Mall in East NY is heating up-and the Brooklyn Paper has the ... the neighborhoodretailallianceshopritewal https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2006/06/crains-gives-us-props.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Crain's Gives Us Props We need to give a shout out to the Crain's Insider for singling this blog out in this morning's In$ider . The kind words-"an informative pro... the neighborhoodretailalliancecraingives https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/10/not-really-naming-names-on-stella-doro.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Not Really Naming Names on Stella D'Oro The lead editorial in the NY Daily News today focuses on the lack of support for the bakery workers at the now closed Stell D'Doro factor... the neighborhoodnot really https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/05/more-congestion-ahead.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: More Congestion Ahead In today's Crain's In$ ider the newsletter reports , with a somewhat jaundiced spin in our view, that supporters of the pricing scheme are... the neighborhoodretailalliancecongestionahead https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/08/mta-and-public-trust.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: MTA and the Public Trust The NY Times has an editorial today that speaks of restoring "trust" in the MTA . In our view the concept of restoration implies the existe... the neighborhoodretailalliancemtapublic https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2006/03/food-waste-worm-turns.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Food Waste: The Worm Turns Many of those who aggressively oppose the use of food waste disposers champion composting as a realistic alternative that is more environme... the neighborhoodfood wasteretailallianceworm https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/01/fat-and-foolish-taxing-credulity.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Fat and Foolish, Taxing Credulity Well, you didn't expect that we would continue in an effusive manner in reference to Governor Paterson's budget just because, after much dit... the neighborhoodretailalliancefatfoolish https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/10/brownnosing.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Brownnosing? It seems that Queens weeklies are giddy about the brownfields grant that was received by the Flushing Willets Point Corona LDC-forgettin... the neighborhoodretailalliance https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/01/politics-of-eminent-domain.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: The Politics of Eminent Domain In today's NY Post there is a guest editorial from Bart Dridden , one of the property owners in Port Chester who had is land "transferred" ... the neighborhoodretailalliancepoliticseminent https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/09/negotiated-surrender.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Negotiated Surrender Yesterday, as expected, Manhattan BP Scott Stringer lived up to his deal with the mayor, and agreed to support the Columbia expansion pl... the neighborhoodretailalliancesurrender https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/09/middle-classless.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Middle Classless The father and son duo of Fred and Harry Siegal have an excellent Op-ed piece today in the NY Daily News-one that recapitulates some of t... the neighborhoodretailalliancemiddleclassless https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/08/jane-jacobs-legacy.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: The Jane Jacobs Legacy In the latest issue of the City Journal, Howard Husack reviews two books that deal with the import of Jane Jacobs to our conception of wha... the neighborhoodjane jacobsretailalliancelegacy https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/09/timely-advice.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Timely Advice? In what is likely not anything that will surprise anyone, the NY Times today editorializes in favor of raising city property taxes: "It wil... the neighborhoodretailalliancetimelyadvice https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/10/hcsa-override-cost-and-lessons-of.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: HCSA Override: The Cost and Lessons of Political Apathy It was certainly no surprise that the City Council overrode the mayor's veto of the Health Care Security Act (HCSA), although it was a surp... the neighborhood https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/05/expansion-all-wet.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Expansion All Wet The NY Times reports on Nestle's lawsuit against the expansion of the state's bottle law (and the Politicker provides a link): "A coalitio... the neighborhoodretailallianceexpansionwet https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/10/great-wal-mart-of-bloomberg.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: The Great Wal-Mart of Bloomberg Crain's Insider, apparently looking to emulate the Onion for great satire, has an item on Bloomberg, Wal-Mart and promises unkept-the post'... the neighborhoodwal martretailalliancegreat https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/09/mitigating-circumstances.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Mitigating Circumstances We have been commenting on the failure of the city's land use review procedure for its reliance on the consultants selected by either EDC ... the neighborhoodretailalliancecircumstances https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/01/randy-rhetoric.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Randy Rhetoric Co-opting the sports axiom that, "the best defense is a good offense," the Yankees' Randy Levine took off on Assemblyman Richard Brodsky y... the neighborhoodretailalliancerandyrhetoric https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/11/fire-deaths-on-rise.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Fire Deaths on the Rise The Daily News is reporting that deaths from fires have spiked in the last year. The spike, however, comes after a year that recorded the l... the neighborhoodretailalliancefiredeaths https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/02/bloombergs-park-mugging.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Bloomberg's Park Mugging We have commented repeatedly about the city's bad deal on the construction of the new Yankee Stadium-with a pa rticular emphasis on the o... the neighborhoodretailalliancebloombergpark https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2008/04/mayors-shotgunwedding-with-wal-mart.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Mayor's Shotgun Wedding with Wal-Mart As Liz is reporting the UFCW's Local 1500 has taken umbrage at the gun deal that the mayor has struck with our favorite retailer. As the... the neighborhoodshotgun weddingretailalliancemayor https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/07/traffic-congestion-tax-jammed.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Traffic Congestion Tax Jammed "It ain't easy being green," that old lament from our Sesame Street favorite Kermit the Frog, must be resonating in Mike Bloomberg's ear ju... the neighborhoodtraffic congestionretailalliancetax https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/01/vendor-van-bomb-scare.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Vendor Van Bomb Scare The fact that cops on New Years failed to notice an illegally parked van near Times Square, highlights the issue of peddler proliferation in... the neighborhoodretailalliancevendorvan https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/09/cant-they-take-bank.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Can't They Take a Bank? In today's NY Sun, the paper reports on the hearing held last night by the MTA in regards to the need to condemn certain properties in ord... the neighborhoodtake aretailalliancebank https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2009/09/low-rent-charlie.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Low Rent Charlie Can the mud and muck that Charlie Rangel wallows in get even more slimy? Accused of illegally holding on to four rent stabilized apartme... the neighborhoodretailalliancelowrent https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2010/08/coffee-bad-break.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Coffee Bad Break There is a seemingly heart rending story in today's NY Daily News about an aggrieved food vendor who, because he was moved from his prime l... the neighborhoodretailalliancecoffeebad https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2005/11/where-oh-where-did-my-parkland-go.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Where Oh Where Did My Parkland Go? The machinations around the Yankee Stadium development may have ramifications for the BTM merchants. In Saturday's Post story it was reporte... the neighborhoodretailallianceohparkland https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2007/09/bloomberg-and-poor.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Bloomberg and the Poor The DMI has a post on the mayor's new poverty policy initiative, and Maureen Lane describes some of what the mayor's trying to do without ... the neighborhoodretailalliancebloombergpoor https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2006/01/quinn-and-btm-whither-her-community.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Quinn and the BTM: Whither Her Community Legacy? Chris Quinn is defined by her roots in the neighborhoods of Chelsea and Clinton. In the year 2000, when a proposal was floated to build thre... the neighborhoodher communityretailalliancequinn https://momandpopnyc.blogspot.com/2006/01/municipal-arts-society-save-bronx.html The Neighborhood Retail Alliance: Municipal Arts Society: Save the Bronx Terminal Market We think you all should check out the testimony of the Municipal Arts Society on the need to preserve the Bronx Terminal Market. The MAS ... the neighborhoodarts societyretailalliancemunicipal