Business & Innovation

Photo: i2.cdn.turner.com The Labor Department found that New York City saw unemployment drop to 8.3 percent from 8.6 percent, compared to last year , while the 52 counties outside the metro area saw a drop from 8.

Airbnb has asked state lawmakers to allow the San Franciso-based home-sharing website to be classified as a legal hotel.

Melissa Mark-Viverito New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito opposes a bill that would require businesses with 10 or more employees to provide paid vacation time, Crain's Insider reports: https://goo.gl/MqM5ut .

Mayor Bill de Blasio Delivers Remarks and Signs Bill to Protect Interns From Discrimination in the Workplace on Tuesday, April 15 Photo: Ed Reed for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed his third bill into law, on

Helen Williams Nurse, owner of Tracy Chambers Vintage in Bed-Stuy Helen Williams Nurse is on a mission to give every lady in Brooklyn the shopping experience of their life! Helen is the owner of Tracy Chambers Vintage , located at 216 Jefferson Avenu

470 Vanderbilt Avenue The second-priciest office building transaction in Brooklyn's history closed last month right here in Fort Greene. The $194.

Dr. Dennis Cheng is the owner and lead optomotrist of DC Optics , located at 390 Myrtle Avenue. When Dr. Cheng decided to open his clinic three years ago in Fort Greene, some of his closest confidents, including his wife, questioned why.

Ideally priced two-bedroom garden apartment, located at 29 Vanderbilt Avenue between Flushing and Park, provides direct access to backyard. The common room and open kitchen plan makes for great entertaining.

Mayor Bill de Blasio Breaks Ground on Livonia Commons in East New York Photo: djyimg.

Fez, located at 798A Franklin Avenue Fez, the Hummus Bar, located at 798A Franklin Avenue, between Lincoln Pl and Eastern Parkway, is preparing to reopen its doors in a few weeks, a worker on site said this morning.