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Luke Squire and Poy Winichakul, founders of LaunchProgress The face of politics, as you know it, is changing: It is younger. It is faster. It is brighter and it is broker! But, hold up.

According to the Center for Women's Business Research, women own 10.6 million businesses in the United States; they employ 19.1 million workers--that's one in every seven employees; and their businesses account for $2.5 trillion in sales.

Who can say "no" to a $30 spa day on Park Avenue (in Brooklyn), featuring some of the finest Turkish spa amenities, followed by an array of catered, locally sourced, fresh, organic food? On Wednesday April 1, Fresh Fanatic organic food store will cel

Assemblyman Joe Lentol Assemblyman Joe Lentol announced on Friday that he stands in opposition to the Executive Budget Proposal Part X requiring online marketplace providers — such as eBay and Amazon — to collect state sales tax when they

Thousands of New Yorkers are missing out on tax credits Thousands of New Yorkers-- approximately one in five-- ?are missing out on up to $10,000 in tax credits, like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and other related credits, such as Child Care Ta

LIAACC President Phil Andrews addresses business owners at LIAACC's launch in Long Island On Wednesday, March 25, at Brooklyn Borough Hall, the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

New Yorkers can't agree on many things, but for sure we can come together on one thing-THE MTA FARE INCREASE. It's happening this weekend, and it should be making everyone angry! I mean, it's easy to be angry in New York.

LaShawn Allen-Muhammad, Deputy Executive Director for the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Director of the Long Island African-American Chamber of Commerce Photo: The Brooklyn Reader "Bedford-Stuyvesant is done," sai

Arts education in public schools may be seeing its final days, but a group of young local arts advocates are pushing back... and bringing the masters with them.

If you haven't been checking out B-Side, the Thursday night, live music series down at BRIC House, which is located at 647 Fulton Street, in the downtown part of Fort Greene, then you're playing yourself.