It's a bit of insult added to injury — small business owners who had non-paying customers in 2008 are likely to find they can't take the bad debts as deductions on their income tax returns. Tax laws limit the ability of many small businesses, among them ...

My garden in Riverside Park is about to be upgraded. With Sarah Palin sending me and everyone I know into a deep and angry funk, good news about my own little piece of the planet has given me reason to hope again: not the macro change-we-can-believe-in kind, but rather the micro soil-tilling kind. My suffering plants will rise anew, thanks ...

Williamsburgers will weep with sorrow at the end of this month when McCarren Park Pool closes its gates. On Aug. 30, Sonic Youth will play the final show and all the kiddies will have to say good-bye to their Sunday funtime activities. The New York Times wrote an obituary of sorts for the pool, since the city will soon take ...