Two weeks ago, the headlines were all about how consumer confidence had surged in April. Today, it turns out that confidence be damned, consumers were actually buying less in April than in March, which was already a historically bad month … Continue reading
The New York Times ran a Page One story yesterday headlined “Where Home Prices Crashed Early, Signs of a Rebound,” all about the housing market in Sacramento, which it declares to be in “the earliest stages of a recovery, a … Continue reading
I take a look at two recent reports on poverty in New York, and their widely divergent findings: When elected officials and nonprofit advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall last Wednesday to announce the release of a new … Continue reading
My biweekly sojourn in Metro addresses the hair-trigger panic that seems to be gripping us (and if Krugman is to be believed, probably isn’t going away on its own any too soon): The Defense Department bright lights who decided to … Continue reading
And still more on empty seats at New York’s new ballparks: Apparently not even the prospect of starring in baseball’s new umpire replay videos is enough to induce New Yorkers to shell out $300 for tickets to the new Yankee … Continue reading
More on what those empty seats at Mets and Yankees games mean: I went to a Mets game last week, and speaking as a Yankee fan, I have to admit that in the battle of the ballparks, the Mets won. … Continue reading
I reviewed the Yankees’ new place, so now it’s the Mets’ turn: First, some caveats: Citi Field is a typical HOK Populous modern stadium, with all that goes with that: Field-level seats close to the action, a wall of luxury/club … Continue reading
A look at some of the reasons the jobless report are blocking them from finding jobs that will lift them out of poverty: Say you’re a New Yorker, and you’re poor. You’re hardly alone: The latest figures show that close … Continue reading
And another, even longer review of the Yanks’ new place (BP subscription required). The upshot: The differences may be subtle—a deck lifted skyward a few feet here, pushed back a couple dozen there—but the overall effect is of a more … Continue reading
I visited the Yankees’ new stadium today, and survived. Read all about it: As part of their “please don’t notice that you no longer have public parks” campaign, the Yankees opened the gates of their new stadium to Bronx residents … Continue reading