local businesses

April showers bring business for 96th Street flower shop

Customer care comes first at Plant Shed New York Flowers.

Business owners along Broadway consider forming alliance

Business owners met Wednesday to discuss forming a business district association to work together to lower rents in the buildings they rent from Columbia.

Four corporations join CU mentorship program for small businesses

Through a new city program, small-business owners who participate in Columbia’s Construction Trades Certificate Mentorship Program will now receive additional job training from four large corporations—BNY Mellon, Con Edison, Goldman Sachs, and National Grid.

Campus hot spot Pinnacle reopens with a clean bill of health

Fans of ziti pizza, fear not: It may be safe to eat at Pinnacle again.

City, small businesses debate paid sick leave

The city lacks consensus on proposed paid sick leave legislation.

Store Closings Plague South Harlem

On Frederick Douglas Boulevard from 111th to 125th Streets, the high density of retail vacancy reminds passers-by that the gentrification of South Harlem has not made the neighborhood immune to the pains of recession.

Broadway, Amsterdam Attract Different Crowds

Broadway and Amsterdam run parallel through the Upper West Side, but diverge when it comes to retail development, financial straits, and student appeal.