Month: April 2021

New York City rents continue to fall, according to a first-quarter report released today by StreetEasy.  Manhattan rents fell to $2,700 a month, the cheapest since 2010 for the Zillow-owned listing site. By comparison, the median asking rent in Manhattan was more than $3,400 in the first quarter of 2020, before the start of the
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The Washington Post reports that business lobbyists are quietly trying to kill President Biden’s efforts to increase federal spending on Medicaid home and community-based (HCBS) long-term care services. The reason: The White House wants to fund the $400 billion increase—part of the president’s $2.2 trillion infrastructure spending program— by raising corporate taxes. And make no
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As more and more people get Covid-19 vaccinations, it is becoming increasingly possible to return to pre-pandemic group activity—restaurants, movie theaters, baseball stadiums, concerts—and office work.  So don’t assume you can work at home indefinitely.  It will depend on your job, your company’s workplace culture, and your boss. During the pandemic’s height, journalists speculated that office work was dead, shifting
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In this article NKLA Nikola Motor Company Hydrogen fuel Source: Nikola Motor Company Shares of embattled electric truck manufacturer Nikola surged during early trading Thursday after the company announced a limited collaboration on hydrogen fueling stations with TravelCenters of America. The plans include installing hydrogen fueling stations for heavy-duty trucks at two sites in California
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