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Wednesday: Work - Leaving Maternity Leave

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I am currently invoking the status of maternity leave, both from New York Natives and my "day job" as a legal recruiter. My little girl is now two months old, and I am dusting off the keyboard to weigh in on my current perspective on WORK for NYN. As a career woman and late-to-the-game mom (38), I imagined I would be burning to get back to work, to an adult environment, compensation and a sense of purpose. I dismissed those who found...

Post date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 11:07

Wednesday: Work - Crime and the City

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Mike

Like tourists choking our sidewalks, crime is simply something New Yorkers will always have to deal with. Despite a recent uptick, violent crime in New York City has decreased in the last fifteen years, during which the murder rate has been at its lowest since at least 1963, when reliable statistics were first kept. However, over time our ears have become attuned to reports of homicide, rape, theft, corruption, organized crime and...

Post date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 23:02

Wednesday: Work - Invest Like a Billionaire: Put Your Money to Work

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Camilla

Billionaires put their money to work in New York City every day. One project to watch closely is Stephen Ross’s $12 billion development in Hudson Yards. It is considered the most important private development project in Manhattan since Rockefeller Center. New York's billionaires also like to give away a lot of money as part of their legacy-building plan. It's hard not to cross a civic space that hasn't been named for someone...

Post date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 10:55

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Eve

Some days, you wake up and realize that you love what you do, other days, not so much. I have had the great pleasure of decorating New York apartments. Not the big ones we all dream of, showcased in House Beautiful and Elle Décor, where a chaise lounge can float amidst ample space in a 4000+ sq. foot loft, but the more common NYC 1000 sq. foot one-bedrooms. Designing spaces fraught with constraints is a challenge...

Post date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 09:52

Wednesday: Work - Dream Big New York!

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Andrea

Growing up in New York City is different. That’s not a big reveal. As a child, when I would meet new friends who lived in houses, these girls and boys would often ask me whether I missed having a yard or driveway on which to run and play, and create make-believe worlds. And in fact, it’s a question I still get from friends looking to raise their kids here or from those just passing through as tourists, or even from new friends...

Post date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 09:33

Wednesday: Work - New York, City of Firsts

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Mike

We New Yorkers have a high opinion of ourselves. We often emit an aurora of superiority, self importance and over-bearing pride. We think we’re first. We believe we’re best. We feel, we’re #1... We’re right. New York is widely regarded as the greatest city in the world and its position atop many significant sets of data support this. Our city is the most populous in the United States, has the largest regional economy in the country...

Post date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 09:12

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Camilla

In my upcoming book: The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom I emphasize in the power chapter that our active social media world means we all have a hyper visual personal brand and we can use it as a powerful tool. Brands have figured this out. They are now offering influencers and specialists free gear in the hope, we’ll use our influence on Twitter and Facebook to convince people to buy their products. In fact some bloggers are even...

Post date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 09:49

Wednesday: Work - Tebow? Work Smarter JETS

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Jon

Tebow. Say that word to anyone in the western world and you’re likely to spark some kind of reaction. Sports fans, hot dog vendors, friends, Romans, countrymen – everyone has an opinion about Tim Tebow, the golden child “quarterback” from Florida. Some love him for his on-field heroics and off-field evangelism; some loathe him for his seemingly divine luck and insufferable innocence. But everyone has an opinion. Until recently, New...

Post date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 09:11

Wednesday: Work - Mad Men Returns and NYC Assumes a Starring Role

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Mike

The long-awaited return of Mad Men is Sunday March 25th. After 17 long months we will be reunited with Don Draper, Roger Sterling, Peggy Olson, Pete Campbell and another lead character, New York City. Mad Men, AMC's critically acclaimed series that follows fictional Madison Avenue executives in the 1960s is as quintessentially New York as yellow taxis and hot dog carts. The show's themes of ambition, reinvention and success, coupled...

Post date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 10:21

Wednesday: Work - We Work Too Damn Much!

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Jon

New York is a fast-paced city. I realize there is nothing particularly groundbreaking about that statement, but sometimes we move so fast here that we forget. We’re a very defensive bunch, so we might not freely admit it, but the NYC pace tends to skew our frame of reference. That’s why those who stray from the confines of our bustling metropolis come back with insufferable comments like “it’s just so dead out there” and “there’s...

Post date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 08:29