Consumer outlook improves despite job worries
People hold shopping bags as they make their way through Herald Square on Dec. 11, 2025 in New…
How to pay off your holiday debt in the new year – NBC New York
It’s the time of year when even the best-laid budget plans get thrown aside, and credit-card balances start…
Minimum wage rises in NY, NJ, and CT for 2026 – NBC New York
The beginning of 2026 is around the corner, and workers in the tri-state area will see an increase…
26-year-old works at a bookstore and lives on $53,000 a year in NYC
Eileen Tyrrell, 26, moved to New York City with $3,000, no full-time job, and everything she owned in…
How Did Day Care in New York Become a Luxury Item?
Illustration: Brandon Celi Recently, a Manhattan father-to-be dipped into a local Facebook parenting group for an opinion on…
20 Places To Buy a Home in New York If You Want It To Gain Value
September 2025 average home value: $167,277 1-year home value change (%): 3.3% 5-year home value change (%): 55.2%…
‘I Get Paid to Live in New York City Rent-Free’
My Two Cents Personal-finance columnist Charlotte Cowles asks the nosy, revealing, sometimes uncomfortable questions about money so you…
Who will get a NYS inflation reduction check?
Most of the states’ inflation reduction checks have been sent to mailboxes, but the payout of up to…
The exact amount of money you need to earn to be among New York’s ultra-wealthy club has been revealed—and it’s 7x the average wage
If you’re trying to make it in one of the world’s biggest cities, you may be facing two…
These are the U.S. cities where Americans can actually afford to live on a single person’s income—and the ones out-of-budget for singletons
As rents climb, the once-romanticized vision of living alone and eating your first cup of noodles in an…
Where people in Manhattan are looking to buy homes | State News
Where people in Manhattan are looking to buy homes Near record-high mortgage rates are keeping homes largely unaffordable…
Where people in Manhattan are looking to buy homes | State & Regional
Home prices are largely starting to normalize across the country, but remain high even as more homes come…