LI traffic costs region $1.9B and 93M hours of delay: Study

Traffic is expected to increase, costing commuters more in dollars and hours, according to the report.

Mnuchin and Powell back jobless aid and small business loans

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the government’s top priorities in any new economic relief package should be to provide affordable loans to small businesses and further support for millions of Americans still unemployed.

M&T Bank to expand lending for affordable housing projects

Nationwide, there are only 26 affordable and available homes for every 100 extremely low-income renter households, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Priciest home sales in Ridge

The three highest-priced home sales in Ridge last month ranged from $440,000 to $525,000.

Jobless claims at 870,000 as fraud and backlogs cloud data

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly last week to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral pandemic is still squeezing restaurants, airlines, hotels and many other businesses six months after it first erupted.