▼ Author Community Vote 4 days ago Patrick McGeehan City Hotel Workers to Be Issued Panic Buttons - — Operators of the biggest hotels in New York City have agreed to a long-term contract that will give hotel housekeepers and other employees significant pay raises, fully paid health coverage, larger pension contributions and one unusual benefit: personal panic buttons. 82 days ago Patrick McGeehan Pfizer to Leave City That Won Land-Use Case - — Pfizer said it would pull out of New London, Conn., eight years after its set off a landmark eminent domain battle. 90 days ago Patrick McGeehan Mapping the Sites of Con Ed's Stray Voltage - — New Yorkers can use interactive online maps to gather a vast amount of information about their neighborhoods, from how many bars they contain to where the nearest subway and bus stops are. Now they can find out how many light poles have been electrified. 138 days ago Patrick McGeehan Unemployment Hits 10.3% in New York City - — Continuing layoffs on Wall Street drove New York City's unemployment rate to 10.3 percent in August, a 16-year high that underscores the need to retrain former financial services workers for other jobs, state officials said Thursday.