Small Business Saturday

New York City, once famous for colorful, one-of-a-kind small retail establishments that drew faithful followings, has been invaded, to an unprecedented degree during the Bloomberg administration, by big retail chains.

Everywhere you look in New York City now, there's a new Duane Reade, Rite Aid, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, McDonald's, Burger King, Popeye's. Even Seven 11, once only a