Staten Island

Colossal Waste

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Dumping garbage is getting a lot more expensive, while recycling is getting more and more affordable. How the Department of Sanitation’s bad math is throwing millions of dollars into dumps.

Latino

Pro Bono Blowup

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Big law firms are donating their legal expertise to help the less fortunate–the City of New York, that is, as it fights high-stakes civil rights lawsuits.

Shock Treatment

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Like all hospitals and clinics that treat the poor, Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center is being walloped by changes in Medicaid. Its doctors pray that a medical makeover can get them out of intensive care.