art
Re-enter, Stage Right: Out of Prison and Into the Arts
Brooke L. Williams |
‘People tend to have a stereotyped notion of who’s incarcerated and I think when they see people presenting their lives or being creative, they have to reconsider.’
In Depth
UrbaNerd: Bombs and the City
Jarrett Murphy |
The bombing in Chelsea last weekend was scary, dangerous, cruel … but not anything new.
In Depth
WorkSite: New York Bucking Trends When it Comes to Unionization
Jarrett Murphy |
A recent report found not only that unionization increased in the city over the 2012-2015 period, but that the share of private-sector workers who belonged to a union rose.
Health and Environment
City Schools’ Food Program Struggles with Pizza Problems
Jarrett Murphy |
The city’s massive school-lunch program stopped serving frozen pizza in May because of a mold scare. After DOE allowed deliveries to proceed in August, a new complaint surfaced.
CityPlate: Food Policy in NYC
Video: Training Community Chefs for Brooklyn’s Kitchens
Kizzy Cox |
Sometimes the push to eat healthier can feel like a foreign force. One Brooklyn program trains Bed-Stuy residents to teach their neighbors a better way to eat.
Homepage Featured
UrbaNerd: NY’s Prison Population has Also Taken on a (Slightly) More Rural Look
Jarrett Murphy |
But suburban counties are still the only ones underrepresented in the state prison inmate mix.
Art at the Limits
NYC’s Memorial Murals Honor Those Who’ve Gone, Then Go Themselves
Nicole Javorsky |
The walls of city buildings often become memorials to children claimed by disease, to adults taken by violence or to the victims of war or terrorist attacks. It’s a way for memories to live on, until the mural itself becomes a thing of the past.
Community Boards
Community Boards Face Questions Over Demographics
Roshan Abraham |
Even as borough presidents have been offering incremental changes, like the appointment of several teenage board members in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, several Council bills to reform term limits and mandate demographic reporting from board members have stalled.
Bronx
Fire Deepens Worries About Dated Zoning on Bronx Street
Jarrett Murphy |
Neighbors and activists have worried for months that the building was a canary in the coal mine—a harbinger of developers taking advantage of out-of-date zoning in their community.
The Work Site
City’s Car-Wash Regulations Still on Hold as Union Push Continues
Deborah Cruz |
A city law is on hold. A lawsuit is on stand-by. Contract negotiations are pending. And a mostly immigrant work force continues to wash cars.
