Economy
Who Dies at Work in New York?
Jarrett Murphy |
A decline in construction worker deaths is part of a general trend in New York City and state of reduced fatalities at the workplace, where violence is as big a killer as falls.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
UrbaNERD: Neighborhood Ranking Reflects Degrees of Inequality
Jarrett Murphy |
What Canarsie means for the rest of us, what the NYPD’s early history tells us about policing today and the grim, unheralded work of the nation’s accident investigators.
Bronx
Deepening Housing Crisis Plays Out in Bronx Courthouse
Kate Pastor |
More petitions were filed in Bronx Housing Court than in any other borough in 2013 — more than 33 percent of the 248,732 filed citywide, though Bronx residents make up less than 20 percent of the city’s population.
Bronx
As Housing Court Strains, Debate in Bronx Over How to Ease Crisis
Kate Pastor |
Tenants who fail to save their homes in Bronx Housing Court often end up in shelters, to which the borough contributes more people than any other. As borough aims to build housing for young professionals, will more reforms to housing court stem the tide?
Bronx
Housing Court Sees Rising Pressure in Most Affordable Borough
Kate Pastor |
The Bronx is the most affordable borough in the city, but its low-income families also have the hardest time affording the rents they’re charged—which are rising. Bronx Housing Court sees perverse incentives, deadbeat public agencies and more.
Bronx
Tenants Battle Landlords and Bureaucracy in Housing Court
Kate Pastor |
Reforms of housing court have done little to change the way business is done there: Via deals negotiated by landlord lawyers in the hallway with tenants who rarely get the help of an attorney or see a judge.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
UrbaNERD: Plowing Through Snow Policy After the Great White Nope
Jarrett Murphy |
Predicting the next snow response, watching “the wave” hit East New York, linking homeless kids to child care and more in this week’s rundown of must-reads for urban enthusiasts.
The Work Site
Empire State Added 30K Jobs in December
Jarrett Murphy |
Only Texas saw the ranks of the employed grow more at the end of 2014.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
UrbaNERD: Time to Think About Our ‘Ferguson Moment’
Jasmine Pierce |
Research and reporting on the complex mix of race and geography, the minimum wage, youthful offenders and the ever-present threat of … out-of-state cars?
The Work Site
New York Remains Most Unionized State
Jarrett Murphy |
The share of workers represented by unions fell slightly across the country in 2014 but remained steady in New York, which leads the nation in the percentage of employees claimed by organized labor.
