Bronx
Will Welfare Rolls Rise Following Record Low?
Neil deMause |
While the nation’s economic crisis deepens, city welfare programs are reaching the fewest residents in decades.
Housing and Homelessness
Chapter 3: Suddenly, No One Wanted to Pay for Public Housing
Jarrett Murphy |
For the past six years the funding from the federal government has fallen far short time and again. And the city and state have also stopped their annual support for the system.
Housing and Homelessness
Chapter 1: Public Housing's Last Stand
Jarrett Murphy |
New York City is where public housing started. It is where most public housing was built. And today, it is where the concept of public housing in America is making its last stand.
Health and Environment
Workfare Isn't Working, Advocates Insist To City
Matt Schwarzfeld |
But the city welfare agency says it’s doing as well as possible under federal welfare rules.
ARTS and CULTURE
Pit Bull Ad Blitz: Spay Now or Pay Later
Jessica Firger |
Citing high rates of euthanasia for the breed, anti-cruelty activists are making it easier for lower-income pit bull owners to get their friends fixed.
ARTS and CULTURE
Some Work the Overnight While Others Decorate It
Curtis Stephen |
Two new books illuminate some of New York City’s darker corners.
Government
Mixed Media: Efforts To Increase Access For All
Alex Cotton |
City residents face changes to Internet availability, television reception, radio ratings and computer access — some more welcome than others.
Justice
Born Outside the U.S. And Keen To Cast A Vote
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Not only did immigrants demonstrate their voting power this year, they’re organizing for greater muscle in future elections.
Bronx
Still Speaking Italian Half A Century Later
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Immigrants from Mexico and Haiti may be newer to New York City — but many emigre Italians continue to speak their mother tongue exclusively.
Queens
Election Day Test Looms For New Voting Devices
Jarrett Murphy |
Nov. 4 should be the beginning of the end for the city’s lever voting machines, as New York continues its belated effort to comply with the Help America Vote Act.
