Health and Environment
Making Public Housing Public
Bendix Anderson |
Ideas for weaving public housing back into the city’s social fabric.
Bronx
When Your Dad's Behind Bars
Patrick Egan |
To one boy in Bed-Stuy, a program for children of the incarcerated makes a difference.
Economy
Learning For The Long Term Or A Job For Right Now?
Abigail Kramer |
Groups providing education and training for high school dropouts say the city’s new rules for spending millions in Workforce Investment dollars won’t achieve the best outcomes.
Bronx
The Great Escape
Helen Zelon |
A 10th-grade global studies class. The Children’s Zone’s ultimate goal is to get as many of Harlem’s youth through college as possible. The Promise Academies have yet to graduate a high school class, so it’s not yet known how many will accomplish that feat. Photo by: Alice Proujansky
“If You Hit 65 Percent of the Population, That’s the Tipping Point.” By: Helen Zelon
At the Sheraton conference—co-sponsored by the Harlem Children’s Zone and PolicyLink, a California-based research and advocacy nonprofit with ties to the Obama administration— Canada drapes a lanky arm across the lectern as he speaks, sliding the mic from its stand, and moves downstage to confide in the audience.
ARTS and CULTURE
Into the Wild: Nature's NYC
Roberta Brandes Gratz |
A photographic survey of the city’s parkland reveals verdant, untamed places most New Yorkers don’t know are theirs.
Citywide
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Nekoro Gomes |
The new decade brings fresh faces to nonprofits large and small and a host of city agencies – along with a major gap in state housing leadership.
Citywide
Foster Kids To Get A Home In One Year, City Says
Nekoro Gomes |
A research report explains why NYC foster children languish so long without ‘permanency.’ Children’s Services backs the findings and promises change.
Economy
Amid Homeless Surge, Are Solutions In Sight?
Abigail Kramer |
With shelter numbers at record highs and Mayor Bloomberg’s homeless strategy failing to meet its goals, city officials and advocates weigh in on how New York might respond.
ARTS and CULTURE
Becoming a Deejay, Leaving the P-J's
Curtis Stephen |
Life is tough in the projects and on the streets, but leavened with music and friendship in this crop of new city books.
Citywide
Truth and Consequences: Bloomberg and the Press
Jarrett Murphy |
Elected after one of the city’s most secretive mayors, Mike Bloomberg can’t help but look transparent. But is city government under this executive really an open book?
