National
Federal Court Reads Landlords Tenants' Rights
Alex Ulam |
Debt collectors can no longer evict tenants for nonpayment of rent without first telling them they have a right to challenge that debt, a federal judge has ruled.
Manhattan
Food Stamps for Thought
Elizabeth Olsson |
A year after a state court ordered Albany officials to offer Medicaid to all legal immigrants, a handful of immigrants are suing the state for the right to food stamps, too.
Economy
Out With the Old
Socheata Poeuv |
Some expensive but successful job training programs for recent high school dropouts are losing their city contracts, creating concern among workforce advocates that the Bloomberg administration is focusing solely on the bottom line.
Big Idea: Reparation Anxiety
Hakim Hasan |
Would a check for slavery’s historic wounds do anything to challenge America’s persistent racism?
City Lit: Trained Out
Vee Bravo |
Taking the Train: How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City by Joe Austin.
Make The Road
Making Change: Organizing Drivers
Hilary Russ |
Union power may be fading, but grassroots worker centers are thriving. What if the two could join forces?
NYC Inc.: The Nonprofit Margin
D. Lebenstein and A. Wysong |
Economic incentives for business typically ignore nonprofits, despite the jobs they generate and neighborhoods they revive. Here’s how the city could step up for New York’s forgotten sector.
Sacred Ground
Judith Matloff |
As churches make real estate part of their mission, some Harlem residents pray for relief.
Community Service Society of New York
Dubious Benefits
Matt Pacenza |
The battle over welfare reform is about everything from marriage incentives to workfare–everything, that is, except for the paltry benefits people on welfare actually get.
Times Square
Beyond the Bowery
Bob Roberts |
An aging flophouse is getting a full makeover, with Japanese-style cubicles and attentive caseworkers. With the new digs come new neighbors–and for old-timers, a reckoning with a dying way of life.
