Housing and Homelessness
HOMES, FOR A CHANGE: MAYOR SAYS, 'WE'LL MAKE MORE'
Matt Pacenza |
Mayor Bloomberg’s new housing plan calls for investing more than $1 billion in new homes, but his proposal is about more than just cash.
Housing and Homelessness
ON THE WATERFRONT
Alyssa Katz |
The mayor hopes he’s found the space to build more housing-by pushing for policy changes that make it easier to develop industrial land.
Waterfront
RUN, RABBIT, RUN
Dan Hendrick |
As Jamaica Bay continues to erode, the city is selling off some nearby wetlands for a sprawling mall.
Bronx
NUMBERS ON NEED
K. Wright |
More than 800,000 city residents who are eligible for food stamps aren’t getting them.
Economy
CHARTING CHARITY
K. Wright |
New York area foundations generate more than a sixth of all of the nation’s philanthropy.
Latino
BRUNO'S LOTT
K. Wright |
Council caucuses want state GOP leader Bruno to join Trent Lott in apologizing for racially insensitive remarks.
Latino
ALBANY'S WIND DOWN
K. Wright |
The Senate set the stage for a power plant siting showdown and pushed through its 31-year-old gay rights bill–without including transgender folks.
BLIGHT ON THE BIGHT
K. Wright |
Two Queens sewage treatment plants are among the worst polluters of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Bight.
Hunger
SURVEY SAYS…HOUSING
K. Wright |
A national mayors’ survey shows a dramatic rise in hunger–fueled by the affordable housing crisis.
Gifford Miller
CYBER LIBRARY
K. Wright |
The Council wants to shove the city’s agencies into the electronic age.
