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With 15 hospital closings in the past decade, and six more in Brooklyn on shaky ground, New York’s healthcare system is caught between balancing the budget and providing the medicine people need.
Some say there are too few bike lanes in low-income areas. But bike paths that do exist in those neighborhoods can stir resentment. How divided are Brooklynites when they get on two wheels?
A decade ago a federal investigation of school food contracts led to convictions against several firms, and prison terms for some leaders. Now, two companies with links to the episode are bidding to deliver food to New York’s students.
For years, the Heatwave barbecue in Prospect Park was a huge event for young black professionals. Then it disappeared. Why?
The impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s education reforms is being felt well beyond New York as former DOE aides have taken top jobs in other cities and states.
Documents reveal tense negotiations between city housing officials and Forest City Ratner over the kind of affordable housing the first Atlantic Yards residential tower will provide. Turns out it’s different from what the developer promised.
Even as a city program for cleaning up contaminated sites shows promise, two tainted areas in Brooklyn reflect different challenges that remediation can face – like pricetags and politics.
A new version of the Willets Point redevelopment plan envisions a shopping mall in what is now a parking lot—on what is technically parkland. The city and some advocates disagree on whether a Robert Moses-era law paves the way for the project.
Of the 18 states that ban or strictly regulate payday loans, New York’s is the toughest. But that hasn’t stopped online lenders from finding customers in the Empire State and charging sky-high rates for small loans.
In the ’60s it was an ambitious experiment in progressive education. Today John Dewey High graduates its final class after being closed as a failing high school. What led the Gravesend facility from success to shut-down?
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