Bronx
Making Welfare Work And Making Work Pay
Nekoro Gomes |
New state funding increases are aimed at helping the poor and working poor — but they’re still behind.
Bronx
Segregated and 'Adequate' Or Equal and Excellent?
Helen Zelon |
Four professors studied urban schools and interviewed students about their experiences. A new book presents what they learned.
Citywide
Getting The Lead Out: Paint Still A Concern
Jarrett Murphy |
The city’s efforts have greatly reduced lead poisoning among children. But those who still suffer say officials must tighten enforcement if they’re serious about ending the problem.
Bronx
AIDS Activists Seek Gains Amid High Infection Rate
Curtis Stephen |
With HIV spreading especially fast among young black men, advocates press for better treatment for communities of color in housing, corrections and immigrants’ services.
Bronx
Term Limits Backlash: Incumbents In Trouble
Jarrett Murphy |
From the central Bronx to the North Shore of Staten Island, an unusually high number of incumbent City Councilmembers are in tough races this year. A look at some of the issues — and seats — in play.
Citywide
No Free Lunch: Conflict Over Food Stamp Access
Chloe Tribich |
As the economy sends ever more New Yorkers in search of a safety net, the city’s welfare agency defends anti-fraud measures that advocates call counterproductive.
Bronx
Amid Housing Complaints, Is The Forecast Improving?
Karen Loew |
A stimulus funding influx, the possibility of new jobs, and heartier support from officials comes as public housing residents call attention to widespread poor living conditions.
ARTS and CULTURE
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Nekoro Gomes |
A new state education leader takes the helm, as more New Yorkers head to Washington and the Pratt Center gets a new director.
Citywide
An Embedded Reporter In The American Nightmare
Bendix Anderson |
Journalist Alyssa Katz traveled the country seeking the causes and outcomes of our nation’s housing collapse. She set down her findings in a new book — and explains further in this Q & A.
Citywide
The Long Road Of A Creative Civic Servant
Stephen Burzio |
The policy innovations of city government and nonprofit fixture Herb Sturz over half a century form the basis for a book that’s both a biography and modern history.
