In neighborhoods that see the most child-welfare investigations, children hide their problems, families refuse to ask for help and chances to head off serious neglect or abuse are missed. ACS is trying to reduce the suspicion.
December 18, 2014 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2014/12/18/the-limits-of-protection-fighting-the-fear-of-child-welfare-officers/Tenants are still suffering at a Bronx building that both the then-Public Advocate’s Worst Landlords List and the city’s Alternative Enforcement Program have had on their radar screens.
April 15, 2014 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2014/04/15/woes-continue-at-one-de-blasio-watch-list-building/A shift in transit routes has triggered a wave of social change south of Myrtle Avenue, spurring a familiar mix of optimism and fear among residents.
May 24, 2013 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2013/05/24/how-the-m-train-is-gentrifying-bushwick/Each of the FDNY’s line-of-duty deaths over the past 20 years involved a unique person and unique circumstances. But according to investigations by the FDNY and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, common contributing factors link many of the incidents.
September 6, 2011 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2011/09/06/when-fire-wins-causes-of-fdny-deaths/Weather: After today’s sizzler – high of 92 expected – Bronx air will cool back down into the low 80s tomorrow and should stay comfortably below 90 for the rest of the week.Story of the Day: Bronx Kids Writing Around Town This summer, the Bronx Council on the Arts is transporting Bronx youngsters to destinations outside of the Northern Borough for rich cultural experiences they otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity to enjoy.
August 2, 2011 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2011/08/02/bronx-news-roundup-tuesday-aug-2/Welcome back to the program, ladies and gentlemen.
July 18, 2011 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2011/07/18/bronx-news-roundup-monday-july-18/A history of the philosophical battle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, told by an author who, wisely, took it personally.
December 22, 2010 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2010/12/22/moses-jacobs-and-you-the-battle-for-gotham/While police crackdown on drug deals in mostly minority neighborhoods, the drug trade among whites in New York City operates with relative impunity.
December 16, 2010 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2010/12/16/for-white-marijuana-users-odds-of-arrest-low/In an excerpt from the City Limits magazine investigation of small businesses in New York, a look at the holdouts along increasingly chain-ganged 86th Street.
December 1, 2010 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2010/12/01/small-businesses-on-the-edge-in-bay-ridge/“If it doesn’t start doing something soon, I’m going to be out of business after 26 years.”
October 26, 2010 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2010/10/26/the-holdouts/
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