In a last effort to get more New Yorkers to return their Census forms, City Hall is outing the neighborhoods with the lowest response rates.
April 7, 2010 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2010/04/07/census-worry-whither-williamsburg/Between encountering cops on the streets and safety agents in the schools, young people can use some advice about when and how to question authority.
December 1, 2008 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2008/12/01/teens-learn-their-rights-in-time-to-exercise-them/Numbers showing the city’s AIDS epidemic rages on worse than thought arrived in tandem with state cuts for AIDS-fighting measures. In a climate with plenty of needs and ever fewer resources, this is the first in an ongoing series looking at reduced social services funding.
October 20, 2008 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2008/10/20/hiv-prevention-treatment-hit-by-local-funding-cuts/A business revitalization plan in Harlem tests the balance between progress and preservation.
July 28, 2008 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2008/07/28/of-green-awnings-and-dollar-signs/Kevin Powell seeks to channel that Obama youth energy into a victory in Brooklyn’s 10th District over incumbent Congressman Edolphus Towns.
June 30, 2008 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2008/06/30/upstart-could-bring-hip-hop-to-the-hill/Will the organizing model that won back wages and overtime for shop employees have staying power?
February 18, 2008 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2008/02/18/retail-workers-celebrate-million-dollar-victory/Too many construction workers are dying, say officials and industry leaders who are working for change.
January 28, 2008 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2008/01/28/trying-to-make-it-safer-to-do-a-dangerous-job/In gift-giving season, our reader collects a shelf full of NYC-centered children’s books.
December 24, 2007 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2007/12/24/youngsters-read-the-city-books-for-little-urbanists/An online tool for real-world fellowship and activism celebrates the affiliations it has created.
October 1, 2007 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2007/10/01/calling-all-communities-to-a-picnic-in-the-park/A friend and colleague of author Jane Jacobs reviews the icon’s thinking, spurred by a major museum survey of her impact on this city – and all cities.
September 24, 2007 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2007/09/24/now-its-jacobs-turn-a-look-at-her-legacy/
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