New schools, parks, buildings and sanitation garages are in the offing.
March 22, 2017 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2017/03/22/slated-for-rezoning-east-harlem-considers-wave-of-other-development-proposals/Diabetes and assaults, HIV and asthma, sicken or kill people in low-income areas at higher rates. Often, it isn’t that there’s no method or money to address the problem – it’s that we spend it in the wrong place.
January 4, 2017 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2017/01/04/what-drives-nycs-health-disparities/A class of high-school students wrestles with the tension between facts and perceptions when it comes to how safe New York City really is.
November 25, 2016 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2016/11/25/cityviews-how-safe-is-the-city-through-young-eyes/A yearly survey looks at housing, income, commuting and more to gauge which city communities need the most help to give their residents a fair shot.
November 17, 2016 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2016/11/17/how-far-is-your-nyc-neighborhood-from-economic-opportunity/Some argue that setting aside new, affordable apartments for community residents reinforces segregation. But an advocate for the aging says the mechanism also allows New Yorkers to grow old in a place where they’re comfortable.
September 14, 2016 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2016/09/14/cityviews-how-community-preference-supports-the-right-to-age-in-place/Art has been part of the response to the killing of Eric Garner and other incidents. But artists with a political message can face challenges finding space to show their work and reaching the audience that ought to see it.
March 15, 2016 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2016/03/15/artists-find-a-role-in-nycs-debate-about-police-race-and-violence/As City Limits celebrates four decades of reporting, past leaders recount the sites that were central to the city they lived in and reported on.
February 3, 2016 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2016/02/03/a-city-without-limits-the-places-behind-city-limits-40-years-of-nyc-coverage/Far from the debate over immigration on the campaign trail, the reality of U.S. policy plays out in immigration courthouses, where lawyers can be hard to come by, detention without a hearing is the norm and the judge you’re assigned can be the difference between deportation or a right to stay.
December 17, 2015 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2015/12/17/heavy-burdens-and-unfair-fights-in-immigration-courts/Celebrity real-estate broker Ryan Serhant is promoting two luxury towers that will rise on sites now occupied by garages on East 13th Street. Next door, in a property sold in a package with those sites, tenants are suing over a pattern or harassment.
September 17, 2015 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2015/09/17/tenants-report-threats-and-unsafe-conditions-next-door-to-a-million-dollar-listing/Every year, New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection tallies up how many facilities within its borders handle hazardous waste—which can include everything from used oil to unpronounceable chemicals—and breaks down just where those toxic supplies are.
June 4, 2015 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2015/06/04/urbanerd-how-much-hazardous-material-is-in-your-neighborhood/
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