ARTS and CULTURE
Making Eye Contact: Seeing The Overlooked
Laura Silver |
In a new photo exhibit, the homeless look a lot like the rest of us.
Bronx
From Astoria to Woodside: Inside the Biggest Borough
Judith Sloan |
A new book makes sense of Queens for natives and newcomers alike.
Housing and Homelessness
Artists' Housing: Promise Or Threat?
Chuck DeLaney |
25 years ago: ‘The artists’ very act of renewal, left unchecked, turned around and displaced them.’
Health and Environment
Red Hook's Lost Horizons
Mary Jo Neuberger |
Battered, then neglected, the Brooklyn community of Red Hook now faces the threat of real estate speculation spurred by its magnificent harbor view.
Bronx
Developers' Incentives: Now With More Caveats
Rachel Nielsen |
The 421-a program finally gets its makeover – and this month saw plenty of other affordable housing developments, too.
Housing and Homelessness
Not Like It Used to Be: Teens Rally For 'Hood
Adam F. Hutton |
A Brooklyn youth group protests gentrification in Bushwick – and offers ideas for slowing down the changes.
Bronx
Prized Housing Tickets Now Must Find Matches
Kate Pastor |
The bonanza of thousands of new Section 8 housing vouchers is meeting the reality that they can be frustrating to use.
Bronx
Redrawing the 421-A Formula For Tax Breaks and Housing
Jillian Jonas |
Developers will still get tax breaks for building housing in NYC, but with more strings attached.
Bronx
Passionate Residents Voice Desire for Input on Change
Angela Dews |
From all around the city, people unite in their discontent about development.
ARTS and CULTURE
DOES THE NEW 'NEW MATH' ADD UP?:
NYC TEACHERS TAKE ANOTHER TACK
Darise Jean-Baptiste |
Some prescribe “radical math” as the cure for American students’ low math performance.
