Citywide
Nonprofits' Outlook After A Year Of Living Dangerously
Anne Noyes Saini |
These are nerve-racking times in New York City’s largest private employment sector, delivering crucial social services. And next year looks worse.
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.
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.
Bronx
Auditor-In-Chief: Has Thompson Effected Change?
Jarrett Murphy |
With more than seven years and 650 audits under his belt, Comptroller William Thompson helms a uniquely powerful watchdog function across all of city government.
Brooklyn
Battle Over the Armory: Residents Oppose DHS Plan
Mike Reicher |
Community members in central Brooklyn sound off on city plans to convert the Bedford-Atlantic Armory into a men’s homeless intake center.
Citywide
OTHER DAVIDS READY THEIR Slings In Run For Mayor
Jarrett Murphy |
Though City Councilman Tony Avella and “Reverend” Billy Talen have an uphill battle to beat Goliath this fall, they’re banking on grassroots dissent against Bloomberg to propel their bids for office.
Citywide
Second In Command: A Lawyer's Argument
Jarrett Murphy |
In the final installment of our series on the race for public advocate, a look at civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel’s third run for the city’s number-two post.
Bronx
What The High Line's Success Can Teach Us
Karen Loew |
Savvy and serendipity played a big part in the realization of this long-awaited park. But the project’s success contains lessons for other public efforts of every kind.
Citywide
When Could Empty Condos Become Affordable Homes?
Bendix Anderson |
Don’t pack your bags yet — the fact of empty new buildings doesn’t mean the city has any new funding streams yet to put toward their ‘adaptive reuse.’
Bronx
Second In Command: The Veteran's Case
Jarrett Murphy |
In his comeback run for public advocate, Mark Green is trading on his earlier stint in the post while acknowledging the city has changed. The fourth in a five-part series on the race for the Number Two spot in city government.
