Bronx
NYC'S HOMELESS CHILDREN EXPERIENCE GREAT OUTDOORS
Lauren Victory |
Some kids from shelters enjoyed nature in camps this summer.
Bronx
Progress On Homeless Goal Sees 'Trial' And Error
Jarrett Murphy |
Four years into Mayor Bloomberg’s five-year plan to reduce homelessness, critics say the city is on track for failure.
ARTS and CULTURE
Will The Real New York Liberal Please Stand Up
Robert Neuwirt |
Though flawed, this analysis of the last few decades’ politics yields a needed recipe for change.
Manhattan
Taken For A Ride: Fare Is Unfair, Say Homeless
David Greene |
Discontent is a frequent passenger on the bus to Wards Island.
Bronx
In Far Rockaway, Pretty Beach Meets Housing Bust
Matthew Schwarzfeld |
The Rockaway Peninsula’s tortured development history enters its latest chapter, with ill-fated spec buildings disintegrating next to successful new housing development, and a rezoning belatedly attempting to instill order.
Brooklyn
Battered Twice?: Victims Offer Critique Of Courts
Bosede Adenekan |
A compilation of the experiences of 75 survivors of domestic violence shows that many feel Family Court adds to their families’ problems.
Government
Toward A Comprehensive Response To Housing Needs
Kate Pastor |
‘I want to take us back to that time where we are a leader in affordable housing,’ says DHCR Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen.
Bronx
From Bellevue To Bklyn: Homeless Center To Move
Tram Whitehurst |
Critics pan a plan to close the city’s main intake center for homeless men and lease it to developers.
Economy
CITY LIMITS INVESTIGATES: Today's Anti-Poverty Fight
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor’s poverty-reduction initiative offers fresh thinking — and small-scale tinkering. This synopsis of the new issue of CLI examines whether it will deliver promised results.
Bronx
A Group Portrait Emerges Of the Young and Homeless
Tram Whitehurst |
A survey of homeless youth yields the first new estimate of this population in more than two decades.
