ARTS and CULTURE
It's Not A Movement Without A Movie
Karen Loew |
New York City’s activist and advocacy communities are putting their interests on video like never before.
Brooklyn
Spitzer's Housing Fund Advances With Paterson
Tram Whitehurst |
It could end up smaller than first anticipated, but a new source of money for affordable housing statewide is making progress in Albany.
Bronx
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Matt Schwarzfeld |
Plenty of changes in city government’s business offices, at Community Media, the Citizens Budget Commission, Housing Works and more.
Manhattan
A TENANT'S TRIAL: FACING EVICTION ALONE
Kate Pastor |
A Harlem resident navigates the legal system without counsel to stay in place.
Brooklyn
Benefits Will Increase For Some Disabled NY'ers
Bosede Adenekan |
Gov. Spitzer’s proposed budget includes the cash to restore ‘SSI invisibility.’
Homelessness
After A Mighty Storm: Where We May Be Living
Matt Schwarzfeld |
A city-sponsored design competition focuses innovative energy on a topic more often avoided.
Bronx
Journalist's Doubt Gets Murder Case Reopened
Curtis Stephen |
A Brooklyn man’s conviction is being re-examined – but where’s the material evidence that could help him?
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.
Economy
Raise Taxes, Slap A Fee, Anything To Urge Housing
Jarrett Murphy |
With tens of thousands of New Yorkers homeless or insecure in their housing, some housing activists are itching with impatience at vacant lots.
ARTS and CULTURE
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Jillian Jonas |
Filling policy shoes at FPWA, a new city family services coordinator, and a host of other moves around government and nonprofits this fall.
