Economy
Feds Indict 6 For Defrauding Controversial CityTime Program
Jarrett Murphy |
The charges involve the misappropriation of $80 million, and revolve around a company whose questionable ties to a city official were first reported by City Limits.
Bronx
Subtraction Lesson: The 26 Schools Slated For Closure
Jarrett Murphy |
The city this week announced plans to close schools in four boroughs. Read the dossiers on each of the institutions slated for shutdown.
Economy
Fill In The Blanks: Cuomo's Education Plans Short On Detail
Helen Zelon |
The gubernatorial frontrunner says New York’s schools need to save money, improve performance and address inequality. He hasn’t been specific about how they’re supposed to do that.
Bronx
Charter School, Struggling, Hired Leaders' Kin
Helen Zelon |
After a tough first year, the Equality Charter School brought on two new deans—who happened to be the life partners of two of the school’s administrators. The move raised questions. It also got results.
Bronx
Medical Mystery: Why A Booming Health Sector Pays Low Wages
Neil deMause |
Home health aides are seeing some of the best growth of any sector in New York. But the growing demand for their services hasn’t improved wages that leave many in or near poverty.
Bronx
'Hothead' Sen. Kevin Parker Has Foes, Friends And A Familiar Rival
Jarrett Murphy |
Kevin Parker is a regular tabloid target over angry outbursts and allegedly violent conduct. But allies cite his progressive record. His opponent, meanwhile, is making his ninth try at office.
ARTS and CULTURE
From ‘Fun City’ to Crisis State: John Lindsay and Hugh Carey
Jarrett Murphy |
Two new books explore the legacies of a former mayor whom history maligned and a governor whose role has been all but forgotten.
Bronx
Reading The Political Tea Leaves Of Harlem's State Senate Race
Kelly Virella |
Will charter schools, the age difference between the candidates and Harlem’s changing racial and income demographics determine the outcome of the race between Bill Perkins and Basil Smikle?
Economy
13 Tenant Activists Arrested During Protest
Lauren Raheja |
Thirteen housing activists were arrested Monday afternoon at a sit-in outside the office building of the New York City Housing Authority at 250 Broadway in lower Manhattan.
Economy
New Deputy Mayor's Privatization Push Still Has Critics
Neil deMause |
Mayor Bloomberg selected Stephen Goldsmith for his experience “reinventing government.” But the former Indianapolis mayor’s record is complex.
