Manhattan
Twenty Years Ago: Diversity in Queens
Doug Turetsky |
“A melting pot of various ethnic and racial neighbors, the Queens community deals with differences to keep the pot from boiling over.”
Latino
Thirty Years Ago: Lights Out in Harlem
Bernard Cohen |
“Shortly after the massive power failure ended, four groups began an investigation into why Consolidated Edison’s system failed. But who is looking into why our social and economic systems fail all the time for some people?”
Economy
Parades and Power: The Boricuan Odyssey
Bienvenido Ruiz |
This new book traces the sources of Puerto Rican striving and setbacks in New York and elsewhere.
Economy
NYC Missing Big Chance To Build Teens' Careers
David Jason Fischer |
More slots available in the public jobs program for young people would pay major dividends in the shape of their futures.
Latino
Arrested Youths Demand Better Police Treatment
Adam F. Hutton |
A mass arrest in Brooklyn is leading the young people involved to work for substantive change in their relations with the police.
Bronx
WHEN 'NIMBY' SAVES YOUR LIFE
Eileen Markey |
This book documents the history, politics and meaning of undesirable facility placement – and resistance.
Bronx
STUDENTS ON CAMERA:
SCHOOLS UNDER WATCH
Ali Winston |
As sophisticated video networks are installed across the New York City public school system, everyday surveillance becomes part of the academic experience.
Bronx
HEY, THAT'S MY PRISONER:
POLS WANT THE NUMBERS
Eileen Markey |
Counted as upstate residents, prisoners from NYC add political power elsewhere. Some city politicians are trying to reverse that.
Latino
STOPPED AND FRISKED IN '06:
NYPD FINALLY PROVIDES STATS
Curtis Stephen |
But the department still hasn’t fulfilled its reporting requirements, say several experts, and outside groups may take action.
Bronx
DEVELOPERS GETTING BUSY IN
FARTHEST REACHES OF BRONX
Darise Jean-Baptiste |
Sleepy streets of one- and two-family homes have become a boomtown of new apartments and rowhouses.
