Homelessness
POLICING EXPERTS RECOMMEND WAYS
OF AVOIDING ANOTHER BELL TRAGEDY
Curtis Stephen |
City Council will hold hearings this month on ’50 shots’ case.
Citywide
FARM FRESH FROM RIKERS ISLAND:
INMATES' FARMING PROGRAM GROWS
Eileen Markey |
The mixture of corrections and gardening is a fruitful one, prisoners and city officials say.
Latino
A CALL FOR JUSTICE, WITH UNDERSTANDING
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A juvenile court judge advocates constructive ways of dealing with younger offenders.
Bronx
RENOVATING A CASTLE:
KINGSBRIDGE SHOWS HOW
Eileen Markey |
Residents rewrote development rules to bring life back to a grand old building.
Bronx
EL BARRIO BUSINESS GROUP BACKING
'MARQUETA INTERNACIONAL' CREATION
Dorian Block |
Leaders promise the time has come for La Marqueta’s second, glorious, act.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
SUPPORTING ATLANTIC YARDS:
'SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH HOUSING IN BROOKLYN'
Bertha Lewis |
The executive director of NY ACORN argues that the plan’s superior affordable housing provisions require citizens “to take yes for an answer.”
Bronx
CHOPPING BRANCHES
M. Ptacin |
Four offices in low-income neighborhoods may close following J.P. Morgan Chase/Bank of New York deal.
David Dinkins
MAYOR'S RACE
K.Angelova |
Double Trouble: Black Mayors, Black Communities, and the Call for a Deep Democracy, by J. Phillip Thompson, III; Oxford University Press, $ 29.95.
Latino
RESTORING THE RIGHT TO VOTE
T. Adams |
The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons by Elizabeth A. Hull; Temple University Press, $19.95.
Latino
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: EX-OFFENDERS
LAUNCH THINK TANK OF THEIR OWN
Curtis Stephen |
Criminal justice activist Eddie Ellis helps launch groundbreaking policy group.
