Economy
Can Job Training Reduce Unemployment?
Neil deMause |
Governments are pouring money into job skills programs as a way of combating poverty. But what jobs are participants being prepared for?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
More Than Money: Bloomberg's Focus on Young Men of Color
Andrea Batista Schlesinger |
Critics on the left say the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative misses the mark, and those on the right say it reflects old thinking. But a former City Hall adviser writes that there’s more to the idea than the skeptics realize.
Housing and Homelessness
Foreclosure Crisis Fades to Black and Brown
Catherine Dunn |
The crisis in the national housing market has slipped from the front pages. But in New York’s neighborhoods of color, the twin crises of foreclosures and joblessness are still big stories.
Bronx
In Debate Over New Jail, City Says An Aim Is To Prevent Violence
Kelly Virella |
Hoping to reduce fights, prevent suicide and help inmates avoid returning to jail, New York is changing the way it evaluates new prisoners—and building a new jail. Advocates are split on whether that will solve the problem.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Social Security Reform In Black And White
Chloe Tribich |
Amid talk of raising the retirement age to shore up Social Security’s finances, this op-ed looks at the disparate impact that could have on communities of color.
Bronx
Census: Whites Decline In Bronx, Asians Soar In Brooklyn
Jarrett Murphy |
The decennial Census finds that the Bronx grew twice as much as Brooklyn, that blacks fled Manhattan but arrived in Staten Island, and that New York City is smaller than we thought a year ago. But city officials are questioning the figures’ accuracy.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Brooklyn's Gentrifiers: They Came, They Stayed, They Changed Everything
Suleiman Osman |
Heroes? Villains? A new book argues that Brooklyn’s “Brownstoners” were a more complex social force than you think, reflecting a post-WWII New York whose changes defied a simple narrative.
Housing and Homelessness
Living On The Edge: East New York & Bay Ridge Go Off Script
Jake Mooney |
Chapter four of “Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand” visits East New York, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and other neighborhoods whose story over the past 20 years differs from the standard narrative of Brooklyn’s growth.
Bronx
Credits As Collateral: Schools Withhold Records If Debts Unpaid
Helen Zelon |
Some students transferring to public school arrive with no educational records because a private or parochial school has withheld them until tuition debts are paid.
Government
As AIDS Threat Changes, Push For Housing Renews
Diana Scholl |
Advocates, hoping Gov. Cuomo will back a cap on rent for people in AIDS housing, say research shows that shelter saves lives and reduces government expenditures.
