The Urban Jobs Act would provide $20 million for services to unemployed young people. Amid partisan rancor, will the idea survive Congress? Against record youth unemployment, will it make a difference if it does?
After raising a family and burying a husband, Sharon Jones is aiming for a college degree while still looking out for her kids and battling in housing court.
Spent fuel rods are at the center of concerns about the nuclear plant just north of the city—and are a factor at several other plants in the tri-state area.
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.
A federal planning grant to be shared among several governments on either side of the New York-Connecticut border aims for transit-oriented development.
Many cities have realized that natural resources are economic advantages, especially in attracting and retaining young professionals. For New York to compete, this op-ed argues, we must put more of our money where our water is.
For residents of First Houses—the Lower East Side site where public housing began in the United States—pride in their historic location is mixed with worries about deterioration inside.
Two years to the day since Barack Obama’s inauguration, an op-ed writer argues that New York leaders have blazed the centrist path the president must tread.
Republicans want to reverse President Obama’s health care reform law. What would that mean for New Yorkers?
The president’s campaign pledge to pay attention to cities got some tough early reviews. But now communities around the country are getting federal help to plan for the future.
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