ARTS and CULTURE
Dreaming of Brooklyn: Development Reconsidered
Robert Neuwirth |
An art exhibit and conference looks at what development has meant—and will mean—for New York’s most romanticized borough.
Bronx
In Flatbush, Pirate Radio Tunes Into Trouble
Curtis Stephen |
In one Brooklyn neighborhood, unlicensed radio stations add to the cultural mix—but irk owners of small community stations who compete for space on the dial.
Citywide
City Pension Plans: Can They Do Good and Do Well?
Jarrett Murphy |
The city’s retirement funds offer a powerful tool for social activism. A look at how Comptroller Bill Thompson and his would-be successors approach the task of putting city money where their morals are.
Citywide
The World's Religions Meet In The Hospital
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Health care providers are availing themselves of new tools to increase their cross-cultural sensitivity.
Citywide
Intrigues and Immigrants: A Soap Opera For Learners
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An earnest new educational show attempts to close the gap between NYC’s many English language learners and too few affordable language classes.
Brooklyn
Policing In Bed-Stuy: Racial Inequities Persist
Coriel Gaffney |
A neighborhood resident says current crime-fighting strategies that largely rely on police rookies inflame racial tensions.
ARTS and CULTURE
On Exhibit: Housing Folly and Failure
Bendix Anderson |
An artful ‘learning center’ delivers substance with a disturbing punch.
Bronx
AIDS Activists Seek Gains Amid High Infection Rate
Curtis Stephen |
With HIV spreading especially fast among young black men, advocates press for better treatment for communities of color in housing, corrections and immigrants’ services.
Citywide
An Embedded Reporter In The American Nightmare
Bendix Anderson |
Journalist Alyssa Katz traveled the country seeking the causes and outcomes of our nation’s housing collapse. She set down her findings in a new book — and explains further in this Q & A.
Bronx
How To Structure A Good Purchase of Bad Debt
Eileen Markey |
As a group of decrepit buildings in the Bronx moves closer to getting a new owner, housing officials, developers and activists negotiate the best way to obtain reliable management.
