Education
Among Heartland Homages, Pols Address Urban Issues
Jarrett Murphy |
The presidential candidates have staked out very different positions on housing, schools, crime, infrastructure and other issues key to urban America.
Brooklyn
Acorn Led Financial Sector With Warnings on Lending
Eileen Markey |
The national advocacy group appears to deserve recognition for its prudent — and ignored — early advice about home loan practices.
Bronx
State Senate Power May Hinge On Queens Contests
Jarrett Murphy |
Democrats’ hopes to take control of the legislature’s upper house — in 2008 and potentially for decades beyond — hangs in the balance of three races in the city.
Brooklyn
HIV Prevention, Treatment Hit By Local Funding Cuts
Alex Cotton |
Numbers showing the city’s AIDS epidemic rages on worse than thought arrived in tandem with state cuts for AIDS-fighting measures. In a climate with plenty of needs and ever fewer resources, this is the first in an ongoing series looking at reduced social services funding.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
When the Roof Caves In: Foreclosures And The City
Jarrett Murphy and Karen Loew |
Leaders from the battalions of New York’s foreclosure-fighters came together recently to talk about bad lending, good new laws, and the kind of bailout local folks would appreciate.
Bronx
Business Backers Rally Around Bloomberg Bid
Jarrett Murphy |
Who are the financiers, developers and corporate titans lining up behind the mayor’s move to revoke term limits?
Bronx
FRIENDS MOURN 'SCHOLAR ACTIVIST'
Karen Loew |
Those whose lives were touched by NYU Prof. Walter Stafford remember him fondly following his death this month.
Bronx
FROM THE D TRAIN TO DENVER
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New York City delegates bring hopes, loyalties to the Democratic convention.
Manhattan
WRECKING WITHOUT THE BALL: AN EVICTION LOOPHOLE
Rachel Nielsen |
State says law’s vague definition of ‘demolition’ gives owners wide grounds for evictions.
Housing and Homelessness
BUYERS WITH DEEP POCKETS THREATEN AFFORDABILITY
Robert Neuwirth |
Harlem tenants are organizing against a major investor in subsidized and rent-regulated properties.
