CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Improving SNAP, Improving Lives: The Case For Healthier Food Stamps
Robert Doar |
The city’s social services commissioner makes the case for prohibiting the use of food stamp benefits to buy sugary drinks.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
City Should Be Cautious About Synthetic Turf
Melissa Mark-Viverito |
Our athletic fields must be safe and must not adversely impact the health of those using them, says the City Councilmember who chairs the Council’s Parks and Recreation Committee.
A Risky Play: Artificial Turf in New York (2010)
NYC's Fake Grass Gamble: A $300M Mistake?
Patrick Arden |
In 1998, New York City began installing synthetic turf fields in parks and playgrounds, saying the artificial material would be more durable than grass. But a City Limits investigation finds that many turf fields are falling apart, including this one at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
Bronx
NYC Food Pantries Going Green
Lauren Raheja |
Local Produce Link enables food pantries to get the same locally grown, farm fresh, and sometimes organic produce as posh Manhattan restaurants.
News
A Tale Of Two Bodegas
Caroline Rothstein |
Five East Harlem residents and five Upper East Side residents talk about how accessible fresh produce is in their respective neighborhoods.
Bronx
Harlem Program Scrutinized, Obama Initiative Cut
Helen Zelon |
Congress is contemplating a major reduction to President Obama’s flagship anti-poverty program, as its model—the Harlem Children’s Zone—faces new questions about results.
