Activists in New York are playing a role in the democratic surge sweeping the Middle East. While technology’s part of the story, local advocates say, human networks are what really matters.
What does it mean to be “Brooklyn”—and how has that changed as the borough went from not to hot? Chapter one of “Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand” visits a local icon to find some answers.
After seven years of legal wrangling, hundreds of millions of dollars in city expense, and the eviction of many of Coney Island’s historic amusement operators, the island is still seasonal.
Even as speculation mounts that Democrats will retrench in the face of historic Republican gains in the House, some immigrant youth plan to continue demanding greater rights.
Nearly three years after Mayor Bloomberg’s powerful deputy mayor and development czar Dan Doctoroff left City Hall, we check in on some of the major—and controversial—projects launched during his tenure.
The city and local artists are battling in court over rules that would reduce by more than 75 percent the number of artists selling their work in Union Square Park, Central Park and other parks.
Two exhibits at the Bronx Museum of the Arts explore the civil rights movement — one though iconic and obscure documentary photos, the other through contemporary multi-media produced by artists born after the movement.
Opponents of the Harlem Children’s Zone’s plans to open a school in the St. Nicholas Houses are organizing a grassroots effort aimed to prevent it.
Thirteen housing activists were arrested Monday afternoon at a sit-in outside the office building of the New York City Housing Authority at 250 Broadway in lower Manhattan.
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