Manhattan
HIV Education Championed To Stem Prison Epidemic
Denis Fitzgerald |
Rates of HIV and Hepatitis C are sky-high in state prisons; a state bill aims to help.
Justice
In Fragile Families, How Best To Protect Babies?
Evan Weinberger |
A new policy fans debate among child welfare professionals about if and when to remove newborns from their mothers.
Bronx
Doing It For Themselves: NYC Teens Take On Sex Ed
Alice Proujansky |
The spring season brings birds and bees and … youth-led sexual education workshops.
Brooklyn
Battered Twice?: Victims Offer Critique Of Courts
Bosede Adenekan |
A compilation of the experiences of 75 survivors of domestic violence shows that many feel Family Court adds to their families’ problems.
Bronx
Suits Vs. NYPD Move To Challenge Stop And Frisk
Cara Tabachnick |
A powerful private organization — one of the few groups to see contested police data — receives a subpoena to share the goods.
Bronx
From Bellevue To Bklyn: Homeless Center To Move
Tram Whitehurst |
Critics pan a plan to close the city’s main intake center for homeless men and lease it to developers.
ARTS and CULTURE
THE CITY'S LATEST HIRINGS AND RETIRINGS
Matt Schwarzfeld |
Personnel changes abound in Albany as one governor leaves and another arrives, while city and nonprofit agencies also make moves.
Christine Quinn
CITY, ADVOCATES SPLIT ON SEX VENUES' SAFETY
Thomas Rogers |
Some gay health workers say the health department’s crackdown on sex clubs is making it harder to reach the risk-takers.
Neighborhoods
After Loss of Markets, NY May Boost Groceries
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New York City has lost supermarkets as rents have risen, but the demand for fresh food is high as ever. State officials are looking at how to help.
Economy
CITY LIMITS INVESTIGATES: Today's Anti-Poverty Fight
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor’s poverty-reduction initiative offers fresh thinking — and small-scale tinkering. This synopsis of the new issue of CLI examines whether it will deliver promised results.
