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.
With HIV spreading especially fast among young black men, advocates press for better treatment for communities of color in housing, corrections and immigrants’ services.
From the central Bronx to the North Shore of Staten Island, an unusually high number of incumbent City Councilmembers are in tough races this year. A look at some of the issues — and seats — in play.
A new state education leader takes the helm, as more New Yorkers head to Washington and the Pratt Center gets a new director.
In his comeback run for public advocate, Mark Green is trading on his earlier stint in the post while acknowledging the city has changed. The fourth in a five-part series on the race for the Number Two spot in city government.
Some public assistance recipients are experiencing a different kind of welfare-to-work program.
New proposals for ‘FoodStat’ and possible zoning incentives could help bring healthier food to areas with limited access.
A documentary reveals the collectivist past of four apartment buildings off Allerton Avenue, which leftists originally built and inhabited.
Among the many tenants who have toiled to make a Harlem apartment complex livable, one woman fights every day for civilized conditions.
Bronx boosters are raring to turn this four-mile stretch into a pathway to a more sparkling future.
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