Community leaders in Bushwick thought they’d struck a deal to make affordable housing part of a big new residential development. Then the developer sold his stake.
Some homeless people do suffer from mental illness or substance abuse. But contrary to an increasingly popular canard, the problem for most of New York’s homeless is not in their heads, but in their wallets.
It’s only September, but ’tis never too early to start thinking about the next city budget. And that means it’s not too early to start talking about participatory budgeting.
The argument over whether the city should pick up a larger piece of the MTA’s capital plan has largely been about what a fair share is. There also needs to be a conversation over how the city would pay it.
Ten years ago the controversial Venezuelan leader promised petroleum revenue to help the South Bronx. While Chavez’s legacy is complicated, a youth worker argues that an upcoming concert is proof his vision had merit.
To answer that, one has to decide what it means to be a progressive mayor and how well the current one has matched that description in both intention and delivery. Watch a video of NYC reporters wrestling with those questions.
It’s not Bill de Blasio. It’s not even his critics. It’s everyone who’s treated the index-crime count as a barometer of mayoral leadership for 20 years.
Some say public schools have failed the poor. Others believe poverty is an obstacle that education alone can’t tackle. A new research center seeks to shape NYC’s education policy to recognize the way poverty affects young brains.