Lower East Side
Aging Placefully
Amanda Bell |
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities come into their own.
Child Welfare
Ex-Con Mom
Shalini Ahuja |
The Administration for Children’s Services softens its stance against allowing ex-offenders to be foster parents.
The Taxman Comet
Kathleen McGowan |
The city is now sending out last-call notices to the owners of about 300 dilapidated tax-delinquent buildings citywide: pay up, or your property will be taken away from you within the year.
Community Service Society of New York
Hockett Protector
Keith Meatto |
At 25, Dushaw Hockett is the fresh young face at the head of the New York City Public Housing Resident Alliance, organizing tenants in the projects he grew up in.
Lower East Side
The Devil in the Details
Kathleen McGowan |
A plan for the future of public housing has frightened residents with promises of demolition and private control.
The New Mat
Jill Grossman |
Missing school used to mean a concerned phone call from a school principal. But for families on welfare, truancy these days comes at a price: a hefty reduction in benefits.
Staten Island
Fantasy Island
Jonathan Bowles |
Mariners Harbor was supposed to make Staten Island a manufacturing mecca. But by hunting for headlines instead of plans that create jobs, city officials are squandering the borough’s big chance.
Bronx
Don't Bank On It
Jarrett Murphy |
As banks reinvent themselves with mega-mergers, community developers worry what the new financial order will bring. Could the fall of neighborhood banks bring neighborhoods down, too?
Child Welfare
Marcia's Law
Wendy Davis |
For 30 years, attorney Marcia Lowry has waged war on bumbling child welfare systems. Yet though she has shown the world what’s wrong with foster care, Lowry’s the first to admit she has no idea how to fix it.
