Bronx
South Bronx Rocks
Yahaira Castro |
Ten years ago, Rock Garden was an unofficial dump, filled with junked cars and old bathtubs.
HRA Butts In
Annia Ciezadlo |
Work makes you free–especially if you’re toiling away in an ergonomically engineered $749 chair.
Staten Island
Hale No More
Miriam Perez |
In January 1999, a team of independent education experts recommended that Sarah J. Hale high school in Boerum Hill be “phased out,” citing low student academic performance and poor attendance.
All That is Solid
Kathleen McGowan |
It’s a sad day for working stiffs when the monks move in, at least from the viewpoint of the longtime union watchdogs at the Association for Union Democracy.
Hanging Out to Dry
Annia Ciezadlo |
A city union saved 200 hospital launderers’ jobs with an innovative deal. The catch? They’ll be spending the next year competing load-for-load with a private company–and only the cheapest gets to stay alive.
Lower East Side
Hot for Profit
Kathleen McGowan |
Gambling that history won’t repeat itself, the city’s housing agency is selling troubled buildings back to private landlords.
Power Outrage
Sajan P. Kuriakos |
The deregulation of New York’s power industry is making electric bills as freewheeling as the Nasdaq. Instead of taking a promised dive, prices are heading higher than the mercury.
Owning Up to It
JoAnn DiLorenzo |
In Massachusetts, a tenant group has persuaded everyone from Ted Kennedy to town councils to help them buy their apartments from the feds. And that’s just the foundation of the Anti-Displacement Project’s grassroots empire.
