Lower East Side
A Room of Their Own
Nora McCarthy |
They dance. They write poetry. They bake. They read. They’re homeless. Meet the Lower East Side Girls Club.
Citywide
City Lit: Cities of Hope
Darren Walker |
A book review of Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival, by Paul S. Grogan and Tony Proscio, Westview Press, 268 pages, $25.
Citywide
Reaching for New Heights
Pam Frederick |
Ydanis Rodriguez hopes to make an outsider run around Washington Heights’ entrenched politicos Dominicanos.
Bronx
Pulpit Friction
Martin Espinoza |
Deborah Rose looked like a political savior for Staten Island’s beleaguered blacks–until the preachers turned their backs.
Citywide
Block Association
Judith Matloff |
Brooklyn candidate Susan Lasher would have trouble winning Harlem, where residents say a building she owns blights 140th Street.
Citywide
Love Haiti Relationship
Alyssa Katz |
In Flatbush’s Survivor, the island whose politics matter isn’t Brooklyn.
Citywide
Off the Beat Pat
Rob MacKay |
Beating the Queens Democratic machine won’t be that tough–Hiram Monserrate’s already defied the NYPD.
Citywide
Ballot Butterflies
James Bradley |
As the Working Families Party matures, critics fear it’s turning away from its roots to become another cog in the Democratic machine.
