Times Square
The Norman Invasion
Annia Ciezadlo |
Civil rights champion Norman Siegel wants the public advocate to be the city’s professional rabble-rouser, coordinating demonstrations instead of reports. Did Mark Green have it all wrong?
Staten Island
No Fore Warning
Alex Ulam |
By 2003, private developers will transform a Bronx municipal landfill into a world-class golf course. Now the project’s neighbors are demanding to know what lies beneath Ferry Point Park.
Staten Island
Faith Accompli
Ian Wilhelm |
A Crown Heights church is one of a dozen in the city getting government cash to bring welfare recipients into line. Its minister breaks a Giuliani gag order to speak the truth about charitable choice.
Latino
Over the Edge
Daniel Hendrick |
You’ll be hard-pressed to find Meadowmere on a map, or after a storm. Some residents want to jump ashore to Nassau County.
Latino
Urban Legend: Marcelo Moncayo
Matt Pacenza |
“We’re here to fight because our bosses don’t pay minimum wage or overtime,” says Marcelo Moncayo.
Liening on Homeowners
Matt Pacenza |
Activists monitoring the effect of the city’s tax lien sales program on apartment building tenants recently discovered something they weren’t looking for: The sales are hurting poor, often elderly outer-borough homeowners as well, thanks in large part to the program’s tough debt collection tactics.
Staten Island
On Their Own Feat
Kendra Hurley |
When young adults outgrow foster care, the city gives them a few words of wisdom and $750. A private mentoring program keeps some out of poverty and homelessness, but will the city notice?
Latino
The Big Idea: Broken Windows Breakdown
Todd R. Clear and Jeffrey Fagan |
Almost 20 years after the “broken windows” theory was first published, the idea that cracking down on small crimes makes cities safer has become gospel. But no one has any evidence it works.
