Making Brownfields Green
by Matt Pacenza |
Bushwick leaders plan to make brownfields bloom.
Making Change: Care Today, Gone Tomorrow
Nora McCarthy |
Caseworkers who can withstand the low pay and high strain of foster care jobs are in short supply. Their bosses can’t afford pay increases, so they’re offering something cheaper: counseling for the counselors.
City Lit: Heavy Suburban
Keith Kloor |
A book review of How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken, by Alex Marshall University of Texas Press, 269 pages, $24.95.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
