Homes That Work
Elizabeth Olsson |
Supportive housing traditionally helps folks battling chronic illness or mental health problems. A new city project aids those facing more transitory issues.
Banana Kelly U-Turn
Jill Grossman |
City tells South Bronx organizing Goliath to pay up, or get out.
David Dinkins
A Real Estate Bargain
Elizabeth Olsson |
A push for expanding supportive housing to stem a growing homeless crisis.
Michael Bloomberg
Swimming in Sludge
Mia Lipsit |
Sewage tank turns rec center, or is it the perfect pawn?
Urban Legend: Mind and Copy
Maura McDermott |
Publishing a mental health newsletter–by someone who knows about the subject firsthand.
MedicAIDS
Alex Ginsberg |
People with HIV are moving to managed care, but will health insurers buy it?
Latino
Williamsburg’s Last Picture Show
Elizabeth Olsson |
Community activists do battle for use of Billyburg’s art deco Commodore theater.
The Missing Links
Alex Ulam |
Plans to build a world-class golf course in Bronx Ferry Point Park are sinking just as quickly as environmental concerns about the $40 million project multiply.
Times Square
Beyond the Bowery
Bob Roberts |
An aging flophouse is getting a full makeover, with Japanese-style cubicles and attentive caseworkers. With the new digs come new neighbors–and for old-timers, a reckoning with a dying way of life.
Community Service Society of New York
Dubious Benefits
Matt Pacenza |
The battle over welfare reform is about everything from marriage incentives to workfare–everything, that is, except for the paltry benefits people on welfare actually get.
