February 15, 2003 : City Limits

The Big Idea: Tax Evasion

J.W. Mason | February 15, 2003

Maybe it’s time we stopped whining about taxes being fair–and started worrying about having enough revenue, period.

City Lit: Through the Mill

Keith Kloor | February 15, 2003

Bronx Ecology: Blueprint for a New Environmentalism, by Allen Hershkowitz, and Tilting at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings, and the Corporate Squeeze, by Lis Harris.

Making Change: Life Stories

Steven Gnagni | February 15, 2003

Child welfare workers are finding surprising success bringing a new high-tech tool into troubled homes: children’s books.

NYC Inc: Westward, Whoa!

Jonathan Bowles | February 15, 2003

With virtually no public discussion, the plan for Far West Midtown is going full speed ahead.

Why Minds Matter

Nora McCarthy | February 15, 2003

Fear, depression, anxiety and rage: September 11 taught us these are a natural–and treatable–response to trauma. So why do the teens who were living in pain before then still have no one to talk to?

With Governor Pataki on the case, renewable energy sources like solar panels and wind turbines could generate a big chunk of New York’s electricity. But first, bureaucrats and utilities have to stop getting in the way of our green future.