The Road Home

To get their kids out of foster care, parents who’ve already been through one hell have had to hustle through another: getting help from a series of separate government bureaucracies. Until now. The city is connecting the dots to help families find housing.

Law and Disorder

Two years after it centralized management of its far-flung operations, Legal Services of New York is reckoning with reckless spending at neighborhood offices. How many lawyers will it lose?

Late Edition

The Brooklyn Eagle newspaper folded 50 years ago this month–and the borough is still suffering the loss of a mass-media voice.