The EPA forced the city to address potential contamination in one of its three watersheds. So the city decided to build a filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park.
Built in a public park over loud opposition, the Croton Filtration Plant will cost at least twice what the Bloomberg administration budgeted. Are there lessons there for the next mayor?
Income mobility in New York compares well to other American cities—but not to our European counterparts.
Foes blast his support for Mugabe and Qaddafi. Fans cheer the affordable housing he secured. And now six people are running to replace Charles Barron—including his wife.
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