The Toast of Brooklyn celebrated the history and potential of the neighborhood, where some hope a $20 million revitalization project will spur an economic revival.
It’s well known that wealthy kids outperform poor kids in school, but now the rich are also pulling away from middle-class students. Why? And is class or race the key factor in how NYC school kids perform?
There are certainly downsides to being a registered voter. On the upside, there’s the whole self-determination thing. Plus, the sticker.
In the Democrat’s “two cities” narrative, the South Bronx neighborhood ranks among the have-nots. But many voters say they’re still deciding whom to support in November.
A tabloid is taking the Democratic nominee to task for failing to offer a solution to an increase in shootings. But a stroll through the archives suggests recent crime spikes have come and gone.
Sizing up what each man has in mind for New York’s 1 million public-school students—and, through our totally unscientific street-corner poll, what New York voters think of the candidates’ plans.
The project plans to target neighborhoods next to the areas it’s already serving. Some would rather it target a clientele that’s more diverse, and less affluent, than the current ridership.
Around Camaguey restaurant on Primary Day, even people who went to the polls had little faith that the officials they voted for would make good on their campaign promises.
A Common Cause report says donations imply support, but lawmakers insist they’re for moratorium.
The latest installment in our Five Borough Ballot series visits a polling center in the Van Dyke Houses as residents—at least, some of them—cast their votes.