As the city targets wider food-waste composting, an earlier yard-waste collection program has two city departments squaring off against some East New York residents.
A federally ordered retrofit of street signs featuring lower-case lettering in place of capital letters could be delayed for years. Bronx residents are remaining CALM—and also calm—amid the crisis.
Opponents of the plan to locate a headquarters for the grocery delivery firm in Mott Haven want to overturn a ruling last month that rejected their bid to block the deal.
How relevant are murder statistics—or even more comprehensive violent crime numbers—in evaluating stop and frisk?
Al Vann, a political force in Bed-Stuy for 40 years, has endorsed a former rival to succeed him. But five other candidates are also involved in a race more about biography than policy.
Veteran nonprofit strategist Lori Schwab joins City Limits today as our Managing Director, heading up City Limits’ effort to create a financially sustainable model for local, public-interest journalism.
The DOE is planting seeds for charters to expand in city schools even after Mayor Bloomberg leaves office. But some of the new resources will only be open to those who won charter lotteries in the early grades.
Federal budget cutters have targeted the food stamp program, which puts dinner on 1.9 million plates in New York City each day.
The Summer Youth Employment Program escaped new cuts in this year’s city budget. But past trimming means thousands of willing teen workers will be left on the sidelines.
A new senior housing development in the neighborhood aims not just to address a citywide senior housing shortage, but also to create a foothold for the aged amid new real-estate investment.