garbage
Landfill Legacies in New York City
Jarrett Murphy |
A multimedia look at the past, present and future of waste in New York City.
UrbaNERD
Some City Agency Headcounts Have Soared. Others, not so Much.
Jarrett Murphy |
The civilian headcount at the Fire Department has more than tripled in the past two decades, while staffing at the Commission on Human Rights has been more than halved. How do the changes in city personnel reflect New York’s shifting priorities?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Note to TLC: Don’t Kill Community-Based Car Services
Steven Shanker |
A representative of the livery-cab industry argues for the Taxi & Limousine Commission to reject proposed rules at its meeting this week because they do more harm than good for local competition.
Affordable Housing
The Price of Housing Preservation: Linden Plaza’s Saga
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
During the Bloomberg administration, rents were hiked dramatically at one Brooklyn complex in order to keep it operating. The city believes the move preserved a Mitchell-Lama development. Some tenants say it did so in name only.
