CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Tips for Tenants Battling Rent Increases in Court
Ingrid McAteer |
A tenant who has fought—and even won—against her landlord over Major Capital Improvements gives advice to renters facing similar disputes.
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A tenant who has fought—and even won—against her landlord over Major Capital Improvements gives advice to renters facing similar disputes.
Watch NYU education expert Pedro Noguera, Students First New York organizer Tenicka Boyd and City Limits reporter Ruth Ford discuss the city’s schools, the mayor’s leadership and the battle over the Common Core on Bk Live.
Small businesses have it tough in New York. Small MWBEs face extra burdens when it comes to accessing capital, recruiting and marketing.
Some applauded the governor for slowing down to reconsider the way Common Core has been implemented. But others worry that Cuomo’s response to a revolt by upstate middle-class parents will only sew confusion for teachers, students and their families.
Parsing the meaning of phrases like “public trust,” “trade secrets” and “security clearance,” the Human Rights Commission says it will interpret exemptions to the new law very, very narrowly.
An advocate who has fought for fair housing catalogues the many subtle ways property owners and public policies lock out renters along lines of income, race, ethnicity, disability and more.
Play and prayer. Tension and friendship. Celebration and complaint. All were on display when we dispatched a team of reporters to take the city’s temperature on a particular day in several Bronx parks.
Jeb Bush and Chris Christie want to double U.S. economic growth so Americans have a larger pie to share. But new research shows just how little a slice workers have received from the larger economy their productivity gains produced.
The practice of “violence interruption” has spurred a lot of interest as a way to prevent bloodshed on city streets. A former gang member who leads one such effort says it is largely about learning to channel rage.
It’s a good thing we’re talking more about New York City’s homelessness problem—if the talk is aimed at addressing the crisis.