CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
No Papering Over Problems with City’s Justice System
Jarrett Murphy |
Three of the city’s district attorneys told the City Council of problems with accessing case files or tracking criminal cases.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Civil Rights Groups Endorse De Blasio Zoning Push
Jarrett Murphy |
City Hall unveiled statements of support from the Urban League and NAACP.
Affordable Housing
Council Sees 5 Sticking Points on De Blasio Rezoning Plan
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Legislators’ concerns over the plan to rezone East New York mirror their worries about the mayor’s citywide proposals. A deal seems likely. Its exact shape remains anybody’s guess.
Education
Video: What Some NYC Students Do When a Regular High School Doesn’t Work
Melissa Rose Cooper |
A look inside an alternative high school, where personalized learning serves kids who have been unable to succeed elsewhere.
Housing and Homelessness
Will Court Seize Control of this Troubled Brooklyn Building?
Jarrett Murphy |
The building at 159 Suydam Street illustrates the difficulties involved in applying tenant-protection policies to certain kinds of buildings with a certain sort of landlord.
CommunityWire
Aging Out of Foster Care, And Into the Kitchen: New Bronx Program
anatgersteininc |
Project Renewal and Catholic Guardian Services have teamed up to teach culinary arts to some of the city’s most vulnerable young people.
