art
Re-enter, Stage Right: Out of Prison and Into the Arts
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‘People tend to have a stereotyped notion of who’s incarcerated and I think when they see people presenting their lives or being creative, they have to reconsider.’
art
Why is NYC’s Art Scene So White?
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In a city that is only one-third non-Hispanic white, only a third of the creative workforce is made up with blacks, Latinos and Asians. What’s keeping the art scene from looking more like the rest of New York?
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Flaws Plagued Pioneering Plan to Upgrade Homes of the Poor
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New York charted a new path to energy efficiency, using “on-bill financing” so low-income homeowners could get retrofits they couldn’t afford up front. But utility companies, lenders and ratings companies all made demands and decisions that made the approach a poor fit for households of limited means.
ECONOMY
NYS’s Green-Energy Loans Played Hard to Get
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Some borrowers report positive experiences—and significant savings—under the Green Jobs/Green New York program. But others had a frustrating time with the loan program’s rules and processes.