Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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A Headstone for Jashawn Parker

Advocates in the Bronx neighborhood where he died in a 2002 apartment fire are collecting money to pay for a grave marker for Jashawn Parker, whose story is told in…

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Greening Brooklyn from the Ground Up

What role do neighborhood groups play in the global effort to save the environment? What does sustainable living offer to low-income New Yorkers? We asked the experts.

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Report Sees Renters' Crisis

When a housing market collapse kicked America into recession, it was reasonable to hope that one benefit would be to reduce housing costs for low-income people. No such luck.

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A Tragedy in the Bronx

Watch a video interview with the father of an 8-year-old boy killed in a 2002 fire at a Bronx apartment building that was under court order to fix its flawed…

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As NYCHA Seeks Flexibility, Tenant Advocates Concerned

The city’s public housing agency wants rules relaxed to allow creative budgeting. But advocates for residents want stronger assurances that financial flexibility won’t come at the cost of tenant rights.

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Education

Background Briefing: Teacher Ratings

The release of New York City’s teacher data reports has triggered a flurry of coverage on the numbers and the teachers singled out as ranking high or low. Here’s some…

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Government

Obama Housing Cuts Eyed

President Obama’s budget is getting hit for doing harm to housing. But the president’s funding request also would restore money to a key urban planning program. More on the…

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Education

Closing Schools More Poor, Less White

Schools the Bloomberg administration has targeted for closure have student populations demographically different from the average facility. And many had absorbed an increasing number of struggling students.

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