Manhattan
The Struggle To Landmark African-American New York
Kemba Johnson |
African-Americans have been making history in New York for centuries, but you’d never know it from the roster of city landmarks and historic districts.
Citywide
Empty Promises, Part 1 of 2
Kemba Johnson |
More than a year ago, City Limits exposed a federally funded outrage: the milking of Harlem real estate for quick cash. The scheme has left dozens of shoddy buildings in limbo-and stuck HUD with a disputed $50 million-plus bill.
Loan Injustice, Part 2 of 2
Kemba Johnson |
Over a year after uncovering the HUD loan scandal in Harlem, City Limits tells the story behind the recent indictments–and how the government lets mortgage lenders run away with the bank.
Manhattan
$50 MILLION TAB ON HARLEM MORTGAGE DEFAULTS
Kemba Johnson |
A high-stakes Harlem real estate scheme has now run up a $50 million bill–a hot potato between the federal housing department and the two banks that hold the failing mortgages.
National
TENANTS SUFFER UNDER FEDERAL MORTGAGE PROGRAM
Kemba Johnson |
Thanks to funding from a federal housing department program, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit bought a Harlem SRO last year. But the residents are being left to fend for themselves.
Manhattan
WELFARE MAVEN EYES SENATE SEAT OF EX-LAX HEIR ROY GOODMAN
Kemba Johnson |
Pithy welfare advocate Liz Krueger throws her hat in the ring against long-term Republican State Senator Roy Goodman on Manhattan’s East Side. The GOP’s Senate majority may lie in the balance.
Investing in Futures
Kemba Johnson |
A project to transform one Harlem street looks a lot like a slew of other initiatives nationwide that eradicate blight by empowering residents to rebuild. But the revival of 118th Street features something startlingly new: the largesse of one man determined to buy a block’s future.
Lower East Side
Fruit Fight
Kemba Johnson |
Pickets push for greengrocers to pay legal wages to their immigrant workers.
Latino
Green With Envy
Kemba Johnson |
Neighborhood environmental justice groups have labored in obscurity for years, picketing polluters and tilting at transfer stations. Now, as national evironmental organizations are eyeing their street-level work, some wonder whether New York’s “EJ” groups will keep it real.
