Melissa Rose Cooper, Author at City Limits

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The plan soon to emerge from the Bronx segment of the governor’s Empire Poverty Reduction Initiative will set the stage for the most important question: Will the state apply adequate…

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 7 minRead time

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Apr 2017

ARTS and CULTURE Video

Video: Program Helps Artists Make Their Work a Tool for Social Change

Artists are hoping to produce work relevant to the issues facing neighborhoods and connect with people leading the fight for change.

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 5 minRead time

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Feb 2017

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth Video

Gentrification and Homelessness: A One-Man Drama

In a span of three weeks, Kilusan Bautista experienced the fear and rejection of being evicted, living on the street and being denied for new places to live. From that…

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 2 minRead time

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Oct 2016

In Depth

Video: How Red Hook’s ‘Added Value’ Grew Back After Sandy

Added Value Farms is an urban farm and compost operation in Red Hook that offers healthy food and community training. Damage from Superstorm Sandy threatened all of that.

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 3 minRead time

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Aug 2016

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth Video

Amid Real-Estate Squeeze, Trying to Carve Out Space for NYC’s Emerging Artists

As developers target buildings and neighborhoods that used to offer affordable studio space to artists, more and more practitioners are finding it difficult simply to find a way to do…

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 4 minRead time

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Jun 2016

In Depth Video

Video: Does Art Matter to a Community Under Threat?

East New York has long faced problems like poverty, disinvestment and crime. Now its worries concern gentrification and displacement. In a neighborhood confronting so many different risks, what role can…

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 0 minRead time

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Mar 2016

Education Video

Video: What Some NYC Students Do When a Regular High School Doesn’t Work

A look inside an alternative high school, where personalized learning serves kids who have been unable to succeed elsewhere.

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 1 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Economy In Depth Video

WorkSite Video: Finding Work for the Hard-to-Place

An improving job market looks less inviting to those with little education or an inconsistent work history. But there are ways to navigate around those obstacles.

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 1 minRead time

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Jun 2015

In Depth Video

Video: What it Takes to be a Woman Entrepreneur

Data indicate that the number of businesses owned by women have increased 43 percent in the last decade. Behind each of those data points lay ambition, ideas and hard work.