Make The Road
Making Change: Non-nonprofits Pay Their Dues
Nora McCarthy |
Tiny community groups grow quietly in grassroots New York, even before they brave the paperwork of becoming official nonprofits. Meet the “out-of-pocket sector.”
Citywide
System Error
Nora McCarthy |
Computer centers for the poor were the bees’ knees yesterday, today they’re pass
Lower East Side
A Room of Their Own
Nora McCarthy |
They dance. They write poetry. They bake. They read. They’re homeless. Meet the Lower East Side Girls Club.
Citywide
Moving Day
Nora McCarthy |
Realizing that rent regulations aren’t enough to prevent evictions in the city’s newest hot spots, activists look for fresh strategies.
BORED WITH RENT GUIDELINES, TENANTS, HEVESI DRAFT NEW LAWS
Nora McCarthy |
As the Rent Guidelines Board begins its next round of hearings on rent increases, a group of tenant advocates are pushing to revamp the state rent laws, with the blessing of mayoral hopeful Alan Hevesi.
Citywide
Moving Stories
Nora McCarthy |
A hot real estate market and stagnant state budgets add up to evictions for mentally ill people who’ve been enjoying life on their own–and a measure of dignity–in private apartments.
Greene Guerrillas
Nora McCarthy |
In the last few years, 71-year-old Leonor Rodriguez has seen her Fort Greene neighborhood become prosperous and hip. Too bad she can’t stick around to enjoy it.
Citywide
Home in One
Nora McCarthy |
How can mentally ill homeless people get the housing and the help they need? Streamline the referral process, say the folks behind a Brooklyn-based pilot program.
