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Opportunity Zones Show Scant Impact in the Bronx as Key Deadline Passes

Brokers predicted that the kind of investments the tax incentive could attract would create an entirely new borough. But a year later, the fervor around opportunity zones in the Bronx…

Government Investigations

The Tooth of the Matter: Bronx Pol’s Dental Legislation, Campaign Loan Scrutinized

Bronx Senator Luis Sepulveda has made headlines for big campaign loan he received from a dentist friend. Turns out he wrote dental legislation soon thereafter.

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

NYC’s Homeless Hotel Population Surges as City Grapples with Housing Crisis

When Mayor de Blasio in 2017 announced a plan to end the use of hotels as homeless shelters by 2023, there were about 7,500 homeless people in hotel rooms paid…

In Depth Investigations

Among America’s Oldest, Opioid Overdoses Are On the Rise

In New York City, the number of fatal opioid overdoses among people ages 55-84 has been increasing for the last four years, reaching 29 percent of the total opioid overdose…

Government In Depth Investigations

Task Force Tally: The Many Groups Cuomo Has Convened to Fix the MTA

In the last three years, the governor—or the MTA, at the governor’s behest—has established expert groups to tackle issues like transit system homelessness, subway train speeds, repairing the L train…

Government In Depth Investigations

Dangerous drivers still on city streets despite thousands of speeding tickets

At least one driver racked up more than 100 speeding tickets yet remains on the road. A proposed bill would have gotten him in a safety course — and impounded…

Government In Depth Investigations

Meet the New Rudy, Same as the Old Rudy? 1993 Study Exposed Vulnerabilities Now on View

Nothing swirling around Rudolph Giuliani now is out of step with the person depicted 26 years ago in a 464-page vulnerability study he commissioned for his second run for mayor.

Government In Depth Investigations Justice

Underground and Underserved: To Be Blind or Deaf and Ride the NYC Subway

It’s well known the subway system offers little access to those with mobility challenges. But people with blindness, deafness and cognitive disabilities also have a hard time.

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Thousands of NYC’s Homeless Parents were Recently Kids Themselves

Parents account for the majority of homeless unaccompanied New Yorkers under age 25, according to city data,

Government In Depth Investigations

MTA’s Bronx Bus Redesign Leaves Some Disappointment at the Curb

Some say the plan fails to provide meaningful service improvements that would draw riders back to the bus.

Investigations

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