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Fire Deepens Worries About Dated Zoning on Bronx Street

Neighbors and activists have worried for months that the building was a canary in the coal mine—a harbinger of developers taking advantage of out-of-date zoning in their community.

Investigations Justice

An Illegal Gun on the Streets is no Slam Dunk in Court

Hoping to make gun charges result in convictions earlier and more often, New York City is pursuing another experiment with specialized gun courts. But making illegal weapons charges stick is…

Economy Investigations

Cuomo’s Day Care Regs Omit Thousands of Informal Providers

Some 24,000 legally exempt daycare providers in New York City are enrolled to be paid through public assistance but are unlicensed and operate under very limited oversight.

Investigations Justice

For Some Prisoners, Finishing a Sentence Doesn’t Mean Getting Out

After serving a year and two months for a probation violation, Landreaux Yantz should have been able to walk out of a New York state prison last June. But officials…

Investigations

Housing Coverage, Hospital Investigation Win Honors

City Limits’ 2015 reporting has nabbed two honors from the New York Press Club.

Economy Investigations

NY’s Security-Guard Industry Grows Amid Lax Oversight

Laws and regulatory agencies have failed to keep up with the explosion in demand for security services, with consequences for guards and the public they serve.

Health In Depth Investigations

Have City Subsidies to Supermarkets Made NYC Healthier?

A city program of tax and zoning incentives for new or revamped supermarkets has provided shoppers in several neighborhoods with more options, although its impact on health outcomes is unclear…

Economy In Depth Investigations Video

Video: Inside a Green-Jobs Training Program

Go inside the classroom and hear from an instructor who’s helping to train the new green workforce.

Economy In Depth Investigations Video

Video: One Man’s Path to a Green Job

James Eleby turns discarded scrap wood into new tables at a Brooklyn factory. Learn how he got a foothold in the green economy.

Economy In Depth Investigations Podcasts

Audio: The New Math on Green Jobs

It isn’t that green jobs don’t exist. It’s that instead of new jobs materializing, existing jobs got greener.

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