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…
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…
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.
The city’s Independent Budget Office is out today with a look not just at how much of which recyclable products get recycled but also where the remnant ends up.
Aquaponics relies on the interaction of fish, whose waste feeds the plants, and plants, whose digestive process purifies the water. But at Oko Farms in Brooklyn, success also depends on…
The street-art movement was never dependent on one space, and since 5 Pointz’s demise, new work has shifted to new spots or to ones that were already operating. The long-running…
A developer’s move to close the famous graffiti site in 2013 didn’t kill the street-art scene. It did raise questions about the links and tensions between street art and gentrification.
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…
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