Great nations feature great cities. But American campaigns usually don’t. Four years after voters elected a president who pledged to do more for cities, is that about to change?
The number of on-duty deaths dropped by 7 percent nationwide. New York City closed out another year without a fatality during an operation, despite responding to 23,000 blazes.
Will the Euro crisis bust the city’s budget? Who shoulders NYC’s tax burden? What would WalMart mean for Harlem? What do immigrants mean for native employment? All that and more…
A policy news round-up: Churches still get city funding and tax breaks, housing vouchers show mixed results and the West Indian Day Parade episode turns attention to the rules cops…
From schools to public housing to hospitals that serve the poor, private firms are being brought in to rescue remnants of an earlier, more ambitious era of government.
As the mayor unveils a scaled-back Select Bus System for 34th Street, a look at how bus experiments on 1st and 2nd Avenues have worked out. Plus, new city employment…
In the past year, the housing authority has let contracts worth $10 million to a consultant to oversee a major restructuring. The content of that advice is under wraps.
Facing a severe fiscal crisis, New York’s public hospitals brought in a consultant for advice. But determining best practices for a one-of-a-kind charity healthcare system is a tricky operation.
Many private firms’ projects in city schools have not been “disasters.” But that doesn’t mean these multimillion-dollar projects are the best way for a school system to spend its money.
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