A new book argues that the popular image of Mike Bloomberg as a post-ideological mayor misses the profound way he has reshaped New York for the benefit of the corporate…
The decennial Census finds that the Bronx grew twice as much as Brooklyn, that blacks fled Manhattan but arrived in Staten Island, and that New York City is smaller than…
Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some…
Activists in New York are playing a role in the democratic surge sweeping the Middle East. While technology’s part of the story, local advocates say, human networks are what really…
At a local museum, a community bears witness to the black experience on Staten Island, as some of its last remaining historic structures are landmarked.
Advocates for the homeless have long criticized the Bloomberg administration’s approach to getting people out of shelters. But with the state threatening to end funding for the program, most advocates…
An excerpt from a new book arguing that “punitive, zero tolerance strategies”—from metal detectors to clothing bans—aren’t as effective as their popularity suggests.
The director of Brooklyn’s leading foundation writes that the borough’s indisputable successes bring an obligation to look out for those whom recent changes haven’t favored.
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