The mayor’s ambitious affordable housing initiative is three-quarters to completion. But reshaped by fiscal woes, complicated by other city policies and often outgunned by the private market, what will the…
A new survey finds that New Yorkers generally think the city’s schools have improved and are willing to pay more in taxes to fund education. But among political priorities, creating…
The hangover from the recession that ended in 2009 was the worst in recent memory, with median household income falling and the poverty rate rising more in 2010 than in…
As a depleted police force struggles to battle a 20 percent spike in crime over the last year, the communities of Washington Heights and Inwood are adopting their own crime…
A councilman and top Public Advocate aide’s claim that they were harassed by police needs sorting out. Could be a job for the Civilian Complaint Review Board. But it probably…
With FDNY a key partner, federal scientists have been experimenting with better ways to fight wind-driven fires. Watch what happens in this test when a window in a burning room…
Problems with the performance of the 911 system on Sept. 11 led the Bloomberg administration to undertake a four-pronged emergency communications transformation program
