ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness Upstart Could Bring Hip-Hop To The Hill Kevin Powell seeks to channel that Obama youth energy into a victory in Brooklyn’s 10th District over incumbent Congressman Edolphus Towns.
ARTS and CULTURE Near And Present Danger: Freedom In Today's City The new issue of City Limits Investigates surveys the state of liberties in post-September 11 New York.
ARTS and CULTURE Government Housing and Homelessness Will The Real New York Liberal Please Stand Up Though flawed, this analysis of the last few decades’ politics yields a needed recipe for change.
ARTS and CULTURE Justice Paths More Traveled: Youths Distill Migration When you’re young and new to New York, a move between continents — or boroughs — makes an impression.
Justice In Fragile Families, How Best To Protect Babies? A new policy fans debate among child welfare professionals about if and when to remove newborns from their mothers.
Health Uncategorized HIV Education Championed To Stem Prison Epidemic Rates of HIV and Hepatitis C are sky-high in state prisons; a state bill aims to help.
Government The Fall And Rise Of The South Bronx This look back at the successes and missteps of the Banana Kelly Community Development Association offers lessons for community organizers everywhere.
Government Housing and Homelessness In Far Rockaway, Pretty Beach Meets Housing Bust The Rockaway Peninsula’s tortured development history enters its latest chapter, with ill-fated spec buildings disintegrating next to successful new housing development, and a rezoning belatedly attempting to instill order.
Justice Battered Twice?: Victims Offer Critique Of Courts A compilation of the experiences of 75 survivors of domestic violence shows that many feel Family Court adds to their families’ problems.
Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Toward A Comprehensive Response To Housing Needs ‘I want to take us back to that time where we are a leader in affordable housing,’ says DHCR Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen.
