Economy HELPING CLEAR A PATHFROM PRISON TO WORK Let’s make it worth employers’ financial while to hire formerly incarcerated people, says a member of City Council.
Economy THE CITY'S LATESTHIRINGS AND RETIRINGS City positions for food policy, special enforcement and Chinatown boosterism get filled, while nonprofiteers join Enterprise and disability boards.
ARTS and CULTURE FROM TAKING PICTURES TO LEARNING ENGLISH Amateur photos bring immigrants’ lives to a gallery setting.
Housing and Homelessness DEVELOPERS GETTING BUSY INFARTHEST REACHES OF BRONX Sleepy streets of one- and two-family homes have become a boomtown of new apartments and rowhouses.
Economy WELFARE CHIEFS MOVE ON FROM CITY AGENCY Advocates hope for change at HRA and state counterpart.
Economy GETTING RID OF MONEYIS GOOD FOR BUSINESS In the Bronx, small stores battle big chains for immigrants’ cash remittances to family back home.
Economy Justice DEAR GUV: WHAT TO DO ABOUT WORKFORCE Advocates try to mold state policy on behalf of youth who are out of school and out of work.
Justice CITY UNVEILS 'IT TAKES A VILLAGE'APPROACH TO CHILD AND FAMILY CARE Three coalitions work to involve more neighborhood players in foster and preventive care.
Housing and Homelessness HOW TO MEDIATE MANHATTANVILLE:A NEW NEGOTIATING PARTNER IS BORN A different kind of local body, created to help shape Columbia University’s development plan, could become a “community benefits” trendsetter.
Economy INSIDE THE ANTI-POVERTY PLAN Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs outlines an ambitious agenda for the mayor’s second term.
