To help families affected by the World Trade Center attacks, New York City is spending federal housing vouchers–but advocates wonder what will happen to the wait list of 210,000.
After four long years of waiting for their homes to be spruced up, residents of Medgar Evers Houses in Bed-Stuy have received the go-ahead to begin their ambitious plans to…
Tenants of a troubled building in Harlem hope to get some relief soon as the city announces plans to transfer their home to a new owner later this month. The…
As with any election, our local contests had clear winners–including some local issues and groups that got an unexpected boost from last Tuesday’s returns.
After decades of protesting sweatshop conditions, a Chinatown activist stands up for a garment factory owner for the first time for the sake of saving jobs in an industry suffering…