Eastern Correctional Facility in Orange County, like other prisons, keeps its library to keep inmates quiet. But as a librarian discovers, the reading room is more than a place where…
Over a year after uncovering the HUD loan scandal in Harlem, City Limits tells the story behind the recent indictments–and how the government lets mortgage lenders run away with the…
She’s got allies in the Queens political machine. She should be a shoo-in for powerful black endorsements. But if Helen Marshall wants to be the first black borough president of…
If there’s one time babies need to be with their mothers, it’s in the crucial weeks right after birth. Unfortunately, that’s exactly when foster care forces them apart.
It’s no secret that New York’s librarians are underpaid. But when four libraries shut down on the same Saturday, Bronx kids learned why low salaries hurt more than just librarians.
Although single room occupancy hotels and their residents have long been part of the Rockaway Park landscape, local homeowners and renters have enlisted the city’s help to push them out.
A Queens building that burned to the ground in a catastrophic fire in early December was the site of extensive renovations that were being done without proper permits from the…
