New York’s community development groups have been eyeing with trepidation the current merger between New York financial mammoths Chase Manhattan Bank and J.P. Morgan.

More than a year ago, City Limits exposed a federally funded outrage: the milking of Harlem real estate for quick cash. The scheme has left dozens of shoddy buildings in…

Can unions incorporate ergonomics standards into contracts?

A Bronx credit union partners with a check casher, boosting services and raising eyebrows.

Walk down Fulton Street in Brooklyn and you might find some people who have a lot to say about hip-hop and its cultural significance. Captured in a vivid spray of…

By rewriting the housing codes, the state has weakened the laws that protect 1 million New York tenants–and advocates say there’s not a whole lot they can do about it.

At the last minute, the state Republican party shoveled money into incumbent state Senator Guy Velella’s coffers–more than any other candidate.