Residents of the Pleasant East Apartments in East Harlem were happy to hear that HUD took their buildings from a negligent landlord–until they were told the complex would be destroyed.
The latest chapter in the battle to unionize the nation’s oldest CDC starred a former union official who stopped by to tell workers they shouldn’t join his old local.
What do a new cardiac center in Rochester and upgrades to the cross-country skiing trails at Lake Placid have in common? They’re both funded by federal Community Development Block Grants,…
A project to transform one Harlem street looks a lot like a slew of other initiatives nationwide that eradicate blight by empowering residents to rebuild. But the revival of 118th…
Term limits were supposed to bring new blood to the City Council, but in some cases the 2001 elections will be a familly affair. Exhibit A: Peter Vallone, Jr., whose…
After millions of dollars in debt, 2,000 building code violations, feuds between tenant groups and stints in every management program the city has to offer, what do the residents of…
Targeting new terrain to cure its housing crunch, Williamsburg’s Hasidic community is using a legal loophole to build up Bed-Stuy–driving neighborhood residents to court or out altogether.
When workers at the legendary Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation began to organize a union, management got busy, too, hiring a firm with a reputation for union-busting. Is this any way to…
