Suburban nonprofit buys Harlem SRO to convert to affordable housing. Contractors toss out secret tenants. Cost: $81,000 to avoid a lawsuit.

Closing Fresh Kills means finding some other way to handle the city’s tons and tons of garbage. The latest proposal, wrapping the trash in plastic, might be the secret to…

Food pantries and soup kitchens have been struggling to serve the growing number of welfare reform casualties. Now this largely volunteer system is picking up social services where government left…

Yuppies and buppies are bringing new faces and higher incomes to Harlem’s neighborhoods–it’s all part of the evolution of 120th Street.

After six years of nurturing and financial support from a constellation of foundations, a Bronx community coalition strikes out on its own.

An ambitious architect is using innovations in energy-efficient construction to transform low-income housing.