Bronx 2000 developed an ambitious project to turn scrap wooden packing and pallets into furniture and jobs. But bad luck and trouble finding outside investors has combined to push the…
When Kevin Heldman went undercover at Woodhull’s psychiatric unit, he wanted to experience how low-income people were treated. In 179 hours as a mental patient, he found little care and…
The tenements of the Lower East Side went up a century ago with cheap construction and shaky foundations. Today, a new housing boom threatens to bring these buildings down, one…