The details are in, and New York City will get only a small percentage of the money for a wide variety of projects funded by the state’s environmental bond.
One of the most innovative small-business assistance organizations in the city has is roots in the rubble of the city’s most infamous community organization.
The city housing authority has systematically weakened its officially sanctioned tenant advisory council to the point where the group has become useless.
For most photojournalists, its enough to stand back and watch the drama unfold. But after 30 years focusing his lens on poor kids, Stephen Shames is evealing solutions–and proving that…