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Matronage in Brooklyn

A son should be willing to do anything for his mother, but East New York school board member DeCosta Headley, Jr. has taken familial fealty one step farther: He’s voted…

The Fed’s Bad Credit Report

Is your bank making enough loans to businesses in low-income neighborhoods? The Federal Reserve’s new CRA database probably won’t tell you much more than you already know.

Dreading the Needle

The Clinton Administration knows that needle exchange programs protect addicts against HIV and even give them access to the help they need to kick the habit. Yet, politics and timidity…

Elva’s Endgame

An East New York apartment complex suffered for years under HUD’s un-watchful eye. Now they are moving toward a future of tenant ownership and better living conditions–if only the city…

THE CLOSED DOOR

A new report says that the city uses a “guilty until proven innocent” attitude to turn away most families applying for homeless shelter.

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