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Central Holding

Alternative-to-incarceration programs reform criminals, save money and open up prison cells for more dangerous felons. So why has the city created a new screening process?

Anatomy of a Sweetheart Deal

The Jose de Diego Beekman Houses in Mott Haven has been a sweetheart to everybody–except its besieged tenants. Billionaires like Bob Tisch made it a quiet hideaway for tax shelter…

Bad Banking

GreenPoint Bank investigated for allegedly engaging in a high-risk loan policy that leads to excessive foreclosures and hurts low-income tenants.

Day in Court

The state Supreme Court last month ruled against a year-old citywide network seeking to preserve 400 community gardens.

Water Fight

One of the state’s most respected environmentalists has issued a scathing report that questions the city’s ability to safeguard its water supply.

Housing Off-Line

A computer “one-stop shop” with data from five different city agencies for every residential building in New York City may never be released to the community groups for which it…

City Lit: To Market, To Market?

A book review of The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century, edited by Thomas D. Boston and Catherine L. Ross, Transaction Publishers, 1997, 357 pages,…

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