News that Beth Israel Hospital will downsize is just the latest spasm in a rapidly consolidating hospital marketplace. The theory is that patients will benefit from efficiencies. Experience says otherwise.
That doesn’t mean–by a long shot–that the previous mayor is to blame, or that the current mayor isn’t. But it does suggest that the alleged NYPD corruption is not merely…
Policy makers, urban planners, and the private sector often attack civic problems with a top down approach. But when designers think about civic challenges, they look at them from the…
‘The city is going behind the backs of its most engaged residents to facilitate the construction of a small number of units for people who make much more than average…
The MoveNY Fair Plan now exists in proposed form in both the state Senate and Assembly. Advocates hope the MTA’s cash crunch will convince more lawmakers to sign on in…
With a staff of over 400 and 25 program sites around the borough, BCS serves 12,000 people every year. Today, BCS is one of the oldest not-for-profit, non-sectarian social service…
Seeing a threat to teens and disparities in where the ads appear, some are calling for the MTA to follow Boston’s lead and get ads for wine, beer and booze…
