Libraries perform a critical role in workforce development for low-income New Yorkers. But budget cuts have so curtailed service that Detroit’s libraries are now open more than New York’s.
Hurricane Sandy’s impact is often understood through the lens of homeowners or renters. In places like Manhattan Beach, schools and religious institutions are also picking up the pieces.
Fishers in Long Island Sound are seeing species that normally swim far to the south. Dramatically warmer waters are challenging both the fishing industry and the regulatory system that governs…
In heavily Democratic Kings County, there’s little suspense in the presidential race. But Mitt Romney’s a heavy favorite in a few neighborhoods that favored GOP candidates in 2004 and 2008.
With 15 hospital closings in the past decade, and six more in Brooklyn on shaky ground, New York’s healthcare system is caught between balancing the budget and providing the medicine…
Some say there are too few bike lanes in low-income areas. But bike paths that do exist in those neighborhoods can stir resentment. How divided are Brooklynites when they get…
After pollution shut water pumps in southeast Queens, the aquifer rose and flooding worsened. Residents are pressing the city to accelerate its plans to deal with the water.