African-Americans have been making history in New York for centuries, but you’d never know it from the roster of city landmarks and historic districts. A beauty-biased landmarks commission is to…

A Sunset Park community group found a way to survive city budget cuts, but can it bring unity to a fragmented neighborhood?

Twenty years ago, Assemblyman Al Vann promised to lead a grand coalition of blacks and Puerto Ricans that would run the city right–from the left. Now he’s lucky to hold…

Car violence is pervasive and unchallenged.

Some pundits say the influence of political action committees is waning. But in New York, where the perception of power is as important as the real thing, a player without…