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Ahead of this week’s Regional Plan Association annual assembly on “Innovation and the Global City,” an environmental thinker says more data is needed to direct efforts at greening New York…

ByRon Dembo 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Government

Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services

Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2011

ARTS and CULTURE Justice

Controversy Over Alleged Muslim Radicalization Not New

In 2007, the NYPD released a report about “the homegrown threat” that troubled local Muslim leaders by labeling innocuous behavior, like displaying concern for “the greater good,” as possible hallmarks…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2011

Economy Government Investigations

Documents Reveal Gaps In City Welfare Data

The city is proud that it kept cash assistance rolls at record lows despite the recession. But it can’t answer many questions about who’s applying for welfare—and what happens to…

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Jan 2011

Economy Education Investigations Justice

Teachers Are Fair Game, But Cops' Records Are Off Limits

The city is pressing to release internal ratings on public school teachers. But cops, prison guards and firefighters don’t have to worry about similar exposure.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2011

Economy Government Justice

Fact Checking The State Of The City

Mayor Bloomberg’s annual address promised modest new initiatives and claimed major successes over the past year and his whole tenure.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2010

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Five Boroughs. One City. No Plan.

Is the city’s failure to plan a plan for failure?

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Dec 2010

Government Justice

For White Marijuana Users, Odds Of Arrest Low

While police crackdown on drug deals in mostly minority neighborhoods, the drug trade among whites in New York City operates with relative impunity.

ByAlbert Samaha 0Comments

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Nov 2010

Uncategorized

Green Energy Company Gets New, Fossil-Fuel Burning Owner

As environmentally laudable as Green Mountain’s Energy’s product may be, the company has long had corporate ties to the fossil fuel industry, and those ties have only gotten closer.

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Sep 2010

Economy Government Investigations

Got Juice?: Choices Loom After Power Project's Demise

A year after the collapse of a plan for new transmission lines to New York City, questions remain. Was the need for new infrastructure a myth? Or are tougher choices…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

Reducing NYC's Carbon Footprint: Do We Know Our Shoe Size?

Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services

Controversy Over Alleged Muslim Radicalization Not New

Documents Reveal Gaps In City Welfare Data

Teachers Are Fair Game, But Cops' Records Are Off Limits

Fact Checking The State Of The City

Five Boroughs. One City. No Plan.

For White Marijuana Users, Odds Of Arrest Low

Green Energy Company Gets New, Fossil-Fuel Burning Owner

Got Juice?: Choices Loom After Power Project's Demise

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