Citywide
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Nekoro Gomes |
The new decade brings fresh faces to nonprofits large and small and a host of city agencies – along with a major gap in state housing leadership.
Citywide
Truth and Consequences: Bloomberg and the Press
Jarrett Murphy |
Elected after one of the city’s most secretive mayors, Mike Bloomberg can’t help but look transparent. But is city government under this executive really an open book?
Citywide
Proposed: NYC Should Have Even Smaller Apartments
Bendix Anderson |
A reimagining of people’s space needs could point a way out of the affordable housing shortage.
Citywide
City Pension Plans: Can They Do Good and Do Well?
Jarrett Murphy |
The city’s retirement funds offer a powerful tool for social activism. A look at how Comptroller Bill Thompson and his would-be successors approach the task of putting city money where their morals are.
Citywide
Second In Command: A Lawyer's Argument
Jarrett Murphy |
In the final installment of our series on the race for public advocate, a look at civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel’s third run for the city’s number-two post.
Bronx
Eternal Agitation Is The Price of Living Here
Curtis Stephen |
Among the many tenants who have toiled to make a Harlem apartment complex livable, one woman fights every day for civilized conditions.
Brooklyn
In Bed-Stuy Residents Ask: What's Up At The Armory?
Rosie McCobb |
Changes at a homeless shelter spur questions, as local activists work to ensure their neighborhood’s fragile progress is maintained.
Housing and Homelessness
BUYERS WITH DEEP POCKETS THREATEN AFFORDABILITY
Robert Neuwirth |
Harlem tenants are organizing against a major investor in subsidized and rent-regulated properties.
Bronx
NEW PROTOCOLS IMPROVE ASSAULT VICTIMS' CARE
Kalyn Belsha |
Citywide measures and legislation from the state seek to give victims more choices and access to comprehensive services.
Government
Toward A Comprehensive Response To Housing Needs
Kate Pastor |
‘I want to take us back to that time where we are a leader in affordable housing,’ says DHCR Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen.
