Bronx
A NEW YEAR FOR NEW YORK: IMAGINING A BETTER CITY
City Limits |
We asked you, our readers, to tell us your deepest desires, innermost longings and secret wishes for the future of New York. Here’s what you said…
FDNY
NO CHARITY FOR VENDORS AT HOLIDAY MARKET FUNDRAISER
Annia Ciezadlo |
A street fair operator’s attempt to follow city law while raising money for families of firefighters has put his holiday market vendors in the red just a week before Christmas.
Bronx
Exclusive: City to Let Squatters Sit Comfortably at Home
Annia Ciezadlo |
After decades of battling with Lower East Side residents who hijacked vacant city buildings to make them their own, the city has agreed to help these renegades turn their squats into their own low-income co-ops.
FDNY
Adios, Amboy: Longtime Shelter Loses Contract
Matt Pacenza |
The city is looking to replace the 30-year manager of a family shelter in Brooklyn after a series of audits questioned its financial and property management practices.
Bronx
PARTY HITS SNAGS WITHOUT LABOR
Jill Grossman |
The Working Families Party was determined to make its mark in this year’s primary election. But on an election day delayed two weeks by the World Trade Center disaster, it ended up with both well-earned victories and some stinging losses, with contenders relying heavily on labor support having the hardest time.
FDNY
AND THEN THERE WERE NINE: WHAT PRICE HOUSING?:
Erin Drasler |
The nonprofit Fifth Avenue Committee reigns in plans for affordable housing in Red Hook after some community leaders ask for a more mixed bag.
City Hall
BUILDINGS BLUNDER AT SITE OF MASSIVE QUEENS BLAZE
Sajan P. Kuriakos |
Records show that extensive work was being done without permits at 153-01 Northern Boulevard, where a massive fire erupted several weeks ago.
FDNY
LAX ENFORCEMENT TO BLAME IN BED-STUY FIRE DEATH
Kathleen McGowan |
A fire that raced through a building in Bedford-Stuyvesant last week is a direct result of the city’s lax enforcement of dangerous maintenance problems.
FDNY
STATE TAKES BANK SHOT AT POOR
Kim Nauer |
A controversial new state banking policy may allow lenders to expand the definition of “low income” for their CRA report card.
