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Life in the Towers: 'I'm Tired Of Ducking Bullets'

Ebone Ryals, a resident at the Towers for many decades, helps Janey and Letitia plant. Photo by: Hannah Rappleye A day at River Park Towers reveals a lot about what low-income New…

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ARTS and CULTURE

Pot Smoke, Dead Elevators & Killer Paint: Life in the Towers

On a warm Saturday morning a few weeks ago, a group of older tenants at the River Park Towers in Morris Heights, a neighborhood in the South Bronx, set up…

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Poll: New Yorkers Fear Becoming Homeless

A study released today by the Institute for Children and Poverty, a research and advocacy organization, finds homelessness is a major factor in the lives of New Yorkers. A third…

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Economy

After The Quake, Rebuilding Haiti From Brooklyn

The donation drives and telethons might be over, but local foundations and Haitian groups are just beginning their work to help the country and its people rebuild.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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A Push To Lodge Homeless In Vacant Buildings

Hundreds of NYC’s luxury residential developments are vacant. Advocates want them opened to the homeless.

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Justice

Budget Deficit Threatens Teen Sex Worker Safe Harbor

New York has fundamentally changed the way it treats underage sex workers, replacing jail time with social services–if Albany can afford them.

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Government

Bronx Activist Aims To Unseat Weakened Espada

An activist’s bid to unseat State Sen. Pedro Espada may have just gotten a boost, but still faces plenty of challenges.

ByNick Judd 0Comments

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Welfare Reformer Becomes City Homeless Commissioner

Advocates for the poor and homeless fear he’ll enforce harsh consequences on those who don’t shape up.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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