09 Oct 2006 Uncategorized RENOVATING A CASTLE:KINGSBRIDGE SHOWS HOW Residents rewrote development rules to bring life back to a grand old building. ByEileen Markey0Comments
25 Sep 2006 Economy EL BARRIO BUSINESS GROUP BACKING'MARQUETA INTERNACIONAL' CREATION Leaders promise the time has come for La Marqueta’s second, glorious, act. ByDorian Block0Comments
31 Jul 2006 Government Opinion SUPPORTING ATLANTIC YARDS:'SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH HOUSING IN BROOKLYN' The executive director of NY ACORN argues that the plan’s superior affordable housing provisions require citizens “to take yes for an answer.” ByBertha Lewis0Comments
05 Jun 2006 Uncategorized CHOPPING BRANCHES Four offices in low-income neighborhoods may close following J.P. Morgan Chase/Bank of New York deal. ByM. Ptacin0Comments
03 Apr 2006 Uncategorized MAYOR'S RACE Double Trouble: Black Mayors, Black Communities, and the Call for a Deep Democracy, by J. Phillip Thompson, III; Oxford University Press, $ 29.95. ByK.Angelova0Comments
13 Mar 2006 Uncategorized RESTORING THE RIGHT TO VOTE The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons by Elizabeth A. Hull; Temple University Press, $19.95. ByT. Adams0Comments
21 Feb 2006 Uncategorized FREEDOM OF SPEECH: EX-OFFENDERS LAUNCH THINK TANK OF THEIR OWN Criminal justice activist Eddie Ellis helps launch groundbreaking policy group. ByCurtis Stephen0Comments
23 Jan 2006 Uncategorized TRANSLATION BILL NIXED Mayor Bloomberg vetoes Education Equity Act, a bill aimed at providing better translation services for parents of public school children. ByC. Feldman0Comments
01 Nov 2005 Uncategorized Saying, Not Showing We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities after 9/11 By Tram Nguyen, with a foreward by Edwidge Danticat, Beacon Press, $14 ByDebbie Nathan0Comments
19 Aug 2005 Uncategorized Voting by Moxie Half the city’s immigrant population can’t legally vote, but that hasn’t kept them from taking part in politics. How the newest New Yorkers are drawing the eye of savvy politicians. ByCity Limits0Comments