Almost 20 years after the “broken windows” theory was first published, the idea that cracking down on small crimes makes cities safer has become gospel. But no one has any…
When young adults outgrow foster care, the city gives them a few words of wisdom and $750. A private mentoring program keeps some out of poverty and homelessness, but will…
By 2003, private developers will transform a Bronx municipal landfill into a world-class golf course. Now the project’s neighbors are demanding to know what lies beneath Ferry Point Park.
Deciding to become a community organizer used to mean post-college purgatory. Now it’s a lifelong profession. City Limits examines 15 organizing schools that prep tomorrow’s rabble-rousers.
Eight years of Giuliani is enough to turn anyone into a would-be urban planner. But as the new slew of candidates takes on the city’s toughest choices, they may regret…
With newscaster Felipe Luciano running for City Council in East Harlem this year, leaders in El Barrio thought they had a chance to win the district. Rifts within the community…
