The latest front in the war against predatory lenders is the green lawns of Long Island, as busloads of ACORN protesters picket the homes of banking execs.
As banks reinvent themselves with mega-mergers, community developers worry what the new financial order will bring. Could the fall of neighborhood banks bring neighborhoods down, too?
Mariners Harbor was supposed to make Staten Island a manufacturing mecca. But by hunting for headlines instead of plans that create jobs, city officials are squandering the borough’s big chance.
At 25, Dushaw Hockett is the fresh young face at the head of the New York City Public Housing Resident Alliance, organizing tenants in the projects he grew up in.
Where foundations traditionally put minority communities on the receiving end of their support, three budding New York endowments are counting on successful African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans to put…
Palm trees, surf and endless summers aren’t the only reasons to envy La-La Land. Some of its urban policies aren’t bad, either. From a thriving manufacturing sector to a living-wage…