When Maria Jay-Vega came to New York in the early 1980s, she couldn’t understand English–or why the Board of Education was trying to put her son in Special Ed. Now…
A group of Bronx tenants can make a federal case out of their lawsuit alleging the city does a better job of housing code enforcement in white neighobhroods.
Some pundits say the influence of political action committees is waning. But in New York, where the perception of power is as important as the real thing, a player without…
A City Limits analysis of mayoral candidate Ferbando Ferrer’s campaign filings shows $20,000 in campaign support from the city’s top landlord lobbying group since 1994.
A book review of Children, Race and Power: Kenneth and Mamie Clark’s Northside Center by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner University Press of Virginia, 1996, 258 pages, $29.95.
Sure, the landlord lobby loves Republicans. But wait till you hear their plan to turn New York City’s Democratic legislators into pawns in the rent-regulation endgame.
