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Chapter two of our Family Court investigation focuses on the courtrooms that handle custody and child support, where many people try to navigate complex legal lingo without a lawyer, and…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

'Vacated' Housing Full of Meaning for Brooklyn Nabes

A look at three buildings that the city once ordered vacated for safety reasons reveals the changing—and very different—fortunes of three Brooklyn neighborhoods.

ByRodrigo Carreno 0Comments

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Feb 2012

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Brooklyn's Got Change. Now It Needs Progress.

Detailed data confirm that today’s Brooklyn is different. An inclusive civic infrastructure is what’s needed to turn mere change into real progress.

ByMarilyn Gelber 0Comments

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Jan 2012

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Driving? Fuhgeddabout it! Brooklyn Stats Say Transit Rules

A new report paints the most detailed statistical picture ever of Brooklyn and its 18 community districts, and suggests residents today are less poor, better educated, paying more for housing…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2012

Economy Opinion

New U.S. Reality: A Permanent Class of Underemployed?

Optimistic statistics on job growth haven’t erased growing worries that a large segment of the American population is going to be cut off from steady employment.

ByDavid R. Jones 0Comments

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Jan 2012

Health Investigations Justice

Sales of HIV Meds Catch Lawmakers' Eyes

Prosecutors and legislators report an increase in illegal sales of HIV medication by people looking to feed their families or support drug habits. Will tougher criminal penalties slow the market?

ByDiane Jeantet 1Comment

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Jan 2012

Investigations Justice

NY Prisoners Counted Differently, But Still Not Voting

Now that they’ll be counted in their hometowns rather than where they’re incarcerated, state inmates could shift district lines. One thing neither they nor parollees can do, however, is vote.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2012

Government

Oakland: Federal Ammo Running Short for War on Crime

Oakland is a place where urban America is confronting two questions: Does the federal government know how to help fight local crime? Can it afford to?

ByAli Winston 1Comment

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Jan 2012

Government

Detroit: Beyond the Bailout, Immigration Is Key Issue

While many hands have shaped the good and bad of today’s Detroit, the impact of current federal policy is easy to spot.

BySandra Svoboda 0Comments

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Dec 2011

Education Investigations

Leasing Rules Eyed After Toxic School's Closure

When a Bronx school shut this summer because of contamination, parents of students who’d attended the site over the past two decades worried about their children’s health—and wondered why the…

ByJasmeet Sidhu and Bianca Consunji 0Comments

When Delays Dominate, Kids Lose

'Vacated' Housing Full of Meaning for Brooklyn Nabes

Brooklyn's Got Change. Now It Needs Progress.

Driving? Fuhgeddabout it! Brooklyn Stats Say Transit Rules

New U.S. Reality: A Permanent Class of Underemployed?

Sales of HIV Meds Catch Lawmakers' Eyes

NY Prisoners Counted Differently, But Still Not Voting

Oakland: Federal Ammo Running Short for War on Crime

Detroit: Beyond the Bailout, Immigration Is Key Issue

Leasing Rules Eyed After Toxic School's Closure

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