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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

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Dec 2011

Economy

Washington Heights Sees White-Collar Boom

Lured by low rents, corporations are seeking space in Northern Manhattan. The trend has complex implications for existing small businesses and nearby residents who are unemployed.

ByCharu Sudan Kasturi 0Comments

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Dec 2011

Education

Flat Gains on U.S. Tests Clash with Picture of Progress in NYC

New York school officials claim city students are making consistent gains, even in the face of national scores that suggest little progress over the past two years.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Nov 2011

Justice

From Tix-Fix to Pepper-Spray, NYPD Discipline in Spotlight

Indictments in the Bronx, scuffles on Wall Street, cops charged with planting drugs and running guns. The NYPD is getting a lot of bad press these days. But calls for…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2011

Education

2 Schools, 1 Space: Scars Linger from Controversy on Adelphi Street

The elementary school and the middle school shared a building without strife. But when one school felt compelled to grow, tensions arose around race, class and space.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Oct 2011

Housing and Homelessness

Cuts Cripple Housing Assistance Network in Inwood, Washington Heights

Residents looking for help with housing disputes must line up as early as 3 a.m to get assistance from cash-strapped community organizations in particularly vulnerable northern Manhattan neighborhoods.

ByCharu Sudan Kasturi 0Comments

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

Washington Heights Sees White-Collar Boom

Flat Gains on U.S. Tests Clash with Picture of Progress in NYC

From Tix-Fix to Pepper-Spray, NYPD Discipline in Spotlight

2 Schools, 1 Space: Scars Linger from Controversy on Adelphi Street

Cuts Cripple Housing Assistance Network in Inwood, Washington Heights

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