Bronx
How to Say 'HPD' In Yiddish or Yoruba
Matt Schwarzfeld |
In a polyglot city, public agencies struggle with exactly how multilingual they should be.
Bronx
Retail Workers Celebrate Million-Dollar Victory
Matt Schwarzfeld |
Will the organizing model that won back wages and overtime for shop employees have staying power?
Brooklyn
Trying To Make It Safer To Do A Dangerous Job
Jillian Jonas |
Too many construction workers are dying, say officials and industry leaders who are working for change.
Justice
If You Don't 'Get It,' You Might Not Get Benefits
Tram Whitehurst |
A survey of language translation services at city welfare offices finds obstacles for those with limited English skills.
Housing and Homelessness
Not Like It Used to Be: Teens Rally For 'Hood
Adam F. Hutton |
A Brooklyn youth group protests gentrification in Bushwick – and offers ideas for slowing down the changes.
Bronx
Tenants With Asthma Fight to Breathe Easy
Kate Pastor |
Tenants and organizers want home-based sources of asthma irritation – like roaches and mold – to be granted more enforcement power by the city.
Latino
Arrested Youths Demand Better Police Treatment
Adam F. Hutton |
A mass arrest in Brooklyn is leading the young people involved to work for substantive change in their relations with the police.
Manhattan
AN 'ACT' THAT MEANS ACTION:
HOUSING BILL REQUIRES REPAIRS
Jillian Jonas |
A new measure says if landlords don’t correct housing violations, the city will; meanwhile, some hope the state will follow suit and create a new kind of enforcement board.
Citywide
WAGING BITTER BATTLE
JUST TO GET PAID $6.75
Dorian Block |
Community groups are working to get state enforcement and employer accountability for workers receiving less than the minimum wage.
Latino
TRANSLATION BILL NIXED
C. Feldman |
Mayor Bloomberg vetoes Education Equity Act, a bill aimed at providing better translation services for parents of public school children.
