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The 13-year-old was a middle school student. He lived in Washington Heights. He wrote in his journal that he wanted to die by putting a plastic bag over his head.…

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Tough Love In The Big City

For young people born without that proverbial silver Spoon in their mouths, New York City has never been An easy place to grow up. It’s a tough love kind of…

ByE.R. Shipp 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Investigations

The North Shore Traces A Toxic Legacy

Once, 170 years ago, there was a factory on Staten Island, and the factory made lead. Some of the lead got into the ground. In the 1920s the factory caught…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Apr 2010

ARTS and CULTURE

Mentally Ill On Hold After Ruling

The state’s appeal of a federal court decision on housing for the mentally ill has residents and advocates in limbo.

ByJoscelyn Jurich 0Comments

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Jan 2010

Uncategorized

Activists Push For New Senate Housing Chair

It’s a new year, and a compromised moment for the controversial Senator Pedro Espada. Affordable housing advocates are agitating to replace him with a champion.

ByKaren Loew 0Comments

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Aug 2009

Justice

The World's Religions Meet In The Hospital

Health care providers are availing themselves of new tools to increase their cross-cultural sensitivity.

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Serving Our Elders: Seniors' Leader Sets Goals

At the half-year mark of her new commissionership, Department for the Aging chief Lilliam Barrios-Paoli sits down for a Q&A.

ByNekoro Gomes 0Comments

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Aug 2009

Justice

AIDS Activists Seek Gains Amid High Infection Rate

With HIV spreading especially fast among young black men, advocates press for better treatment for communities of color in housing, corrections and immigrants’ services.

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Jun 2009

ARTS and CULTURE Justice