Economy
Violent Crime Wave: Is It The Heat? Is It A Wave?
Jarrett Murphy |
The murder rate went up this summer. What’s behind the increase in violence?
Economy
Progress Derailed: The Cause & Effect Of NYC's Transit Funding Crisis
Jake Mooney |
Everyone who rides buses or subways knows that service is down and fares are heading up. But why is this happening? And does it spell danger for the city’s economic future?
Government
Labor Union, Thomson Reuters Go Head-to-Head Over Subsidy
Neil deMause |
Thomson Reuters, the news-and-information-services giant wants $24 million in sales tax breaks on office and building materials. The Newspaper Guild says the company doesn’t deserve it.
Bronx
State Education Test Scores Take Nosedive
Kelly Virella |
Elementary and middle school students statewide scored far worse this year on their annual state math and English exams. For New York City, it was the first year-to-year decline in at least four years.
News
Electric Car Infrastructure Coming To NYC
Chris Giblin |
New York got its first public charging station for electric cars earlier this month. More are coming, as industry analysts predict that soon the country will be demanding the cars.
In Depth
Farmers' Markets, CSAs Struggle To Get Food Stamp Customers
Neil deMause |
Innovative city programs have increased the number of low-income shoppers getting access to locally grown produce. But technology and upfront costs remain a barrier for many.
News
City Begins Gowanus Canal Cleanup
Kelly Virella |
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection reached its first milestone in its efforts to clean up the Gowanus Canal Monday, when it shut down for repairs the 100-year-old tunnel designed to aerate and deodorize the smelly, polluted waterway.
Bronx
Call To Charter Commission: Do More
Jarrett Murphy |
At a hearing in Brooklyn, people called on the charter revision commission to take on a wider range of issues–from lulus to land-use–than its staff has targeted.
News
A Score Of Companies Could Share Bill For Gowanus Cleanup
Kieran K. Meadows and Mike Reicher |
The Brooklyn canal’s Superfund designation has triggered a hunt for the corporations responsible for more than a century of pollution.
Government
Charter Panel Wrestles With Agenda
Jarrett Murphy |
Some members of the Charter Revision Commission disagreed pointedly with the panel’s own staff over what changes to city government are worth contemplating before a November vote.
