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A new city plan addressing competing claims on New York’s coastline draws praise. But there’s still plenty of debate over the details, especially over the risks that come with waterfront…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Government

Census: Whites Decline In Bronx, Asians Soar In Brooklyn

The decennial Census finds that the Bronx grew twice as much as Brooklyn, that blacks fled Manhattan but arrived in Staten Island, and that New York City is smaller than…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Government Housing and Homelessness

Critics Of Homeless Program Fight To Save It

Advocates for the homeless have long criticized the Bloomberg administration’s approach to getting people out of shelters. But with the state threatening to end funding for the program, most advocates…

ByDiana Scholl 1Comment

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Mar 2011

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Living On The Edge: East New York & Bay Ridge Go Off Script

Chapter four of “Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand” visits East New York, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and other neighborhoods whose story over the past 20 years differs from the standard…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Mar 2011

ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness

Lunch At Junior's: Reputation & Reality In Today’s Brooklyn

What does it mean to be “Brooklyn”—and how has that changed as the borough went from not to hot? Chapter one of “Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand” visits a…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Housing and Homelessness

The Destination: The New History Of Brooklyn

In the final chapter of City Limits’ “Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand,” a look at whether recent economic and demographic changes have altered the fundamental character of the place.

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Housing and Homelessness

Finding The Borough Behind The Brand: Brooklyn Today

From Neil Simon to Spike Lee and the Dodgers to Jay-Z, Brooklyn has long enjoyed an international reputation. The new issue of City Limits magazine looks at how that rep…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Jan 2011

Government Housing and Homelessness