Government
For White Marijuana Users, Odds Of Arrest Low
Albert Samaha |
While police crackdown on drug deals in mostly minority neighborhoods, the drug trade among whites in New York City operates with relative impunity.
Economy
Small Businesses On The Edge In Bay Ridge
Melanie Lefkowitz |
In an excerpt from the City Limits magazine investigation of small businesses in New York, a look at the holdouts along increasingly chain-ganged 86th Street.
Government
Cuomo Housing Plan Praised, Parsed
Eileen Markey |
The economic crisis that dominates campaign 2010 began in the housing market. So what are the gubernatorial candidates—especially frontrunner Andrew Cuomo—saying to owners, tenants and landlords?
Bronx
HPD Commish 'Shocked' At Buildings In Multimillion-Dollar Deal
Eileen Markey |
The city is cracking down on the owners of Bronx properties at the center of citywide concerns about what will happen to apartment buildings scarred by foreclosure.
Economy
The Holdouts
Melanie Lefkowitz |
“If it doesn’t start doing something soon, I’m going to be out of business after 26 years.”
Economy
The Life And Death Of The Mom-n-Pop
City Limits |
Small businesses help make New York’s neighborhoods. But as the next issue of City Limits reports, economic trends and policy decisions are threatening their survival.
Bronx
No Sign Of Mayor's Promised Antipoverty 'Zones'
Helen Zelon |
A year ago the mayor said he’d launch Harlem Children’s Zone-style programs in Brooklyn and the Bronx. But as the Obama administration funds a similar initiative, the city has yet to move.
Education
Queens Race Defies Narrative Of Gay Rights, Reform
Jarrett Murphy |
Coverage of the matchup between Sen. Shirley Huntley and Challenger Lynn Nunes revolves around gay rights. But hospital closings, foreclosures and flooding are the issues closer to the district.
Bronx
Reading The Political Tea Leaves Of Harlem's State Senate Race
Kelly Virella |
Will charter schools, the age difference between the candidates and Harlem’s changing racial and income demographics determine the outcome of the race between Bill Perkins and Basil Smikle?
Bronx
Bloomberg Deputy's Legacy, From Yankee Stadium To Hudson Yards
Neil deMause |
Nearly three years after Mayor Bloomberg’s powerful deputy mayor and development czar Dan Doctoroff left City Hall, we check in on some of the major—and controversial—projects launched during his tenure.
