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Check Cashers Get New Respect

Lakeisha Williams has a bank account. That doesn't mean she always uses it. The home health aide from West Harlem sometimes can't wait the few days it takes for her…

ByPatrick Egan 0Comments

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Poll: New Yorkers Fear Becoming Homeless

A study released today by the Institute for Children and Poverty, a research and advocacy organization, finds homelessness is a major factor in the lives of New Yorkers. A third…

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Government Housing and Homelessness

Saga Of The Worthless Condo

A developer broke the rules, the city belatedly cracked down and dozens of Brooklyn families own property with no legal right to exist.

ByJoe Walker 0Comments

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Housing and Homelessness

Banks Redline Minority Communities Again

Communities of color were flooded with mortgages and home equity loans in the first half of the decade. Not anymore, according to a new study.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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A Push To Lodge Homeless In Vacant Buildings

Hundreds of NYC’s luxury residential developments are vacant. Advocates want them opened to the homeless.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Asthma In New York: Old News, New Battles

Fights over congestion pricing and the city’s sanitation strategy have receded from the headlines. But in North Brooklyn, worry is still in the air.

ByRachel Stern 1Comment

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Housing and Homelessness

New Path To Foreclosure — Delinquent Water Bills

The City Council ponders how DEP can collect payments without leading homeowners to foreclosure.

ByKelly Virella 1Comment

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Education Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Some Harlem Residents Balk At Charter School Plan

The Harlem Children’s Zone wants to launch a school at a public housing development. But some tenants worry that their children’s needs won’t be met.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Housing and Homelessness

HPD: Prevent Cycle Of Foreclosure & Displacement

The city steps in, hoping to rescue 10 Bronx buildings laid low by overambitious investors, potentially establishing a model for rescuing others.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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How to Survive in New York On $0 A Day

Amid crisis-level black unemployment, government benefits, family support and off-the-books labor help make ends meet.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments