THE MAN OF THE HOURWe will find the money to do this because we can't afford not to.Geoffrey Canada strides to the lectern in the New York Sheraton's Grand Metropolitan…
The ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ plan has the policy world abuzz about the first major federal antipoverty effort in decades. But the effort has not yet been launched, and details are hard…
New York’s public housing has suffered years of federal divestment, putting its future viability in doubt. When a team of urban designers explored the Lower East Side projects’ open spaces,…
First tenants feared that investors who paid exorbitant prices for modest-rent buildings would evict tenants or cut services. Now they’re worried about what happens when those fears don’t materialize.
Mortgage companies, foreclosure counselors and government regulators disagree on the reasons why a federal program to help distressed homeowners is rescuing so few.
As the City Council takes up consideration of the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment plan, the developer and local pols are locked in a dispute that could derail the project.