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TO THE EDITOR

For some environmental justice activists and other community residents in the South Bronx, the verdict on the Sheridan Expressway is not yet in [“An End To The Road To Nowhere,”…

ByJaime Rivera and Marian Feinberg 0Comments

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Housing and Homelessness

CITY SEEKS VOLUNTEERS TO DEVELOP CHEAP SLOPE HOMES

An effort to rezone part of Park Slope for affordable housing died last week when the mayor and City Council instead agreed to set aside subsidies for low-cost apartments —…

ByCarolyn Bigda 0Comments

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KEEP ON TRUCKIN'?

The city is kicking off a study of truck routes, a move that advocates have clamored for since the late 1990s.

ByK. Wright 0Comments

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LEGAL CLIMAX

Supporters of a decade-long legal war to force the state to give more to public education are marching from New York to Albany for the final battle.

ByK. Wright 0Comments

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ROT IN THE CITY

In its quest to find cheaper ways to get rid of the city’s trash, the Bloomberg administration is investing in a study which could revolutionize garbage disposal in the five…

ByTess Taylor 0Comments

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IMAGE MAKEOVER

The mayor’s office is launching a campaign to make foster parenting attractive in “high need” neighborhoods.

ByK. Wright 0Comments

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DIRTY DUMP

Pennsylvania has shut down a landfill that takes 10 percent of New York’s garbage.

ByK. Wright 0Comments

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UNFAIR HOUSING: NEW YORK LOSES A BIAS WATCHDOG

As officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development celebrate 35 years of fighting housing discrimination this month, the city’s headquarters for investigating fair housing has lost its funding…

ByMarley Seaman 0Comments

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VENDING REFORM

The Bloomberg administration agrees with Council members who say vendor licensing rules are in dire need of an update.

ByK. Wright 0Comments

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APPLICATION APPROVED

Regulators have approved HSBC’s purchase of Household International–predatory lending’s poster child.

ByK. Wright 0Comments