New York City Literature Archives

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” We propose a new hybrid financing model that would combine a land value tax (LVT) and community land trusts (CLTs) to address New York’s changing fiscal environment as well…

ByJohn Choe

ByMarty Rowland 2Comments

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Jun 2012

ARTS and CULTURE Education Government Investigations

World's Greatest Novels—Not At Your Local Library?

A trip to six Brooklyn branch libraries in low-income neighborhoods found that many classic novels are not on the shelves. As budgets tighten and many readers go digital, do these…

ByCandace Amos 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Government Opinion

Governing With 'Class': Politics The Bloomberg Way

A new book argues that the popular image of Mike Bloomberg as a post-ideological mayor misses the profound way he has reshaped New York for the benefit of the corporate…

ByJulian Brash 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Education Opinion

Report From Lockdown High: Fear Vs. Facts On School Safety

An excerpt from a new book arguing that “punitive, zero tolerance strategies”—from metal detectors to clothing bans—aren’t as effective as their popularity suggests.

ByAnnette Fuentes 0Comments

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Sep 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Economy

From ‘Fun City’ to Crisis State: John Lindsay and Hugh Carey

Two new books explore the legacies of a former mayor whom history maligned and a governor whose role has been all but forgotten.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Uncategorized

Reviews: A City on Fire

The Fires By Joe Flood, 325 pp. Riverhead Books. $26.95In 1961, President Kennedy hired Robert S. McNamara away from his job as president of the Ford Motor Company to,…

ByDavid Alm 0Comments

06

Nov 2009

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth

Becoming a Deejay, Leaving the P-J's

Life is tough in the projects and on the streets, but leavened with music and friendship in this crop of new city books.

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Aug 2009

Government

Segregated and 'Adequate' Or Equal and Excellent?

Four professors studied urban schools and interviewed students about their experiences. A new book presents what they learned.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Economy Government

The Long Road Of A Creative Civic Servant

The policy innovations of city government and nonprofit fixture Herb Sturz over half a century form the basis for a book that’s both a biography and modern history.