In a city that is only one-third non-Hispanic white, only a third of the creative workforce is made up with blacks, Latinos and Asians. What’s keeping the art scene from looking more like the rest of New York?
It’s time to test your knowledge of the greatest city in the world. Join us for an evening of facts, fun and fierce competition to decide who is the ultimate UrbaNerd.
A look inside an alternative high school, where personalized learning serves kids who have been unable to succeed elsewhere.
Nearly 15 percent of public-school students are Asian yet fewer than 6 percent of teachers are. With growing evidence that students benefit from seeing teachers who share their background, there are calls for more effort to address barriers both cultural and practical.
Anna M. Kross broke gender barriers and charted new territory in making city jails humane. But the Rikers facility named in her honor is at the center of the city’s failure to honor her legacy in treating the mentally ill.
Critics target the city’s eight specialized schools for using a single test to determine who gets to enter. But other selective public high-schools use a confusing mix of admissions policies that raise their own questions about transparency and fairness.
As City Limits celebrates four decades of reporting, past leaders recount the sites that were central to the city they lived in and reported on.
In early February 1976, a newsletter was printed on yellow paper, stapled and sent out. The design was utilitarian. The writing was straightforward. The name across the top was ‘City Limits.’
Faith leaders write that they are praying for the governor and mayor to come together on a massive supportive-housing initiative to continue a successful policy effort that began when another Cuomo and a different mayor found common ground.
As President Obama and world leaders meet to try to hammer out a binding agreement to lower carbon emissions, here is the local angle on global warming.
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