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Why Not Ease Up On Stop and Frisk?

Critics of police policy say stopping half a million mostly innocent New Yorkers takes too steep a toll on freedom and dignity. With crime way down, now’s the time to…

ByKesi Bem Foster 0Comments

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Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Saving Public Housing By Building Anew

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,…

ByRoy Strickland 0Comments

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Mourning the Choices That Might Have Been

One of the city’s poverty fighters wishes the people she works for, and with, had a better chance to realize their potential.

ByJudith Rubenstein 0Comments

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Government Housing and Homelessness

What The High Line's Success Can Teach Us

Savvy and serendipity played a big part in the realization of this long-awaited park. But the project’s success contains lessons for other public efforts of every kind.

ByKaren Loew 0Comments

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Counterproductive Cuts: Budget Takes Us Backward

Human services nonprofits and their clients — already a vulnerable group — have already absorbed more than enough budget austerity.

ByNancy Wackstein 0Comments

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Government In Depth

Build The Strong Bones Of A City Food System

Federal stimulus money is providing food stamp recipients more money to spend – on french fries or fresh veggies?

ByNevin Cohen 0Comments

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The Criminalization Of Everyday Life

Are anyone’s days entirely free of “offenses” that can get you arrested?

ByRobert Neuwirth 0Comments

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Economy Housing and Homelessness

Budget Backfire: Cuts On the Needy Won't Help

A raft of painful funding reductions is not the best way out of the state’s budget crisis.

ByRon Deutsch and Mary Brosnahan 0Comments

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Who's Afraid Of A Peaceful Biker?

A spontaneous evening goes awry, leaving skid marks on this cyclist’s view of his city.

ByStuart Post 0Comments

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BALANCE THE BUDGET AND AUGMENT THE SAFETY NET

A leading anti-poverty advocate insists that poor and low-income working families not bear the brunt of budget cuts.

ByDavid R. Jones 0Comments