20 Apr 2009 Economy Mom-and-Pop Cafes Gird For More City Regulation How will small restaurateurs fare under the next round of rules about allergies, inspections and signage? ByMike Reicher0Comments
09 Feb 2009 Economy Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Working For A Safer Spring In Brownsville In an area where shootings and deaths are too common, a coalition has formed to draw attention to the problem, and find solutions. ByNekoro Gomes0Comments
05 Jan 2009 Economy Government Housing and Homelessness All Together Now: Toward A Better Land Use Process An expert in local “progressive community-based planning” explains what that means and how to do it. ByNicholas Jahr0Comments
05 Jan 2009 Economy Housing and Homelessness Get Up, Stand Up: Council Ranked On Human Rights A new report looks well beyond potholes and street names to grade City Council members on their support for human rights. ByJarrett Murphy0Comments
20 Oct 2008 Economy Education Housing and Homelessness State Senate Power May Hinge On Queens Contests Democrats’ hopes to take control of the legislature’s upper house — in 2008 and potentially for decades beyond — hangs in the balance of three races in the city. ByJarrett Murphy0Comments
21 Jul 2008 Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Maybe Beloved Shops Don't Have To Disappear A range of ideas is proffered to stall the trend of older businesses’ extinction – though it could be too late for one block in Chelsea. ByNicholas Jahr0Comments
11 Feb 2008 Economy Fresh Greens Or Grandeur May Come To Fort Greene Come next month, the quietly decaying Admiral’s Row may round a bend toward some kind of redevelopment. ByAbraham Paulos0Comments
21 Jan 2008 Economy Government Raise Taxes, Slap A Fee, Anything To Urge Housing With tens of thousands of New Yorkers homeless or insecure in their housing, some housing activists are itching with impatience at vacant lots. ByJarrett Murphy0Comments
05 Mar 2007 Economy Housing and Homelessness CITY BLOCKS LIKE SHOPPING MALLS A new book helps make sense of un-cosmopolitan currents washing over Gotham. ByDavid Giles0Comments
29 Jan 2007 Economy HELPING CLEAR A PATHFROM PRISON TO WORK Let’s make it worth employers’ financial while to hire formerly incarcerated people, says a member of City Council. ByRay Hainer0Comments