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Friday marks 32 years since the Happy Land Social Club fire in The Bronx killed 87 people. In the aftermath of the tragedy, a neighborhood soccer league became “a lifesaver…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2014

Housing and Homelessness

For Sunset Park, Proposed BRT Routes Could Help Foster Jobs

After a campaign pledge by Mayor de Blasio, a report suggests eight new bus routes around the city that would help fulfill it.

ByNorman Oder 0Comments

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Mar 2013

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Top Issue in Brownsville: Fear of the Teens, Fear for the Teens

Ask people on Blake Avenue what’s their No. 1 campaign concern, and they’ll say “crime.” But their worry seems to be less about violence and more about whether young people…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

12

Dec 2011

Housing and Homelessness

City, AIDS Activists Clash Over Fees

Advocates say a Bloomberg administration reduction of brokers’ fees paid under an HIV/AIDS housing program has made life harder for HIV-positive clients.

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Sep 2011

Government Housing and Homelessness

Bloomberg Housing Plan Hits Milestones, Obstacles

The mayor’s ambitious affordable housing initiative is three-quarters to completion. But reshaped by fiscal woes, complicated by other city policies and often outgunned by the private market, what will the…

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Jul 2011

Economy Government

One Woman's Plan to Beat Poverty

Beverly Davis has a full-time job, a family she supports and a college course to complete. She has plans to become a police officer. Public benefits are essential to her…

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Justice

Homelessness Strikes More NYC Children

The recession pushed an alarming number of New York City families, many of them with children, into homelessness in 2009, according to a new report by Citizen's Committee for Children.…