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On Feb. 26, 1988, members of a drug gang murdered a 22-year-old rookie police of?cer named Edward Byrne, who was sitting guard in a patrol car outside the home of…

BySean Gardiner 3Comments

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Jul 2007

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Water Pressure Part I: The Pipe Facing the challenge of New York's endless sewage spill

City Limits investigates the extensive problem of untreated wastewater and raw sewage in New York City waterways.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2007

Housing and Homelessness

Redrawing the 421-A Formula For Tax Breaks and Housing

Developers will still get tax breaks for building housing in NYC, but with more strings attached.

ByJillian Jonas 0Comments

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Jun 2007

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Tenants With Asthma Fight to Breathe Easy

Tenants and organizers want home-based sources of asthma irritation – like roaches and mold – to be granted more enforcement power by the city.

ByKate Pastor 0Comments

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Jun 2007

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New Activities Needed For Thousands of Kids

More than 100 afterschool programs aren’t funded for next year.

ByRob Fischer 0Comments

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Aug 2005

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Cruel to be Kind

For two decades, the city housed any family that sought shelter. Now it says solving homelessness means turning some people away.

ByCassi Feldman 0Comments

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Aug 2004

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Making Rent

While Washington attacks vouchers aiding poor tenants, New York City is launching an ambitious–and expensive–new housing subsidy of its own.

ByCassi Feldman 0Comments

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Nov 2003

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Miracle on 33rd Street

This holiday season, more than 200,000 letters from poor New Yorkers will plead with Santa Claus for toys, clothes, even school supplies. But how many will get what they wish…