Top News Stories
Reading The Political Tea Leaves Of Harlem's State Senate Race
Will charter schools, the age difference between the candidates and Harlem's changing racial and income demographics determine the outcome of the race between Bill Perkins and Basil Smikle?
DOJ: 4 NYS Prisons Among Nation's Most Sexually Abusive
New York State has four of the 11 prisons and jails found in a sample to have the highest rates of staff-inmate sexual misconduct.
Bloomberg Deputy's Legacy, From Yankee Stadium To Hudson Yards
Nearly three years after Mayor Bloomberg's powerful deputy mayor and development czar Dan Doctoroff left City Hall, we check in on some of the major—and controversial—projects launched during his tenure.
Iraq: The Five Boroughs' Toll
As President Obama prepares to address the nation on the end of combat operations in Iraq, a look at the 64 city residents who perished in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
We Won Race To The Top Money. Now What?
One thing that is clear, and of concern to many advocates and educators, is that the money isn’t going to particular school based-programs.
City Limits' Special Issue in 2008 covered the rebuilding efforts of New Orleans.
City Conversations
City Should Be Cautious About Synthetic Turf
Our athletic fields must be safe and must not adversely impact the health of those using them, says the chair of NYC's Parks and Recreation Committee.9-11 Family Member: Core Beliefs Frame Mosque Debate
Koch: Let's Be Calm Now
Environment & Health
NYC Food Pantries Going Green
Local Produce Link enables food pantries to get the same locally grown, farm fresh, and sometimes organic produce as posh Manhattan restaurants.A Tale Of Two Bodegas
Five East Harlem residents and five Upper East Side residents talk about how accessible fresh produce is in their respective neighborhoods. City Expands East River & Long Island Sound Cleanup Effort
Sewage, Cement And Staten Island's Future
Projects to upgrade a sewage plant and construct a cement facility open the next chapter in a complex—and controversial—industrial history. 
Artists: City Enforces Rule Even After Court Injunction
Despite the issuance of court orders temporarily restraining the city from enforcing rules that curtail art vending in four city parks, parks department officials have continued to try to enforce them, artists say.By Lauren Raheja
Government
NYC's Fake Grass Gamble: A $300M Mistake?
In 1998, New York City began installing synthetic turf fields in parks and playgrounds, saying the artificial material would be more durable than grass. But a City Limits investigation finds that many turf fields are falling apart, including this one at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
"Enemies" of Reform Question Koch's Agenda, Style
Citizens Can Weigh In On Term Limits, Other Charter Changes
The Campaign Finance Board is collecting pro and con statements on the two ballot questions proposed by the Charter Revision Commission. Learn how to offer your two cents.
Surf's Up, Ferry's Down: The Rockaways' Transit Troubles
The peninsula's long journey out of the economic devastation will be challenged—but, some residents insist, not stopped—by cuts to ferry service and increases in bridge tolls.
Neighborhood Advocates See Push For Power Blocked
This fall, voters will decide on a minor change to rules governing the location of sewage plants and garbage stations. But environmental advocates and community planners wanted more.
Progress Derailed: The Cause & Effect Of NYC's Transit Funding Crisis
Everyone who rides buses or subways knows that service is down and fares are heading up. But why is this happening? And does it spell danger for the city's economic future?
Justice
Violent Crime Wave: Is It The Heat? Is It A Wave?
The murder rate is up and there was a spate of shootings over the weekend. What's behind the increase in violence?
Immigrant's Choice: Family Separation Or Child Mutilation
Some deportees must choose whether to leave their citizen children behind or bring them back to the ancestral land. That choice is even harder when genital mutilation is a threat.
Overhauling New York City Juvenile Justice
Two city agencies are working to reform the city's juvenile justice system, partly by putting more troubled kids into community-based programs and counseling.
Arts & Culture
NYC Continues Efforts To Curtail Art Vending In Public Parks
The city and local artists are battling in court over rules that would reduce by more than 75 percent the number of artists selling their work in Union Square Park, Central Park and other parks.
Queens Mariachi Player Keeps Tradition Alive
If you’ve seen mariachi music on the Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien or any other television show, you’ve probably seen its ubiquitous ambassador, Ramon Ponce.
El Museo del Barrio Exhibits '60s Guerilla Artist
Puerto Rican-American artist Rafael Ferrer staged guerilla art actions in New York City and Philadelphia during the 1960s and now sculpts and paints.
Bronx Museum Revisits The Civil Rights Movement
Two exhibits at the Bronx Museum of the Arts explore the civil rights movement -- one though iconic and obscure documentary photos, the other through contemporary multi-media produced by artists born after the movement.
Housing
Nonprofit Eyeing Distressed Buildings Faces Tenant Resistance
Hope Community LDC wants to purchase 47 East Harlem buildings out of foreclosure. But a tenant organization has raised questions about the would-be buyer's past record.
When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?
NYCHA's using community input to plan for what to build after three public housing towers are demolished. But the plan means a loss of public housing, and it confronts deep distrust from some tenants.
A Poster Child For Poverty In Harlem Speaks Back
John Yant and his family were featured in the 1969 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit "Harlem on My Mind." Here he describes how it feels to become a representation of poverty.
HUD Listens To Housing Activists' PETRA Worries
Public housing advocates aiming to influence the direction of a seismic policy shift HUD proposed in May say they see some signs that the department is receptive to their recommendations.
New York Communities Take on Foreclosures
A commentary from Nation Magazine editor Katrina vanden Heuvel highlights the foreclosure problem in New York City.
Agencies Almost Always Have The Last Word
Courts have little power to overturn decisions by agency hearing officers — as two evicted public housing tenants recently learned.
New York's Recovery Is Stronger Than Nation's, But Still Uneven
New York City has weathered the recession far better than was feared during the financial crisis, but outside of Manhattan the view is often bleaker.
One Simple Path To A Degree
This article examines a proposal by a California state legislator that would require community colleges to provide students with a clear path on how to acquire their degree.
New Bronx Resource Guide for Family Caregivers
The Office of Community Health at Montefiore Medical Center has just released "Caring for Yourself While Caregiving," a new resource guide for Bronx-based family caregivers. Available in English and Spanish, the guide provides 32 pages of helpful, low-cost resources in six unique categories for people caring for an aging parent, spouse, partner, elderly relative, child with an illness or disability, or another person close to them. To order a copy, call (718) 920-6576 or email PCareSupport@montefiore.org.
100,000 Homes for 100,000 Vulnerable Americans
Invisiblepeople.tv's Mark Horvath posts the following article on the launch of the "100,000 Homes Campaign", organized by Common Ground.
Will The Gowanus Ever Be Cleaned Up
For nearly a year, residents, politicians, businesspeople and others battled over the EPA’s consideration of the 1.8-mile waterway for a Superfund listing.
Bronx Economic Czar Marlene Cintron Hits the Pavement To Encourage Investing In The Bronx
Marlene Cintron, President of the BOEDC, Helps Promote Owner Occupied Communities in The Bronx by Participating in Grand Concourse/Mosholu Art-Deco Co-op Trolley Tour and Sees a Bright Future For the Borough
Court Upholds Columbia Campus Expansion
Columbia University's use of eminent domain to build an additional campus in West Harlem is upheld by The New York State Court of Appeals
New York Looks to Board High Speed Rail
This article from the Gotham Gazette takes a look at the possibility for federal funding of high-speed rail initiatives that could connect New York City to other cities throughout the state.
Crown Heights Community Mediation Center
The Mediation Center is a unique neighborhood institution that works to improve community problem-solving, collaboration, and inter-group relations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Operating out of our storefront offices since 1998, the Mediation Center seeks innovative ways to promote community cohesion in our neighborhood, known for fragmentation. This includes providing residents with links to resources on issues like education, parenting, housing, and immigration; providing support to young people navigating the challenges of a community tainted by violence, drugs, and poverty; and galvanizing neighborhood, borough, and city stakeholders in order to improve the quality of life for all residents.
NY Convergence
NY Convergence, the only online news site exclusively covering digital media and tech industry developments throughout New York is now in beta. Content, updated throughout each day, is available via daily e-newsletter, Twitter, iPhone, Facebook, RSS and widget. Queries and feedback welcome:tips@nyconvergence.com.
The Bronx is Kickin'
A blog on soccer in New York City, and my time as a volunteer with South Bronx United.
nybefore6.com
A guide to daytime, weekday jazz and classical concerts and other cultural events in Manhattan.
Kenmore Hall Courier
A tenant blog for a Chelsea, NY S.R.O. This S.R.O. had a terrible reputation before new management took over; despite improvements, conditions are still far from ideal.
NYC You Are Here
Concert, Movie, and Book Reviews. Music and art Happenings around NYC.
Ditmas Park Blog
A blog about the neighborhood of Ditmas Park.
Hawthorne Street Blog
A blog about the neighborhood of Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Brooklynology
Brooklynology is one of the ways Brooklyn public Library's Brooklyn Collection shares the wealth of its collections with the public. It's a great place to announce new acquisitions and programs, follow up on an enthusiasm, or point out something we think is hilariously funny.
New York Herald
Arts, Culture, Dining, Neighborhood News centering around Williamsburg/Greenpoint.
