December 2001

Cover Story: Crumble in the Bronx, Recovering from a management meltdown, Banana Kelly faces its biggest challenge yet: Winning back the trust of the people it works for, by Robin Le Baron. Other stories include Matthew Strozier on the fight to save affordable housing in Stamford; Hillary Russ on organizers' changed priorities after September 11; Linda Ocasio on the benefits enjoyed by aspiring young construction workers thanks to school building in New Jersey; Beverly Cheuvront on the beneficial changes made in the Times Square Hotel, along with a model of what can be done for the future of supportive housing in New York; Matt Pacenza on the predatory loans haunting poor homeowners; Keith Kloor on the abandonment of prior plans to develop the outer boroughs after the 9/11 attacks; Michael Hirsch's book review of "The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York; Alyssa Katz on the troubles of city nonprofits that go back decades before September 11; and more.

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