May 2003

Cover Story: Invisible Men. Meet the muscle behind New York's new wave of affordable housing. With low pay, no benefits and no respect, construction workers are paying for our homes, by Annia Ciezadlo. Other stories include Geoffrey Gray on the constant moving of AIDS SRO tenants on a month-to-month basis; Matt Pacenza and Priya Khatkhate on the need for rent laws at Mitchell-Lama housing; Ruth Ford on a lawsuit against the Parks Department for discrimination; Hilary Russ on credit card companies canceling the cards of Muslim New Yorkers; Malcolm Venable on whether other congregations will follow the lead of two black churches preaching in praise of gay members; Bill Roundy's book review of "The Murdering of My Years: Artists and Activists Making Ends Meet," edited by Mickey Z.; and more.

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