November 2004

Cover Story: Speed Trap. Businesses can't compete without broadband internet – but thousands of New York City companies can't plug in. Here's what's short-circuiting them, and what we can do about it, by Jonathan Bowles. Other stories include Alyssa Katz on the fight of affordable housing developers looking to thrive in a brutal real estate market; Tess Taylor on the push for more areas of New York to share the load when it comes to getting rid of its trash; Rachel Blustain on residents finding jobs by finding themselves at a Bronx homeless shelter; Tracie McMillan on the extremely difficult process low wage earning New Yorkers have to go through to sign up for help; Michael Hudson's book review of "Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It" by Mindy Thompson Fullilove; and more.

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