Food Trucks Give Restaurateurs Indigestion
The proliferation of falafel carts and other sidewalk food stands in Bay Ridge might make for tasty lunch options. But people who own brick-and-mortar restaurants say the mobile eateries represent unfair competition.
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FILED UNDER: NEWS
As City Plants Trees, Benefits—and Some Burdens—Grow
Driving? Fuhgeddabout it! Brooklyn Stats Say Transit Rules
Amid Court Fight, Formerly Homeless In Limbo
Brooklyn Donors Favor de Blasio
Sales of HIV Meds Catch Lawmakers' Eyes
The Economy 
Food Trucks Give Restaurateurs Indigestion
The proliferation of falafel carts and other sidewalk food stands in Bay Ridge might make for tasty lunch options. But people who own brick-and-mortar restaurants say the mobile eateries represent unfair competition. READ MORE»
Housing and Development
Amid Court Fight, Formerly Homeless In Limbo
The end of the Advantage subsidy program leaves advocates battling to salvage a policy they criticized, the city bracing for more demand for scarce shelter beds and low-income families wondering what comes next. READ MORE»
Government
Brooklyn Donors Favor de Blasio
Is it too early to be thinking about the 2013 municipal election? Of course! But that hasn’t stopped New York’s mayoral hopefuls from collecting half a million bucks in Brooklyn last year. Who got? Who gave? READ MORE»
Health and Environment
Green Cart Vendors Face Diet of Challenges
From competition with other carts and established businesses, to tickets, cold weather and struggles getting and storing their food, a six-month investigation of the Green Cart program reveals room for improvement. READ MORE»
Education
Leasing Rules Eyed After Toxic School's Closure
When a Bronx school shut this summer because of contamination, parents of students who'd attended the site over the past two decades worried about their children's health—and wondered why the problem wasn't detected earlier. READ MORE»
Arts and Culture
This Memorial Day, A Lost World at Cedar Grove Beach
After the city removed them last year, residents of the Staten Island community won't be celebrating the holiday with burgers and beers outside their beachside bungalows. As this unique way of NYC life fades, a look at its complex—and charming—history. READ MORE»
Justice
Today's Drug War: Marijuana and Mass Arrests
Despite the extraordinarily low crime levels and the near total absence of drugs from the city's public discourse these days, nearly a quarter of a million people in New York City have been arrested for drugs over the past two years. READ MORE»
CONVERSATIONS/OPINIONS
Teen Sex Message Minces Few Words
Some have criticized the words that teens use to discuss sex in a new series of public service announcements. This author argues the only way to reach at-risk youth is to speak their language.
New U.S. Reality: A Permanent Class of Underemployed?
Optimistic statistics on job growth haven't erased growing worries that a large segment of the American population is going to be cut off from steady employment.
Livingston Street Battle Frames Debate On Landmarks
Owners at one Brooklyn building say they can maintain its historic look without the hassle of a landmark designation. It's just another instance, this writer says, of property owners wanting all the benefits and none of the burden of protecting NY's architectural assets.
Time for Brooklyn (and its Fans) to Go Beyond the Brand
While others have Paris and Rome, we'll always have Brooklyn. But justifiable pride of place should not make us reluctant to look deeper and examine serious challenges to Brooklyn's well being.
Time for a Food and Farm Bill that Helps Farmers and Consumers
The collapse of the Supercommittee process gives New York City anti-hunger activists a chance to help shape a farm bill that fights hunger, promotes health, protects the environment and bolsters independent farmers.
MULTIMEDIA
Crime to Scale
Here's one way to compare crime among America's largest cities. Supplemental data from City Limits' January/February issue on urban policy in the presidential campaign.
Working in the City
Which American cities have the highest unemployment? Supplemental data from City Limits' January/February issue on urban policy in the presidential campaign.
