Eileen Markey
City Limits Articles
Bio: Eileen Markey grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts and fell in love with The Bronx when she was a student at Fordham University. After working at a newspaper in Cambodia and in rural western Massachusetts she earned a master's degree at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She covered city hall, crime, police and development in Paterson, NJ at the Herald News. Since 2004 she's been freelancing. Her articles on urban affairs and public policy have appeared in the New York Times, The Village Voice, New York Magazine. She sometimes works as a producer at WNYC, New York's public radio station and teaches reporting and writing. She writes on faith and religion for BustedHalo.com and National Catholic Reporter.
Email: editor@citylimits.org
Overhauling New York City Juvenile Justice
AIDS Activists Sue To Stop Budget Cuts
City Pulls Back From AIDS Services Cuts
Housing Costs Devour More Family Budgets
Tenants & Pols Protest Handling of Housing Vouchers
HUD Proposes Landmark Changes to Public Housing
Report: Fraud Common Among Top Debt Buyers
Poll: New Yorkers Fear Becoming Homeless
Banks Redline Minority Communities Again
AIDS Activists Threaten Lawsuit Against City
A Push To Lodge Homeless In Vacant Buildings
HPD: Prevent Cycle Of Foreclosure & Displacement
Annual Tenant Lobby Day Wins Short Term Gains
Tenants Descend on Albany With Demands
Housing Activists Occupy Espada's Albany Office
New Legal Push For Foreclosure Victims
Report: Rents Everywhere Too High For The Low Wage
Homeless, Nameless – and Honored
Street Homeless Numbers Jump
Fewer Services For The Homeless
A New Tool For Tenants
Council's Angry Over Housing,
But That Doesn't Pay The Rent
City Won't Vouch For Them:
No Solution For Unhoused
City Won't Vouch For Them:
No Solution For Unhoused
Activists Push For New
Senate Housing Chair
For Homeowners, Promised
Help Rarely Arrives
Scandal Leaves Lack
Of Service In Its Wake
How To Structure A Good
Purchase of Bad Debt
Members Patch The
'Still Broken' Senate
Acorn Led Financial Sector
With Warnings on Lending
Youngsters Read the City:
Books for Little Urbanists
Students Protest Armory's
Disappearing High Schools
Bronx Activists Regret
Missed Chances In PlaNYC
NYC: Just Another
Banana Republic
FOSTER TEENS GRAB REINS
OF PLANS FOR THEIR LIVES
Park Plants Sprout Fast,
Fertilized By Pollution
NEW BUREAU FOR IMMIGRANTS
IN STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT
TO YOUR HEALTH: GROUP GETS GOING
TO SPREAD MILLIONS UPSTATE AND DOWN
WHEN 'NIMBY' SAVES YOUR LIFE
HEY, THAT'S MY PRISONER:
POLS WANT THE NUMBERS
SURVIVORS TWICE OVER:
HOUSING HOMELESS VETS
A NETWORK TO CALL THEIR OWN
FARM FRESH FROM RIKERS ISLAND:
INMATES' FARMING PROGRAM GROWS
UNION TAKES A DAY OFF WORK
FOR INTROSPECTION ON ABUSE
RENOVATING A CASTLE:
KINGSBRIDGE SHOWS HOW
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.
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.
City Selects 50 Senior Centers to Close
This article details the locations of the 50 planned senior center closings throughout New York City being proposed in Mayor Bloomberg's executive budget.
Adventure Playground: John V. Lindsay and the Transformation of Modern New York
Describes the role that the administration of 1960s New York City mayor John Lindsay had in re-shaping New York's vital film industry.
A Permanent Problem Requires A Permanent Solution
This report from the Association of Neighborhood and Housing Development finds that nearly 170,000 units of subsidized rental units are in danger of losing their rent caps by 2037.
A Month After the Deadline, State Budget Nowhere In Sight
This article from the Gotham Gazette looks at the still-unresolved budget situation in the state legislature in Albany.
Taser Timeout
* Taser abuse is rampant at the Jerome Combs Detention Center, an hour south of Chicago. More than 100 inmates were shocked by Tasers over a 28-month period, even though a quarter of the inmates were restrained at the time.
City Garbage Plan Falls Short of Goals
This article from Gotham Gazette finds that the city's solid waste management plan has failed to be fully implemented for nearly four years.
City Hits Major Affordable Housing Milestone
100,000th unit is completed; city on track for New Housing Marketplace Plan to create or preserve 165,000 units by 2014.
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.
