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Sewage, Cement And Staten Island's Future

Projects to upgrade a sewage plant and construct a cement facility open the next chapter in a complex—and controversial—industrial history.

By Jake Mooney

Can Industry Save A Staten Island Marsh?

In the second of our three-part series about environmental worries on Staten Island, we look at the pros and cons of sacrificing marshland to create jobs and a new park.

By Jake Mooney

The North Shore Traces A Toxic Legacy

Industrial pollution from the roaring twenties and the Manhattan Project lingers on Staten Island, and is attracting new attention from the EPA.

By Jake Mooney

Reading The Political Tea Leaves Of Harlem's State Senate Race

Will charter schools, the age difference between the candidates and Harlem's changing racial and income demographics determine the outcome of the race between Bill Perkins and Basil Smikle?

By Kelly Virella

Nonprofit Eyeing Distressed Buildings Faces Tenant Resistance

Hope Community LDC wants to purchase 47 East Harlem buildings out of foreclosure. But a tenant organization has raised questions about the would-be buyer's past record.

By Eileen Markey

Surf's Up, Ferry's Down: The Rockaways' Transit Troubles

The peninsula's long journey out of the economic devastation will be challenged—but, some residents insist, not stopped—by cuts to ferry service and increases in bridge tolls.

By Gabrielle Begue

When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?

NYCHA's using community input to plan for what to build after three public housing towers are demolished. But the plan means a loss of public housing, and it confronts deep distrust from some tenants.

By Eileen Markey

City Limits News Network

Two Boroughs, One World: Brooklyn and Queens Immigrants Unionize

Knickerbocker Avenue labor campaign unites neighborhoods.
Queens Ledger

In a Bronx Basement, Complaints Linger Long After Lease Is Signed

Bronx residents blast troubled Belmont Dept of Motor Vehicles office.
Inner City Press

Working New Yorkers Struggle to Find Child Care

Sharon Lerner reports on the shortage of affordable child care services in New York.
WNYC

Keeping Kids In School

New York City’s high school dropout rate remains alarming.
Gotham Gazette

Budget Options For New York City

IBO presents 60 cost-saving measures for the city budget.
Independent Budget Office

NYCHA's Plan for Prospect Plaza

Residents helped shape this vision for what should rise after three high-rise housing projects go down.

courtesy of New York City Housing Authority

The Nation's Top 50 Transit Systems

The National Transit Database compares the largest mass transit systems in the United States.

courtesy of National Transit Database

Marc Fader/City Limits

Can Industry Save A Staten Island Marsh?

Industrial development on the north end of Staten Island has destroyed most of the marshland that once existed there. Now a proposal to expand the borough's container port is raising questions about whether and how the remainder can be saved.

By Jake Mooney

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First Time Homebuyer Orientation

Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island, Inc. (NHSSI) will be offering a FREE Homebuyer Education Orientation. This seminar is designed to educate potential homebuyers about our First Time Homebuyer Program.

2010 Transportation Alternatives’ New York City Century Bike Tour

Choose your ride from 15, 35, 55, 75 or 100 mile routes and ride at your own pace while exploring NYC and supporting Transportation Alternatives.

Skampa String Quartet

This vibrant young Czech ensemble returns to enchant our audience with its innate musicality and verve. Hailed as one of the finest quartets of its generation, its recordings of Janacek and Smetana are held as bench-marks against which other performances are judged.

Public Speaking Workshop

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2010 Transportation Alternatives’ New York City Century Bike Tour

Choose your ride from 15, 35, 55, 75 or 100 mile routes and ride at your own pace while exploring NYC and supporting Transportation Alternatives.

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Workforce Development Program Administrator

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Chief Financial Officer

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Contracts Specialist

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Announcements

RFP-Port Richmond BOA-Step 1 Pre-Nomination Study

Northfield Community Local Development Corp. is seeking proposals from organizations that are highly qualified to provide community planning, design, and facilitation services associated with the development of the Port Richmond, Staten Island Step 1-Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Pre-Nomination Study.

International Youth Day 2010!

Directions For Our Youth (DFOY) invites you to take part in the commencement of the 10th Celebration of International Youth Day. It is being held on Thursday August 12th, 2010 at Robert Moses Park. The goal of International Youth Day is to unite and celebrate youth worldwide. Live newsfeeds connect the day’s events in New York with other celebrations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Master Class - Women Writers' Retreat!

The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership is pleased to announce our first Master Class – Writers’ Retreat. A unique opportunity to obtain the skills necessary to successfully publish both your fiction and nonfiction works!

BoardserveNYC.org: Helping Build Nonprofit Boards

United Way of New York City invites you to participate in BoardServeNYC, a nonprofit board recruitment, training, and placement initiative in partnership with NYC Service. BoardServeNYC links nonprofit organizations in NYC with prospective board candidates who are passionate about volunteering and are ready, willing and able to volunteer on a board of directors.

Sustainable South Bronx To Receive EPA Award

Bronx, NY – Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), a non-profit community based organization devoted to solving environmental and economic issues that affect residents of urban areas has been named a winner of the 2010 Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 2 Environmental Quality Award. The award recognizes individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to improving the environment and public health in EPA Region 2, which covers New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and seven federally-recognized Indian Nations.