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Shopping For Change In Crown Heights
Like many Brooklyn neighborhoods, it is seeing a surge in new businesses and young residents. Do the doubts about gentrification run deeper there?
Quitting Time: A Factory's Fall, A Neighborhood's Fallout
The 2007 closure of a Pfizer factory in Brooklyn was a milestone in manufacturing's retreat from the borough. Chapter three of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" looks at what it's meant for a neighborhood and its residents.
Living On The Edge: East New York & Bay Ridge Go Off Script
Chapter four of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" visits East New York, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and other neighborhoods whose story over the past 20 years differs from the standard narrative of Brooklyn's growth.
Credits As Collateral: Schools Withhold Records If Debts Unpaid
Some students transferring to public school arrive with no educational records because a private or parochial school has withheld them until tuition debts are paid.
'Hothead' Sen. Kevin Parker Has Foes, Friends And A Familiar Rival
Kevin Parker is a regular tabloid target over angry outbursts and allegedly violent conduct. But allies cite his progressive record. His opponent, meanwhile, is making his ninth try at office.
Hasidic Rapper Promotes Racial Harmony In Crown Heights
DeScribe is not the world's first or most famous Hassidic rapper, but he is looking to obtain a higher level of recognition for his positive sound.
Tough Love In The Big City
Kids in New York have often had a lot to fear. So how’d we end up afraid of them?
Making Their Way
Immigrant Women Straddle Cultural Chasms
The City's Latest
Hirings and Retirings
The new decade brings fresh faces to nonprofits large and small and a host of city agencies - along with a major gap in state housing leadership.
Across The Fence:
The Year In Neighborhoods
A survey of community press stories fills in the colorful portrait of the year that was.
Becoming a Deejay,
Leaving the P-J's
Life is tough in the projects and on the streets, but leavened with music and friendship in this crop of new city books.
More Than Words?
Bloomberg and Race
The mayor has earned admiration from many quarters for improving the tenor of race relations. But the impact of his policies on blacks and Latinos give fodder to fans and foes alike.
City Pension Plans: Can
They Do Good and Do Well?
The city's retirement funds offer a powerful tool for social activism. A look at how Comptroller Bill Thompson and his would-be successors approach the task of putting city money where their morals are.
Between Two Beaches,
Debate Crests Over A Park
Does a verdant spot in surfside Brooklyn need a makeover?
Remodeling Child Welfare
By Answering This 'Request'
Agencies providing foster care and preventive services are working to secure new contracts that write recent innovations into the record.
Second In Command:
The Tactitian's Run
Political veteran and two-term City Councilman Bill de Blasio has set his sights on becoming Public Advocate. The second in a five-part series on the race for the Number Two spot in city government.
For Youth Leaving Care,
A Way To Stay Connected
'Aging out' of foster care can be perilous for young adults. A program created just for them provides a partner on the path to independence.
When Utopia's Address
Was The Northeast Bronx
A documentary reveals the collectivist past of four apartment buildings off Allerton Avenue, which leftists originally built and inhabited.
Young Emigres Question
What Obama Means For Them
Experiences from around the globe lead some students to approach the new president with curiosity, skepticism, pragmatism - even hope.
Trauma Treatment For
Foster Kids Gets Reprieve
A new state program aimed at helping foster youth in the near and long term is spared the budget ax.
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Street Survey Finds Fewer Homeless
The annual HOPE survey found the number of people sleeping on streets fell 15 percent from 2010.
Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements
Fifteen Bronx high schoolers spent their summer researching community benefit agreements and last Tuesday -- in a dining hall at Hostos Community College -- 10 of them presented their findings to an audience of about 80 people, including community leaders, teachers, family members, and peers. Also present were stakeholders in the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment project.
