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Bike Plan Aims to Get Bronx Armory on Track
In 2009 a controversy over wages scuttled a plan to build a mall in the long-empty Kingsbridge Armory. Now there's a plan to host bike races there. Is a renovation project finally getting in gear?
Can Job Training Reduce Unemployment?
Governments are pouring money into job skills programs as a way of combating poverty. But what jobs are participants being prepared for?
In A Bad Economy, Even Opera Vocalists Sing The Blues
The soft labor market is a challenge for all job seekers. But young people who have trained for artistic careers—who help make New York a cultural capital—face unique obstacles. Do they also possess special tools to survive?
For Low-Income Immigrants, Status Complicates Survival
C is like many students at Hunter College. She balances work and school, struggles to pay her tuition bill, wonders what the future will hold. Secretly, she also carries the burden of being an undocumented immigrant.
Battling Iran's Government … From New York
Activists in New York are playing a role in the democratic surge sweeping the Middle East. While technology's part of the story, local advocates say, human networks are what really matters.
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.
Diagnosing A Defeat: Why The Sick Leave Bill Failed
A measure to ensure all workers have paid sick leave had enough votes to pass the City Council. So why did Speaker Quinn kill it?
Small Businesses On The Edge In Bay Ridge
In an excerpt from the City Limits magazine investigation of small businesses in New York, a look at the holdouts along increasingly chain-ganged 86th Street.
Election 2010: Polls Closed, Policy Awaits
Election night confirmed what polls had predicted for weeks: Andrew Cuomo will be New York's next governor. Here's a look at what that means for the state's economy, schools, power plants and housing market.
The Holdouts
"If it doesn't start doing something soon, I'm going to be out of business after 26 years."
Medical Mystery: Why A Booming Health Sector Pays Low Wages
Home health aides are seeing some of the best growth of any sector in New York. But the growing demand for their services hasn't improved wages that leave many in or near poverty.
Violent Crime Wave: Is It The Heat? Is It A Wave?
The murder rate went up this summer. What's behind the increase in violence?
Progress Derailed: The Cause & Effect Of NYC's Transit Funding Crisis
Everyone who rides buses or subways knows that service is down and fares are heading up. But why is this happening? And does it spell danger for the city's economic future?
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?
No Entry: Why Is Teen Unemployment So High?
The woman sweeping floors at the McDonald's on 204th Street had gray hair tracing her temples, and her colleague at the register looked to be at least 50.
A Troubled Age: Tough Times For NYC Youth
The new issue of City Limits magazine looks at five challenges confronting youth in the five boroughs.
Union Unity Tested By Wage Fight
Rates and Race: The Fed And Black Workers
The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful forces in the American economy. This City Limits web extra asks whether its policies help or hurt the black unemployed.
Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks
As City Limits Magazine looks at the crisis of black unemployment, this web exclusive examines how the federal stimulus bill has—and hasn't—helped.
Like A Canyon
A black-white divide in America's workforce.
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NY Pols Tout Bill Targeting Jobless Youth - Kiera Feldman
The Urban Jobs Act would provide $20 million for services to unemployed young people. Amid partisan rancor, will the idea survive Congress? Against record youth unemployment, will it make a difference if it does?
Recession's Pain Revealed For Hispanics, Artists - Jarrett Murphy
As new research shows alarming decreases in minority household wealth, City Limits' Arturo Conde discusses his reporting on how opera singers, poets and other creative workers have weathered the Great Recession.
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Half of Recovery Jobs Offer Low Wages. So Raise Them!
'It hurts the young. It helps too little. It boosts unemployment.' There are plenty of myths about the minimum wage. The reality is, more and more workers are working at a pay rate that puts them in poverty.
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.
Supporting Businesses, Strengthening Neighborhoods
The city's commissioner of small business services says New York's efforts to bolster Business Improvement Districts will help to preserve the mom-and-pop character of neighborhood retail.
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An Investigation of Private Consultants in the Bloomberg Administration
