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Budget Cut Avoided, But Children's Services Still Show Strain
There are reports that some parents are having trouble getting child welfare services because a botched contract award and budget threats last year led providers to scale back.
Bike Lane Battle: Role Of Senator's Wife, Ex-DOT Boss, Unclear
Iris Weinshall is not the only critic of the city's bike lane on Prospect Park West. She's just the only who used to build bike lanes and happens to be married to a U.S. senator.
Lunch At Junior's: Reputation & Reality In Today’s Brooklyn
What does it mean to be "Brooklyn"—and how has that changed as the borough went from not to hot? Chapter one of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" visits a local icon to find some answers.
Finding The Borough Behind The Brand: Brooklyn Today
From Neil Simon to Spike Lee and the Dodgers to Jay-Z, Brooklyn has long enjoyed an international reputation. The new issue of City Limits magazine looks at how that rep matches reality.
Whose Dreams Will Decide?
The push for neighborhoods to have more than a voice.
Bloomberg Deputy's Legacy, From Yankee Stadium To Hudson Yards
Nearly three years after Mayor Bloomberg's powerful deputy mayor and development czar Dan Doctoroff left City Hall, we check in on some of the major—and controversial—projects launched during his tenure.
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?
Question Facing Beeps, Public Advocate: To Be Or Not To Be
Twenty years ago a charter revision stripped six city offices of much of their power. Will the current charter review lead to restoration … or retirement?
Term Limits Debate Could Turn On Details
Charter revision commissioners heard from a panel of experts—and weighed in themselves—on the complex questions surrounding whether and how to restrict tenure in office.
Term Limits, Party Politics On Bloomberg Charter Panel's Menu
After the first round of hearings on how to revise the city's charter, a list has emerged of what New Yorkers want to change about their government.
Boro Presidents' Fight
Extends Beyond Election
There's just one real contest in the races for borough president this fall, but next year could see a debate over whether the city still needs the post.
Between Two Beaches,
Debate Crests Over A Park
Does a verdant spot in surfside Brooklyn need a makeover?
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.
In Bed-Stuy Residents Ask:
What's Up At The Armory?
Changes at a homeless shelter spur questions, as local activists work to ensure their neighborhood's fragile progress is maintained.
From Bellevue To Bklyn:
Homeless Center To Move
Critics pan a plan to close the city's main intake center for homeless men and lease it to developers.
THE CITY'S LATEST
HIRINGS AND RETIRINGS
Personnel changes abound in Albany as one governor leaves and another arrives, while city and nonprofit agencies also make moves.
THE EMPIRE SKATES BACK:
FANS RALLY TO SAVE RINK
The last public, indoor roller skating rink in the city is rumored to be on the brink of closing, but Brooklyn fans won't let it slip away without a fight.
THE CITY'S LATEST
HIRINGS AND RETIRINGS
Police officers, lawyers, educators, labor leaders and more, all heading in and out of positions old and new.
SHAPE-SHIFTING EAST NEW YORK
Affordable housing plus other amenities are planned for a never-developed piece of Brooklyn.
A NEW YEAR IN NEW YORK: BOROUGH
PRESIDENTS HAVE BIG PLANS FOR 2006
City Limits asked each of the five BPs to outline their top priorities for the coming year. Here's what they said.
Marty Markowitz
As Brooklyn’s Borough President, Marty Markowitz has advocated for children and for the arts. In March 2011, he even wrote an article for City Limits about Brooklyn’s repower and capability. He is very proud and very driven.
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Economic Impact of Libraries in New York City
Research for an April 16, 2012 joint hearing of the New York City Council's Committee on Small Business, Cultural Affairs, Libraries & International Intergroup Relations and the Select Committee on Libraries, on the role played by the 214 branch and four research libraries operated by New York's three library systems.
