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From Blue-Collar to the Welfare Line
Walter Greene worked for a living. Then the work disappeared. Now, like thousands of other low-income New Yorkers, he navigates homeless shelter rules and the welfare bureaucracy.
Defeated In Court, Waste Station's Foes Take To The Streets
Opponents of a planned East 91st Street waste transfer station say the city should reconsider alternatives. But advocates from other neighborhoods believe the site is right for establishing a fairer sanitation system.
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.
Bronx Death Stirs Fears Of Homeless Attacks
Police think Billy Murphy died in an accident. But if the homeless man's friends are right in suspecting foul play, it'd be one of an increasing number of attacks on the homeless nationwide.
Afraid of Crime Now? Join The Kids
There are plenty of neighborhoods in New York City where the presence of guns, as well as their deadly consequences, are routine. And it's a reality that no single demographic in New York City knows quite as intimately as youth.
EDC Cash Clash: Is It Payback Time?
The comptroller says the Economic Development Corporation has improperly kept $125 million in city money. Can he get it back?
Fewer Services For The Homeless
Mayor Bloomberg's big goals to cut homelessness in half and greatly expand affordable housing are being reinterpreted in the next budget.
The Long Road Of A
Creative Civic Servant
The policy innovations of city government and nonprofit fixture Herb Sturz over half a century form the basis for a book that's both a biography and modern history.
Casualty of War: One Addict's Saga of Punishment
By his own count, during his years as an addict Casimiro Steven Torres piled up 67 arrests for a variety of petty and not-so-petty crimes.
The Eyes Have It:
NYPD Plans More Cameras
The police department plans to install hundreds of additional video surveillance cameras around Manhattan, and the entire city.
On The Art That's
All Around Us
In very different ways, two new books give context to artworks on the walls and in the plazas.
Some Work the Overnight
While Others Decorate It
Two new books illuminate some of New York City's darker corners.
What the Other Half Thinks
Along with incomes in the four to five digits comes a dimmer view of lifting term limits.
A Ballot's Breadth Away
From Rejoining Society
Many ex-offenders want to reclaim their vote. But one month before the presidential election, confusion about eligibility still reigns.
Who's Afraid Of
A Peaceful Biker?
A spontaneous evening goes awry, leaving skid marks on this cyclist's view of his city.
In Summertime, the
Street Is For Park-ing
Around the city where recreational space is scarce, people are taking to the streets.
Amid the Surge: Security On Display
Police are strikingly visible in post 9-11 New York City—in long lines of police cars, in body armor with machine guns in hand. Does all that firepower deliver more safety, or just more fear?
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.
CITY, ADVOCATES SPLIT ON
SEX VENUES' SAFETY
Some gay health workers say the health department's crackdown on sex clubs is making it harder to reach the risk-takers.
Community Board Reform
And the Columbia Process
Real community-level planning seems to be taking root in Manhattan - a step behind Columbia University's expansion plan.
Housing and Development
City Limits provides in-depth coverage of the housing market and initiatives, tenants rights and public housing, and community development.
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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.
All I Want For Christmas Is A Subway To Staten Island
Gridlock Sam outlines his transit dreams for New York's future: the return of streetcars, more bus rapid transit and even a pedestrian bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn.
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Letter from HCZ founder on behalf of Raj Rajaratnam
Letter from Geoffrey Canada to the federal judge overseeing the sentencing of the former Harlem Children's Zone board member convicted insider trading.
