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Opinions Harden Over Atlantic Yards Housing
The dramatic slow-down in housing construction at the Brooklyn site is fodder for opponents of the project. But supporters believe the development will still make good on its commitments.
Bloomberg Housing Plan Hits Milestones, Obstacles
The mayor's ambitious affordable housing initiative is three-quarters to completion. But reshaped by fiscal woes, complicated by other city policies and often outgunned by the private market, what will the plan's long-term impact be?
Missing Moses' Muscle
The politics of parks.
Can a Year-Round Coney Island Succeed?
After seven years of legal wrangling, hundreds of millions of dollars in city expense, and the eviction of many of Coney Island's historic amusement operators, the island is still seasonal.
The Murder That Changed New York City
Johnny Hincapie has done 20 years for his role in one of New York City's most infamous killings. Was he even there?
'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.
"Enemies" of Reform Question Koch's Agenda, Style
Some legislators labeled enemies of reform by the newly formed advocacy group New York Uprising are bristling over the categorization and writing letters or making phone calls to protest it.
For Bloomberg, Race Questions Are New
Concerns about the racial contours of city hiring have resurrected issues that bedeviled past mayors, but over which Mayor Bloomberg has largely avoided confrontation.
Truth and Consequences:
Bloomberg and the Press
Elected after one of the city's most secretive mayors, Mike Bloomberg can't help but look transparent. But is city government under this executive really an open book?
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.
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.
Hooked: Four decades of drug war in New York City: Marijuana
Excerpt from the latest issue of City Limits Investigates: Marijuana has gotten cheaper in New York in the past decade with an estimated 416,000 city residents smoking it.
A Cop's Death Accelerates the City's War on Crack
On Feb. 26, 1988, members of a drug gang murdered a 22-year-old rookie police of?cer named Edward Byrne, who was sitting guard in a patrol car outside the home of a witness who had been threatened by the dealers' boys. After that, things were different.
Today's Drug War: Marijuana and Mass Arrests
Despite the extraordinarily low crime levels and the near total absence of drugs from the city's public discourse these days, nearly a quarter of a million people in New York City have been arrested for drugs over the past two years.
OTHER DAVIDS READY THEIR
Slings In Run For Mayor
Though City Councilman Tony Avella and "Reverend" Billy Talen have an uphill battle to beat Goliath this fall, they're banking on grassroots dissent against Bloomberg to propel their bids for office.
Second In Command:
A Lawyer's Argument
In the final installment of our series on the race for public advocate, a look at civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel's third run for the city's number-two post.
Second In Command:
The Veteran's Case
In his comeback run for public advocate, Mark Green is trading on his earlier stint in the post while acknowledging the city has changed. The fourth in a five-part series on the race for the Number Two spot in city government.
Markus Makes A Mark
While Espada Deliberates
It's still not clear where Senator Espada is leading his Housing Committee. Others dive in.
Volunteer Shelter Network
Up In Arms Over Changes
A proposed reorganization of homeless drop-in centers and overnight beds by the city has advocates crying foul.
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Not All 9-11 Families Oppose The Mosque
In the arguments over the "Ground Zero mosque"—which is not just a mosque and not at Ground Zero—the feelings of 9-11 families are not monolithic.
Koch On Mosque: Let's Be Calm Now
On a day when Newt Gingrich compared the people planning a downtown mosque to Nazis, former Mayor Ed Koch said Americans could some day regret the furor over the project.
