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NY Prisoners Counted Differently, But Still Not Voting
Now that they'll be counted in their hometowns rather than where they're incarcerated, state inmates could shift district lines. One thing neither they nor parollees can do, however, is vote.
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?
Leaving Prison, Free ... and Homeless
It's hard for many New Yorkers to find an apartment they can afford. Those getting out of jail or prison face even steeper obstacles—especially those who need not just a place to sleep, but some help adjusting to life on the outside.
Immigrants On Front Lines Of Housing Fight
First-generation New Yorkers are more likely to reside in rent-regulated housing than the rest of us. So as Albany weighs weakening or strengthening rent rules, some immigrants are raising their voices.
Life In A Landmark: Pioneering Public Housing Site Shows Its Age
For residents of First Houses—the Lower East Side site where public housing began in the United States—pride in their historic location is mixed with worries about deterioration inside.
How Health Care Repeal Would Affect New York
Republicans want to reverse President Obama's health care reform law. What would that mean for New Yorkers?
Work In Progress: Residents Get More NYCHA Jobs
Since 1968, public housing authorities nationwide have largely been ignoring a law requiring that they employ residents. Evidence suggests that at NYCHA, at least, that's changing.
No Vacancy: Why Empty Condos Aren't Becoming Affordable Housing
Boom-time overbuilding left thousands of units vacant. But a city program to convert them to affordable housing has found the market uncooperative.
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?
Cuomo Housing Plan Praised, Parsed
The economic crisis that dominates campaign 2010 began in the housing market. So what are the gubernatorial candidates—especially frontrunner Andrew Cuomo—saying to owners, tenants and landlords?
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?
Drive For Nonpartisan Voting Confronts '03 Failure
Those pushing the Charter Revision Commission to propose an end to party primaries say politics has changed since voters rejected a similar bid seven years ago.
Like A Canyon
A black-white divide in America's workforce.
Where It Hurts
The costs of black unemployment
Learning For The Long Term
Or A Job For Right Now?
Groups providing education and training for high school dropouts say the city's new rules for spending millions in Workforce Investment dollars won't achieve the best outcomes.
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Hirings and Retirings
Taking A Break ... To Bring
You More of What's Breaking
From The Publisher's Desk:
City Limits' New Chapter
Poverty Fighters Get
Their Own Consultancy
Making Welfare Work
And Making Work Pay
The Community Service Society of New York uses research and advocacy programs to fight poverty in New York City. CSS helps families in need by investigating their economic situations and proposing feasible solutions including a three-point action plan called an Urban Agenda.
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EVENTS
A Place at the Table
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
6:00pm -
Launch Party: PLOT Volume 2
Thursday, May 30, 2013
07:00p - 09:00p
The 2013 AWIB Procurement Opportunities Conference
Thursday, June 06, 2013
8:30a - 3:00p
CONVERSATIONS/OPINONS
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.
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Falling Off The Fiscal Cliff
Race, Opportunity and Sequestration: This report examines ten marquee programs for Americans struggling to make it into the middle-class.
NYC Study of Waste-to-Energy Options
2004 New York City Department of Sanitation study cataloging different methods of generating energy from the city's waste stream.
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CITY LIMITS EVENTS
Defining Brooklyn Launch
City Limits celebrates the launch of its March 2011 issue: Defining Brooklyn.The 35th Anniversary Celebration
City Limits celebrates its 35th Anniversary at BMCC in Tribeca.Brooklyn Bureau Launch
The Brooklyn Bureau launch as part of Social Media Week 2012.Tackling Poverty
The Tackling Poverty Series at Galapagos Art Space in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn.Tackling Poverty (Manhattan)
City Limits & the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness
