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Bushwick's Struggles With Asthma: What's Poverty's Role?
In a neighborhood with high asthma rates, it's not hard to identify risk factors for the condition. The trick is determining which factor is most important.
FreshDirect Job Vows: At Odds with Environmental Claims?
The grocery deliverer says it will create thousands of jobs in the South Bronx, but that expansion disappears when the firm analyzes its environmental impact.
Report Sees Widespread Mold After Sandy
Community groups say a survey of households affected by the superstorm found that 60 percent report visible mold.
City Aims for Better Dental Health, Without a Dentist
A new ad campaign aims to get to kids to brush and avoid sugary drinks, but doesn't emphasize visiting the dentist—because access to affordable dental care is so spotty.
Deadline Nears For Superstorm Victims
Local centers for disaster aid will close on April 30.
Push to Address Possible Danger in Smoke Detectors
A popular kind of detector is poor at sensing certain types of fires. Some lawmakers want New York City to require property owners to also install a more expensive kind.
40 Percent of Sheepshead Firms Still Shut Post-Sandy
And more might be closing as their owners struggle to pay back loans they had to take out to repair damage from the flood.
Debate over Size of Brooklyn's Rat Problem, What to do About it
The city says there was no post-Sandy rat explosion. But rats are still a major complaint in several neighborhoods, as experts say New York could do more to rebuff rodents.
Canarsie Braces for Foreclosure Wave After Sandy
The neighborhood was a hotbed for defaults even before the superstorm's devastating flood. Now, advocates fear a flood of housing emergencies.
Dueling Prescriptions for Brooklyn's Hospitals
The state wants to close and merge hospitals to shore up health-system finances. But front-line health providers say patients shouldn't pay the price for problems caused by government funding schemes.
Undocumented Immigrants Still In Post-Storm Limbo
Plans for how the city will spend federal aid are taking shape. The governor is discussing a massive buyout program in coastal areas. But some victims of the storm are still stuck without basic help.
D-Day for LICH Hospital
SUNY trustees are expected to vote Thursday to shutter Long Island College Hospital—the second Brooklyn medical facility pushed to the brink of collapse in the past three months.
Federal Cuts Hit HIV Work in Brooklyn
Brooklyn leads the city in new cases of HIV, but changes in funding mean local prevention and treatment programs face obstacles in getting their message out.
As Sandy Relief Efforts Fade, Crisis Far From Over
Worries about 40,000 displaced people have ebbed. But in buildings where garbage services are still scattered, or where mold remains a menace, the Sandy saga continues.
Subtle Differences Among Mayoral Hopefuls on Health
A forum on public health drew only four of the 10 people now in the race for mayor. Those who did come put unique spins on similar ideas.
Five Brooklyn Pols Sue Over Sandy Food Stamps
They're asking a state judge to overturn the Bloomberg administration's decision to offer federal disaster food assistance in only 12 of the 82 ZIP codes affected by the hurricane.
Sandy Triggers a Call: Free Lunch For All
In the immediate post-hurricane period, the school system made all lunches free. Food advocates would like to see the change made permanent—arguing health benefits justify the cost.
Graying City Means More Elder Abuse
Whether it takes the form of financial scams, emotional mistreatment or physical harm, advocates for New York's aged say the extent of elder abuse in the city dwarfs the resources available to combat it.
The 2012 Stories That Will Matter Most in 2013
We're not saying these are the best, worst, most popular, or happiest stories. But we think these 10 are the most likely to still be on our minds next year.
A Q&A on Post-Sandy Aid
FEMA. Occupy. SBA. The Brooklyn Recovery Fund. Red Cross. Rapid Repairs. Here are some quick facts about ways to get help after Hurricane Sandy.
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Rockaway Businesses Still Treading Water Post-Sandy - Jarrett Murphy
Some 60 percent were still closed four or five months after the storm, thanks to long-standing challenges of economics and geography that hampered an already difficult recovery.
City Limits Honored for Sandy, Hospitals Coverage - Jarrett Murphy
Congratulations to our two Ippies honorees, Ruth Ford and Batya Ungar-Sargon.
A Grassroots Plan for Surviving Superstorms - Jarrett Murphy
A coalition of environmental and community groups has put together their wish-list for how New York City, the Empire and Garden states and the federal government should implement the lessons of Sandy.
Sandy Surge Covered A Sixth of the City - Jarrett Murphy
And it affected more renters than homeowners, and a disproportionately high number of low-income people.
New York City Eyeing Wider Use of Biodiesel - Jack Curran
If you're in New York City as you read this, chances are you're being heated by oil that includes biodiesel. Soon, all city vehicles—and maybe private ones, too—might be mandated to use the same fuel.
Who Voted Against Sandy Funding? - Jarrett Murphy
One hundred seventy-nine Republicans and a lone Democrat did.
Reporter's Notebook: Red Hook - Candace Amos
Just minutes before we arrived, an elderly woman living on the second floor tumbled down the stairs, back first, after tripping over her cane while bringing groceries into her apartment.
City Closes Parks, Beaches Ahead of Storm - Jarrett Murphy
Not much rain is expected, but high winds will hit hurricane-weakened trees and push seawater toward areas eroded by Sandy.
Post-Sandy Housing Crisis: 4 Years Ago, NYC Asked 'What If?' - Jarrett Murphy
In 2008 the city solicited designs for temporary housing for 38,000 households uprooted from a coastal neighborhood by hurricane flooding. Now New York may confront a very similar, and very real, scenario.
Find Your Post-Sandy Voting Site - Jarrett Murphy
Dozens of polling sites across the boroughs have been relocated.
Photo Call: Sandy, Through Your Eyes - Jarrett Murphy
Send us your pictures of how the aftermath of Sandy looked in your neighborhood.
Why NYC Is So Vulnerable to Hurricanes - Jarrett Murphy
When you think cities and hurricanes, Miami gets the college football team and New Orleans the mixed drink, but New York City is considered unusually vulnerable.
City Limits Magazines’ Archive Now All Digital, Accessible - City Limits
With a grant from the New York Community Trust, our 36-year archive is now digital (and fully accessible for free) online.
National Reporting Project Finds Flaws in Brownfields Program - Jarrett Murphy
The EPA program is dogged by funding shortages and a lack of oversight that puts lower-income communities at a disadvantage in obtaining federal support, an investigation found.
Heart Attacks Are Biggest Threat to Firefighters - Jarrett Murphy
In the department's first line-of-duty death in more than two years, the FDNY lost a 17-year veteran to what appeared to be a heart attack at the scene of a warehouse fire in Brooklyn.
Hope for Relief from Flooding in Southeast Queens - Karen Loew
After months of pressure from residents of an area plagued by poor drainage and rising groundwater, the city recently announced a set of measures to keep Southeast Queens dry—or at least drier—this spring and summer.
Hope, Hesitation as Waste-to-Energy Gets New Look - Jarrett Murphy
Amid coverage of what Mayor Bloomberg said in his annual address about schools, cops and wages, the mayor's reference to a once-controversial notion—"the possibility of cleanly converting trash into renewable energy"—passed all but unnoticed.
Is NYC Going Solo on Solitary Confinement? - Jarrett Murphy
A report questions whether increasing the number of solitary cells in the city's jails is a wise move. Our weekly round-up of policy reports also looks at new findings on climate change, living wages and community colleges.
Survey: NYers Satisfied, But Some More than Others - Jarrett Murphy
The Municipal Arts Society's second annual survey finds that most New Yorkers like their city, their neighborhood and their public services. But happiness was tightly tied to annual income and borough of residence.
Energy Nonprofits Chilled by Obama Budget Move - Milesska Contreras
The White House wants to cut a weatherization program by billions, saying lower fuel costs justify the move. But nonprofits that do the insulation work fear for their clients—and their employees.
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Soda Ban: Hate it Now, Love it Later
Like the smoking ban, the trans-fat ban and requirements to post calorie counts, Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to ban large sodas makes good sense but faces opposition. As with the others, this writer argues, good sense will eventually prevail.
Community Developers Must Help Green NYC
To both reach PlaNYC’s ambitious goals–and to exceed them in those in areas where PlaNYC fell short –community-based organizations must be essential partners.
NYC Needs Paid Sick Days, Not Lame Excuses
Thousands of New Yorkers face an impossible choice when they get sick: Go to work and get yourself and others sicker, or stay home and risk losing pay or your post.
Feds' Green Could Be Even Greener
Federal weatherization funding can be used to address not only the energy efficiency of buildings but also their financial sustainability, resident health and safety, all while upgrading green skills for workers.
Let's Streamline the Weatherization Process
While the establishment of programs like Green Jobs Green New York has certainly helped scale up programs that use weatherization to attack a set of urban ills, there remains work to be done.
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Criminalizing Communities: NYPD Abuse of Vulnerable Populations
Report says NYPD tactics and attitudes unjustly target blacks, Latinos, gays, transgender people, vendors and sex workers.
Homes Underwater: Forebearance Alternatives for Sandy-Affected Homeowners
A report by Franklin Romeo and Jennifer Ching of (Queens Legal Services and Legal Services NYC) explores foreclosure risks in neighborhoods hit hard by Sandy and finds that some of the steps taken by banks in the wake of the storm "[create] a situation where a homeowner is likely to fall into a mortgage delinquency."
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