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Hasidic Rapper Promotes Racial Harmony In Crown Heights
Photo by: Shemspeed/Modular Hassidic Rapper DeScribe and Rohan Marley chat before a press conference premiering DeScribe's new song. DeScribe, the Hasidic Jewish hip hop artist who hails from...
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City Expands East River & Long Island Sound Cleanup Effort
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has expanded its efforts to clean up the East River and Long Island Sound by reducing their nitrogen levels. Nitrogen buildup promotes...
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For an Iraqi in New York, U.S. Withdrawal is Not War's End
This weekend the last American troops left Iraq. But for Leyla the war isn't over. "It gives me chills when my mother calls me or when I hear her voice," she says. "And when my husband's father calls,...
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Odds Could Be Against Casino Opponents
Photo by: NY governor's office Gov. Cuomo's budget briefing made the case for full-fledged casinos in the Empire State, in part by suggesting that the line between casino gambling and other forms of...
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Who's Afraid of NYU? School's Neighbors Air Gripes
here" width="600" height="400"> Photo by: Courtesy CB2 website display of NYU documents Pages from an NYU project overview filed with Manhattan Community Board 2. To see the actual document, click...
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As Biking Booms, Questions of Race, Class & Access
Photo by: Pearl Gabel A cyclist crosses the Williamsburg Bridge. A New York City Department of Health survey conducted in 2010 found there to be modest differences among income groups when it comes to...
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Upstate Cities See New Growth Amid Fiscal Crisis
Photo by: Andre Carrotflower Old heft meets new hope along Buffalo's Canalside development, where the banks of the Erie Canal—the waterway whose creation helped make Buffalo into an economic...
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Ambitious Call for De Blasio, Cuomo to Build Supportive Housing
Adi TalwarJohn Goh has been living at the Cecil, a building run by Housing and Services, Inc. in Harlem, since July of 2012. The Cecil opened in 1988 and houses 89 formerly-homeless single adults. New...
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After 5 Pointz: Street Art Thrives and Evolves in Uneasy Dance with Development
Adi TalwarThe Welling Court Mural Project near the Astoria waterfront, predates the demise of Five Pointz. Often considered the "United Nations of Graffiti," Long Island City's 5Pointz reached peak...
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