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Museum of Chinese in America Gets a New Home
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State Now Protects Jobs of Domestic Violence Victims
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Eight Candidates Run in a District Marked by Change
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Two Challengers Take on the Speaker
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Democratic Mayoral Candidates Would Plan from the Bottom Up
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Tunnel Vision
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National Parkland Not on Radar
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Waiting to Wade
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Communities Drowned Out
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The Comptroller Reality vs. the Chancellor's Reality
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Albany Aftershocks
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New York's Now Beleaguered Financial Workforce - Tables
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New York's Now Beleaguered Financial Workforce
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Coney Island Gets a Facelift
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Closing the Landmarks Loophole
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Tony the Stowaway
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A Rough Ride Awaits New MTA Chief
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Eye on Albany
Dividing Albany's Pork Pie
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Bringing Home the Pork
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Land Use
As Trade Center Plans Falter, City Could Have a Sense of Deja Vu
July 2009
Law
A Legal Victory for Tenants
July 2009
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The Race to Fill Morgenthau's Shoes
July 2009
Children
Parents in Prison, Children in Foster Care
July 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Replacing Miguel Martinez
July 2009
Housing
Unlocking the Apartment 'Warehouse'
July 2009
Health
An Outer Borough Drought
July 2009
Eye on Albany
A Fractured Senate Takes on Mayoral Control of Schools
July 2009
The Citizen
The Citizen
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Bump the Birds
July 2009
Arts
Recession Adds New Meaning to 'Struggling Artist'
July 2009
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Saving Arts Education from Politics
July 2009
Eye on Albany
Amid Fireworks, the Senate Stalemate Continues
July 2009
After the Deadline...
July 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Forgiving Penalties, Observing Muslim Holidays
July 2009
Governing
Getting on the Ballot in Other Cities
June 2009
Law
'Political Intrigue' in a Personal Injury Case
June 2009
Governing
Understanding the Labyrinth: New York's Ballot Access Laws
June 2009
Feature
Unemployed in New York
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The King of Discretionary Dollars
June 2009
Public Finance
Coming Soon: Deeper City Deficits
June 2009
Parks
Good Parks Are Good for the Economy
June 2009
Eye on Albany
As Time Runs Out, Paterson Tries to End the Deadlock
June 2009
Issue of the Week
Band-Aid Budget
June 2009
Feature
Foreclosure Threat Looms over Thousands of City Apartments
June 2009
Issue of the Week
City Left on the Sidelines as Senators Feud
June 2009
Feature
Doling Out Pork
June 2009
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Who Got What - FY 2010
June 2009
Demographics
Documenting the Undocumented
June 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Council and Mayor Reach Budget Deal
June 2009
Eye on Albany
Senate Turmoil Puts Everything in Doubt
June 2009
Feature
40 Years After Stonewall: New York's Role in the Movement
June 2009
Technology
Calling Home -- and Losing Minutes
June 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Dumbo's Dock Street Project Approved
June 2009
Issue of the Week
Endangered Community Boards
June 2009
Feature
Staying Out of Jail -- and in Upper Manhattan
June 2009
Eye on Albany
Legal Ruling Puts a Cork on the Bottle Bill
June 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Council and Mayor Reach Revenue Deal
June 2009
Immigrants
Breaking Down Barriers in the Fight Against Domestic Violence
June 2009
Issue of the Week
Pedro Espada's New Clout
June 2009
Feature
The Citizen: Sotomayor's Impact
June 2009
Health
Public Hospitals in Critical Condition
May 2009
Feature
Zoning without Planning
May 2009
Issue of the Week
Toxic Town
May 2009
On the Gowanus, Say 'No' to Superfund
May 2009
Sustainability Watch
Brooklyn's Lavender Lake Needs Superfund
May 2009
The Brooklyn-Queens Border: As Polluted as Ever
May 2009
Environment
Staten Island's Toxic Stew
May 2009
Law
Court Limits Aid to Aged and Disabled
May 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Keeping Eyes on the Tenant Watch List
May 2009
Public Finance
The Regressive Effects of a Sale Tax Increase
May 2009
The Department of Education's Power Grip
May 2009
In Charge and Unaccountable
May 2009
Feature
The Great School Debate
May 2009
Making Joel Klein Behave
May 2009
The Limits of Democracy
May 2009
Beyond Governance -- Creating a Constitution for City Schools
May 2009
Issue of the Week
New York's Gun Battle
May 2009
Governing
Where Is New York's Lieutenant Governor?
May 2009
Community Development
Gold from the Faucet
May 2009
Feature
Will the Bailout Plan Save the MTA?
May 2009
Issue of the Week
Bill Thompson Hopes for an Upset
May 2009
Eye on Albany
Bills Seek to Help Women Prisoners Rebuild Lives
May 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Scratching Out Etching Acid
May 2009
Civil Rights
A Retreat on False Arrests from Chelsea to Bushwick
May 2009
Issue of the Week
Bloomberg's Budget Revival
May 2009
Feature
A Cliffhanger for New York's Film Industry
May 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Role Reversal: Contributions from Candidates
April 2009
Eye on Albany
On the MTA, Leaders Will Take What They Can Get
April 2009
The End of the Rockefeller Era
April 2009
Measuring Up
The Mayor's High Stakes Test
April 2009
Public Finance
Why Property Taxes Rise While Real Estate Falls
April 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
City Gears Up for Green Buildings
April 2009
Arts
Summer Concerts Plan to Play On
April 2009
Transportation
Making Bikes a Key Part of New York's Transportation Mix
April 2009
The Citizen
The Citizen
April 2009
Immigrants
Chinatown Looks for a Way to Survive and Thrive
April 2009
Issue of the Week
Failed Justice: Convicted but Innocent
April 2009
Eye on Albany
The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage
April 2009
Environment
Cleaning Up Pollution at New York's Ports
April 2009
Governing
The Legislature Takes on Election Reform
April 2009
Parks
Yankee Stadium Is Opening but Not the Parks
April 2009
Eye on Albany
Even in Hard Times, Albany Offers a Feast of Pork
April 2009
Feature
A Tangle of Problems Links Prison, Foster Care
April 2009
Issue of the Week
The Bronx Family Feud
April 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Tracking Stimulus and Unattended Idlers
April 2009
Education
Learning Another Language
April 2009
Issue of the Week
Home Shops: 'One Stop' on the Road to Foreclosure
April 2009
Social Services
City Faces a Rising Demand for Food Stamps
April 2009
Feature
Breaking the Feast or Famine Tax Cycle
April 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Council Moves to Protect Access to Clinics
April 2009
Eye on Albany
What the State Budget Means for the City
April 2009
Feature
Small Business: Suffering in Good Times and Bad
March 2009
Issue of the Week
In Albany, Budget Battles Behind Closed Doors
March 2009
Transportation
Punishing Drivers Who Kill
March 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Council Extends Rent Stabilization
March 2009
Immigrants
City, State Do Little to Address Female Genital Cutting
March 2009
Issue of the Week
Keeping New York Afloat
March 2009
Finance for the Future
March 2009
Cutting Back -- Except for Transit
March 2009
Keeping the Middle Class
March 2009
Working to Help New York Recover
March 2009
Tax Justice in a New Economy
March 2009
Using Tax Incentives Wisely
March 2009
Public Finance
How to Plug the Growing Budget Gap
March 2009
The Citizen
The Citizen
March 2009
Law
Court Limits 'Today Only' Plea Bargains
March 2009
Eye on Albany
With Clock Ticking, Senate Plan Does Little to End MTA Impasse
March 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Priced Out: Council Looks to Keep Apartments Affordable
March 2009
Issue of the Week
New Debates Over Church, State, School and Charters
March 2009
Housing
How to Fight an International Landlord
March 2009
Feature
Cutting Back on Democracy
March 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Council Takes a Bite Out of Bed Bugs
March 2009
Eye on Albany
The Tough Battle to Repeal Tough Drug Laws
March 2009
Council Committee Frequency
March 2009
Environment
Stimulating a Cleaner Environment
March 2009
Issue of the Week
A City Council Scorecard: Who's Engaged and Who's Not?
March 2009
Governing
Special Elections: Better than the Alternative?
March 2009
Eye on Albany
Plan to Toll Bridges Encounters More Roadblocks
March 2009
Health
A Food Policy for New York
March 2009
Parks
Budget Takes an Ax to Programs for Open Space
March 2009
Issue of the Week
Rural Legislator, City Issue: How Upstaters Decide
March 2009
Law
Court Upholds a Hole in 'Safety Net'
March 2009
Feature
Trying to Keep Abusive Teens from Becoming Abusive Adults
March 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Clerk Battle and Food Allergies
February 2009
Immigrants
Recession Dims American Dream for Business Students
February 2009
Community Development
Offering New Businesses a Place to Grow
February 2009
Demographics
New York and the Fight Over the 2010 Census
February 2009
Issue of the Week
Confronting the Condo Glut
February 2009
The Citizen
The Citizen
February 2009
Eye on Albany
Taxing the Rich: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
February 2009
Feature
Creative Ways to Tax and Cut
February 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Another State of the City
February 2009
Measuring Up
A Budget Expert Looks at the Numbers
February 2009
Complicated Calculus in Race to Replace Monserrate
February 2009
Personality, Not Policy Marks Debate in South Queens
February 2009
On the North Shore, Candidates Seek to Ease Traffic
February 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Residency Redux and Inspecting Water Tanks
February 2009
Eye on Albany
A Call for Tighter Ethics Laws
February 2009
Measuring Up
Meet the Independent Budget Office
February 2009
Transportation
Bike Lanes Run into Opposition
February 2009
Issue of the Week
Fix the Budget
February 2009
Feature
Free Buses, Cheaper Subways -- and a Solution to New York's Traffic
February 2009
Eye on Albany
Trying -- Again -- to Change the Drug Laws
February 2009
Technology
Finding a Converter Box Before the Big Switch
February 2009
Eye on Albany
Paterson's Bitter Pill
February 2009
Feature
How to Balance the State Budget
February 2009
Issue of the Week
An Election Year Budget
February 2009
Civil Rights
Police Charged with False Arrests of Gay Men at Adult Video Stores
February 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Shutting Engines At Schools
January 2009
Governing
Making Voting Easier
January 2009
Housing
Will the State Senate Save Rent Control?
January 2009
Feature
Scaling Back Free Parking Privileges
January 2009
Issue of the Week
What's Happened to the Plant in the Park
January 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: From Parking to Playgrounds
January 2009
Law
Protection for Abuse Victims
January 2009
Economy
The Obama Stimulus: An $825 Billion First Step
January 2009
The Citizen
The Citizen
January 2009
Issue of the Week
Paying Attention to Cities
January 2009
Infrastructure Investments that Make Sense
January 2009
Eye on Albany
The Senate Looks at How It Operates
January 2009
Issue of the Week
From Gas Guzzling Cars to Clean Buses
January 2009
Using This Crisis to Prevent the Next One
January 2009
Can Obama Help Save New York?
January 2009
Immigrants
Asian Americans: A Growing Force in City Politics
January 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
A Recovery Package From Bloomberg
January 2009
Public Finance
The Budget Outlook Goes from Bad to Worse
January 2009
Feature
Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City's Watershed.
January 2009
Issue of the Week
The Democrats Take Albany
January 2009
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Council Approves Firearm Reporting
January 2009
Issue of the Week
The 2009 Race: How Term Limits Changed the Political Landscape
January 2009
Feature
A New Name for Our Premier Waterway
January 2009
Law
Going Beyond the Maximum in a Gun Case
December 2008
Feature
Looking Ahead to the New Year
December 2008
Issue of the Week
Top New York Stories of 2008
December 2008
Parks
A Federal Stimulus for City Parks
December 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
The Council Passes Budget Cuts
December 2008
Public Finance
New Yorkers Rate Their Government
December 2008
Arts
Cultural Groups Wonder Just How Bad Things Will Get
December 2008
Feature
Paying for Transit: Fares or Fees, Tolls or Taxes?
December 2008
Issue of the Week
From Wall Street to Taxi Stand: The Recession Trickles Down
December 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Tax Bills on the Floor
December 2008
Housing
Can Private Methods Save Public Housing?
December 2008
Immigrants
Delivering Better Pay
December 2008
Feature
The Citizen
December 2008
Issue of the Week
Avoiding Charities With Coal-Filled Stockings
December 2008
Technology
The Fight Over Broadcasting's 'White Space'
December 2008
Eye on Albany
Advancing Rights
December 2008
Environment
A Changing Climate on Global Warming: What the Election Means
December 2008
Issue of the Week
Budget Battle: Round 1
December 2008
Public Finance
The Mayor's Budget-Cutting Strategy
November 2008
Community Development
Working for a Greener Harlem
November 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
The Public Speaks on Budget Cuts
November 2008
Eye on Albany
The Senate's Demographic Shift
November 2008
Parks
From the West Side: A 'Roadmap' for City Streets
November 2008
Issue of the Week
Where the Cuts Come From
November 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Trendy, Endangered Neighborhood Rezoned
November 2008
Economy
After the Meltdown: New York's Future
November 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Queens Development Plans Approved
November 2008
Education
Choosing Sides in the Fight Over Schools
November 2008
Feature
Stimulus Money: The Downturn's Silver Lining?
November 2008
Issue of the Week
The Council's Income
November 2008
The Conflicts at the Conflicts of Interest Board
November 2008
Feature
The Other Power Shift
November 2008
Eye on Albany
Longtime Incumbent Seeks Two More Years
November 2008
Staten Island 61st Assembly District: Titone Tries for a Full Term
November 2008
Staten Island 60th Assembly District: A Swing Seat
November 2008
Bronx/Manhattan 28th Senate District: A Serrano in the Seat
November 2008
Staten Island 24th Senate District: Seeking Re-election in a GOP Stronghold
November 2008
Election Results 2008 - General
November 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Term Limits Extension Gets Final Signature
November 2008
Eye on Albany
Bronx 84th Assembly District: Arroyo Seeks Another Term
November 2008
Bronx 82nd Assembly District: A Three-peat in the Northeast
November 2008
Staten Island 63rd Assembly District: Running on Four Lines
November 2008
Staten Island 62nd Assembly District: Going for a Full Term on the South Shore
November 2008
Bronx 32nd Senate District: Running from Both Sides of the Fence
November 2008
Bronx/Manhattan 31st Senate District: Surviving in a Different District
November 2008
Bronx/Manhattan 31st Senate District: Surviving in a Different District
November 2008
Queens 30th Assembly District: Running from a Flower Shop
November 2008
Queens 28th Assembly District: A Republican Tries Again
November 2008
Queens 26th Assembly District: A Low-Budget Race in Bayside
November 2008
Queens 23rd Assembly District: Running Against Albany
November 2008
Queens 12th Senate District: 25 Years in Albany
November 2008
The Citizen
It's the Economy
November 2008
Immigrants
Immigrants Confront the Recession
November 2008
Eye on Albany
Brooklyn/Staten Island 24th Senate: Red Borough, Blue District
November 2008
Bronx 81st Assembly District: A Challenger Hangs On
November 2008
Bronx 80th Assembly District: Rivera Faces Two Opponents
November 2008
Bronx Assembly District 78: Rivera's Easier Contest
November 2008
A Third Round in Highbridge
November 2008
A 22-Year-Old Seeks to Topple a Veteran
November 2008
Kavanagh Seeks to End the Turnover
November 2008
GOP Hits Snags in the Silk Stocking District
November 2008
Party Leader Runs Again
November 2008
Jeffries Seeks a Second Term
November 2008
Former Councilmember Seeks to Remain in Assembly
November 2008
A Familiar Contest in Bushwick
November 2008
Challenging the Party Chief
November 2008
Schools, Environment Issues in Brownstone District
November 2008
A Three-Way Race in Sunset Park
November 2008
Party Activist Looks for Upset
November 2008
Businesswoman Challenges Incumbent
November 2008
More than $1 Million for an Easy Race
November 2008
Veteran Challenges Former Teacher
November 2008
Challenger's Campaign Fades
November 2008
Parks
A Property Tax for Parks?
October 2008
Law
First Amendment Rights and the Classroom
October 2008
Issue of the Week
Guide for the Last Minute Voter
October 2008
Eye on Albany
Brooklyn State Assembly District 46: Former Staffer Challenges an Incumbent
October 2008
Bronx Assembly District 76: A Frequent Candidate Tries Again
October 2008
Manhattan Assembly District 68: Powell Faces Two Challengers
October 2008
Manhattan Assembly District 67: A Former Nadler Aide vs. a Former Nadler Opponent
October 2008
Manhattan Assembly District 65: New Incumbent Seeks a Full Term
October 2008
Manhattan Assembly District 44: Longtime Incumbent Faces a Party Activist
October 2008
Brooklyn Assembly District 43: Trying for a Full Term in Crown Heights
October 2008
Brooklyn Assembly District 41: Going for Three Decades in Office
October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 17: A Second Round in Northern Brooklyn
October 2008
Bronx Senate District 36: Rematch in the Bronx
October 2008
Bronx Senate District 34: Klein Goes for Three
October 2008
Bronx Senate District 33: Espada's New Clout
October 2008
Manhattan Senate District 32: Duane Faces Little Known Challenger
October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 27: Brighton Beach's $1.8 Million Man
October 2008
Manhattan Senate District 25: A Republican Tries to Beat the Odds
October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 20: Adams Seeks Re-election
October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 19: Sampson Seeks Another Term
October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 18: Looking for a Landslide?
October 2008
Queens Senate District 11: A GOP Incumbent Seeks to Turn Back a Democratic Tide
October 2008
Feature
And the Winner Is ...
October 2008
Demographics
A Shift in Albany Could Avert Higher Rents
October 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Approves Term Limits Extension
October 2008
Crime and Safety
A President's New York Prosecutors
October 2008
Environment
Candidates Offer Different Plans to Cool Climate Change
October 2008
Health
The Candidates' Prescriptions
October 2008
Public Finance
Amid Economic Turmoil, the Candidates Talk Taxes
October 2008
Issue of the Week
Educating Children with Special Needs
October 2008
What The Candidates Can't Do
October 2008
Beyond the Rhetoric of Change
October 2008
Sad Times Call for a Bit of Optimism
October 2008
The Fading of the American Dream
October 2008
Land Use
The McCain-Obama Mismatch on Urban Policy
October 2008
Feature
For Council, Another Term Holds Risks and Rewards
October 2008
Issue of the Week
Small Town Values in a Big City Election
October 2008
Civil Rights
Term Limits as a Voting Right Issue
October 2008
Social Services
A City's New Poverty Guidelines
October 2008
Issue of the Week
Tackling Campaign Finance Reform
October 2008
Feature
Brooklyn's Retail Boom
October 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Waterfronts and East Harlem
October 2008
Transportation
Federal Transportation Spending: Pork or Priority?
October 2008
Feature
Comparing Proposals on Term Limits
October 2008
Issue of the Week
Economic Fallout
October 2008
Feature
Make That Three: Bloomberg's Reelection Bid
October 2008
Poll: Should Bloomberg Seek a Third Term?
October 2008
Public Finance
Looking at the Record: Taxes and Homelessness
September 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Tax Breaks for Industry
September 2008
Immigrants
A New Push to Let Non-Citizens Vote
September 2008
Issue of the Week
Preparing for the Great New York Earthquake
September 2008
Feature
The Citizen
September 2008
Law
Rights and Recognition for Same-Sex Marriage
September 2008
Technology
The Fight for New York Televisions
September 2008
Parks
From Parking Space to People Place
September 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Disclosure Bill's Uncertain Future
September 2008
Issue of the Week
The Long Fight to End Homelessness
September 2008
Getting Families Out of Shelters and Into Homes
September 2008
Fighting Homelessness in Miami
September 2008
Handing Out to the Homeless
September 2008
On Track to Ending Homelessness
September 2008
For Homelessness, Prevention is the Best Medicine
September 2008
Feature
The End of Wall Street as We Know It
September 2008
Transportation
The Downside of Low-Cost Buses
September 2008
Housing
Cutting the High Cost of Housing
September 2008
Feature
Third Term's The Charm
September 2008
Arts
A Vanishing Culture?
September 2008
Health
After 7 Years, Breathing Ailments Persist
September 2008
Feature
The Question Mark Over Fiterman Hall
September 2008
2008 Primary Results
September 2008
Land Use
Rebuilding Ground Zero: Long-term Costs of Short-term Planning
September 2008
Issue of the Week
Seven Years Later
September 2008
Feature
Meeting the Gray Wave
September 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Crane Safety Beefed Up
September 2008
Education
The Three C's: Condos, Classrooms and Crowding
September 2008
Eye on Albany
Guide for the Last Minute Voter: The 2008 Primary
September 2008
A Feud in Flushing
September 2008
Feature
A Long-time Incumbent in a Changing District
September 2008
A Battle for the Ballot in Flushing
September 2008
The Return of Allan Jennings
September 2008
Eye on Albany
Filling a Last-Minute Vacancy
September 2008
A Factional Split in the Southeast Bronx
September 2008
Going Head to Head in Morrisania
September 2008
The Organization Chases a Rainbow
September 2008
A Second Chance in Canarsie
September 2008
Taking on the Brownsville Dynasty
September 2008
Running Under Indictment in the West Bronx
September 2008
Feature
A Longtime Incumbent Faces Another Challenger
September 2008
The Citizen
The Citizen
August 2008
Demographics
Harlem's Shifting Population
August 2008
An Affluent, White Harlem?
August 2008
Issue of the Week
Reshaping the City: Who's Being Heard -- and Why?
August 2008
Feature
GOP Divisions Could Make Staten Island Blue
August 2008
Transportation
Encouraging New Yorkers to Park -- and Drive
August 2008
Community Development
Bringing 'Green Collar' Jobs to the South Bronx
August 2008
Issue of the Week
Finding Your Way Around New York's News
August 2008
Immigrants
English Learners Left Behind
August 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Cooling City Streets
August 2008
Issue of the Week
A New New Yorker's Reference Guide
August 2008
Land Use
Climate Change Could Threaten a Green Willets Point
August 2008
Education
At Law School, Middle School Students Get on the Case
August 2008
Feature
In East New York, Corruption Creates an Open Seat
August 2008
Eye on Albany
In Queens, a Race to Control the Senate
August 2008
Issue of the Week
Invasion of New York
August 2008
Know Your Invasive Critters
August 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Prayer or Violation? The City Council's Invocation
August 2008
Parks
Fighting the Asian Long-Horned Beetle
August 2008
Public Finance
In the Face of Fiscal Uncertainty, the City Stays Calm
August 2008
Issue of the Week
When Foster Children Become Pregnant
August 2008
Technology
Lost in the PDFs: Getting City Data
August 2008
Feature
Those Restaurant Calorie Counts: Too Good to Be True?
August 2008
Issue of the Week
Giving Foster Teens a Place to Call Home
August 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: From Saving Energy to Preventing Choking
August 2008
Governing
In New York, Those in Power, Stay in Power
August 2008
Civil Rights
The State of Civil Liberties
July 2008
Law
Guns, the Supreme Court and New York
July 2008
Issue of the Week
Coney Island's Latest Roller Coaster Ride
July 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Construction Legislation Moves Forward
July 2008
Feature
From Yesterday's Supper to Tomorrow's 'Black Gold'
July 2008
Issue of the Week
Whistle While You Work
July 2008
The Bronx's Secret Shore
July 2008
Waterfront
On the Beaches
July 2008
Immigrants
Language Barrier Begins to Fall at City Hospitals
July 2008
Issue of the Week
Keeping City Beaches Safe and Clean
July 2008
Economy
Where the City Can Find $200 Million
July 2008
Issue of the Week
New York's Best and Worst Beaches
July 2008
Feature
The City Economy: Facing the Nation's Woes
July 2008
Parks
The Future of Ridgewood Reservoir: Birds or Baseball?
July 2008
Transportation
Making Way for New York's Scooter Surge
July 2008
Let the Challenges Begin
July 2008
Feature
A Battle Over Reform in Manhattan and Brooklyn
July 2008
Issue of the Week
On to the Primary
July 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Measuring Constituent Complaints: Round One
July 2008
In Flatbush, Running with Baggage
July 2008
Public Finance
Mayor Bests the Council in Latest Budget Battles
July 2008
Issue of the Week
Discretionary Spending: FY09
July 2008
The Perks of Leadership: Who Got What in 2009
July 2008
Feature
Saving Energy, Affordable Housing -- and the Planet
July 2008
Environment
How the City Has Reduced Soot
July 2008
Law
Facing Evictions -- Without the Right to Counsel
June 2008
Issue of the Week
Forgotten Handshakes: The '09 Budget
June 2008
Feature
Running Against Albany on Manhattan's Lower East Side
June 2008
Governing
Voter Identification Laws: Safeguard or Barrier?
June 2008
Demographics
The School Divide Starts at Kindergarten
June 2008
Housing
Preserving Public Housing that Works
June 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Street Vending to School Parking
June 2008
Feature
In the Heights: Vitality and Diversity at Manhattan's Tip
June 2008
Issue of the Week
A House Divided in Washington Heights
June 2008
A Tougher Year for Incumbents
June 2008
Transportation
Albany Puts the Brakes on Faster Buses
June 2008
Immigrants
The Quest for Childcare: Few Spaces, Little Information
June 2008
Social Services
Keeping Former Prisoners Out of Prison
June 2008
Public Finance
Juggling the Budget Surplus
June 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: First Steps for Building Revisions
June 2008
Issue of the Week
Public Money, Private Property: The Council's Capital Budget
June 2008
Land Use
Can Planners Help New Yorkers Eat Better?
June 2008
Education
The Autism Gap
June 2008
Measuring Up
The Past and Future of Sustainability
June 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Safety on Site -- or In Sight?
June 2008
Civil Rights
Puffing Up Marijuana Charges
June 2008
Law
Protecting Incarcerated Gay and Lesbian Youth
June 2008
Crime and Safety
Can New York Break Its Incarceration Habit?
June 2008
Health
Rating Health Care Behind Bars
June 2008
Issue of the Week
For Juveniles, Alternatives to Incarceration
June 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: A New Fire Code and Surplus
June 2008
Issue of the Week
Looking at Incarceration
June 2008
Feature
Another Special Election
June 2008
Issue of the Week
Taking the Next Steps in Juvenile Justice
June 2008
Technology
What the Verizon Deal Does -- and Doesn't -- Do
May 2008
Governing
Reinforcing Voting's Front Line
May 2008
Sustainability Watch
A Community Plan for the 'Highway to Nowhere'
May 2008
Education
Anger and Accusations Greet Budget Cuts
May 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
A Better Budget Outlook… To Some
May 2008
Environment
A Smoother Ride for Cycling in the City
May 2008
Feature
The View from Fit City 3
May 2008
Housing
Without Major Action, Housing Crunch Will Only Get Worse
May 2008
Community Development
Can Co-ops Help Close the 'Grocery Gap'?
May 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: The Next Round on E-Waste
May 2008
Feature
The Blending of Church and Real Estate
May 2008
Issue of the Week
The Budget Maze
May 2008
Education
Going Online, Digital and Interactive at the Library
May 2008
Demographics
Housing Squeeze Shows No Sign of Easing
May 2008
Public Finance
Checking on How Government Spends Your Money
May 2008
Issue of the Week
Promoting Transparency, Protecting Non-Profits
May 2008
Once Again, Quinn Tries to End the Funding Furor
May 2008
Immigrants
With Rallies and Protests, Many Overseas Chinese Back the Olympics
May 2008
Housing
Can New York Avoid a Foreclosure Crisis?
May 2008
Transportation
Bridging Mass Transit's Budget Gap
May 2008
Issue of the Week
The 2009 Budget: Drawing the Battle Lines
May 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Harlem Rezoning Approved
May 2008
Feature
Grading New York's Public Schools
May 2008
Law
Batterers, Their Victims and the Right to Confront Witnesses
April 2008
Environment
Making Black Cars Green
April 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Allergens to Parade Rules
April 2008
Sustainability Watch
An Unknown Urban Forest
April 2008
Reclaiming the City's Abandoned Land
April 2008
Issue of the Week
Real Estate Slump Hits New York
April 2008
Sustainability Watch
Blocking the Sun: Solar in the City
April 2008
A More Secure Way to Feed to City
April 2008
Cleaning Up a Creek
April 2008
Governing
Putting Public Money into Politics
April 2008
Community Development
As the Economy Worsens: Helping People Find Jobs
April 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Meeting Amid Scandal
April 2008
Sustainability Watch
The Need for a Parks Plan
April 2008
As City Grows, Affordable Housing Shrinks
April 2008
Making Zero Waste Part of the Plan
April 2008
Jumpstarting the Greenways System
April 2008
Bridging New York's Transit Gap
April 2008
Feature
Why a Bioheat Mandate?
April 2008
The Dirty Side of Biodiesel
April 2008
Sustainability Watch
Is the Long-term Sustainability Plan Sustainable?
April 2008
Civil Rights
Reversing the Tide Against Protest
April 2008
Technology
Fiber Optics: Bringing the Next Big Thing to New York
April 2008
Issue of the Week
Unanswered Questions: City Council's Phantom Funds
April 2008
Feature
Clearing New York City Streets
April 2008
A Serious Solution for a Serious Problem
April 2008
How to Fix Our Transportation Woes -- Without the Fee
April 2008
Social Services
Bringing Customer Choice to Food Pantries
April 2008
Immigrants
Document Jam Could Keep Immigrants from Voting
April 2008
Public Finance
On the City Budget, Agreeing Not to Disagree
April 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Bogus Groups in the City Budget
April 2008
Issue of the Week
Reclaiming New York's Blighted Waters
April 2008
Transportation
Street Closures and the Battle of Prince Street
April 2008
Parks
Tracking Crime in the Parks
April 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: An End to E-Waste
March 2008
Crime and Safety
The High Price of Counterfeit Goods
March 2008
Issue of the Week
Musical Chairs: Shuffling Seats in City Government
March 2008
Feature
Taking a New Look at Discrimination in New York
March 2008
Housing
Advocates Find Hope in Albany, Fear in D.C.
March 2008
Law
Ending Another Form of Discrimination
March 2008
Arts
One Person's Vandalism Is Another One's Art
March 2008
Issue of the Week
Breaking the Gridlock on Congestion Pricing
March 2008
Feature
Cleaning Up an Agency and an Accident
March 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
The Council and Congestion Pricing: Part II
March 2008
Governing
Follow the Count, Super Tuesday Votes Revisited
March 2008
Environment
New Rules Clean Up Dirty Ships
March 2008
Economy
Ten Reasons We Don't Have the Economy We Thought We Had
March 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Budget Cuts and E-Waste
March 2008
Feature
Aging in a New Era
March 2008
Issue of the Week
And Now: The Paterson Administration
March 2008
Civil Rights
Same-Sex Marriages, Death and Taxes
March 2008
Public Finance
The Tough Budget Choices Ahead
March 2008
Issue of the Week
A City by the Sea -- or Under It?
March 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Bed Bugs to Base Jumping
March 2008
Immigrants
New Year's Show Sparks Controversy
March 2008
Community Development
The City Responds to the Foreclosure Crisis
March 2008
Education
Time Out for Phys Ed
March 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Green Carts Come to Town
March 2008
Issue of the Week
Fighting the Obesity Epidemic
March 2008
Feature
Fresh Food and Fresh Ideas
March 2008
Issue of the Week
Opening the City's Greenmarkets
March 2008
Health
Creating Healthy Bodegas
March 2008
Issue of the Week
Making Fast Food A Little Healthier
March 2008
Parks
Concerns Grow but the Grass Doesn't
February 2008
Law
Court Rules Tenants Can't Waive Their Protections
February 2008
Housing
Housing Market Faces Anxiety from Many Sources
February 2008
Technology
Counting Down to the Great Television Turnover
February 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
A Permanent Address: Regulating Residency Requirements at the City Council
February 2008
Issue of the Week
Changing the Way the City Does Business
February 2008
How to Deal with Declining Revenues
February 2008
Three Steps to Keep the City's Economy Moving
February 2008
Preparing for the End of the Boom
February 2008
Preventing Cuts in Education
February 2008
After the Boom: Looking Ahead to Tougher Times
February 2008
Governing
Signs of a Sea Change In Voting
February 2008
Crime and Safety
Delving the Murky World of Police Informants
February 2008
Feature
Bringing Insurance to Small Business
February 2008
A Seafaring Commute
February 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Wasting Electronics
February 2008
Issue of the Week
A Battle Brews Over Who Controls the Schools
February 2008
Land Use
The Race to Develop a Toxic Waterway
February 2008
Demographics
A Religious City
February 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Ringing in the New Year With Legislation
February 2008
Feature
The Crackdown on New York City Students
February 2008
Issue of the Week
Barred Medicine: Health Care on Rikers Island
February 2008
Public Finance
Tax Breaks - Who Wins and Who Loses?
February 2008
Transportation
Helping Old New Yorkers Get Around Town
February 2008
Immigrants
Trouble on the "Immigrant Express"
February 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Housing Discrimination
February 2008
Issue of the Week
Urban Issues: Where the Republican Candidates Stand
February 2008
Urban Issues: Where the Democratic Candidates Stand
February 2008
Health
Language Barriers at the Drugstore
February 2008
Issue of the Week
The Candidates and the City
February 2008
Housing
A Campaign to Strengthen Housing Laws
January 2008
Law
A Legal Tool for Tenants
January 2008
Economy
Stimulating the Economy
January 2008
Issue of the Week
A Bad News Budget
January 2008
Governing
No Party Changes Allowed
January 2008
Crime and Safety
The Fight Against Street Harassment
January 2008
Environment
Next Steps for Congestion Pricing
January 2008
Parks
The Ferry Point Fiasco
January 2008
Issue of the Week
State of the City
January 2008
Children
Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health Care
January 2008
Transportation
Speeding New York's Buses
January 2008
Issue of the Week
Recycling Stops and Starts
January 2008
Immigrants
Investing in Higher Education
January 2008
Issue of the Week
Measuring the Garbage Glut
January 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
Bagging Plastic Pile-Ups
January 2008
Civil Rights
Race Matters in New York
January 2008
Public Finance
2008: The Year the Good Times Ended?
January 2008
Land Use
Setting Standards for Green Neighborhoods
January 2008
Technology
Expanding Wi-Fi Beyond Manhattan
January 2008
Issue of the Week
Filling New York's 'Vacancies'
January 2008
Feature
A Simpler Alternative to Congestion Pricing
January 2008
An Environmentalist's Wish List for 2008
January 2008
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Green Carts to Horse Carriages
January 2008
Issue of the Week
How City Council Expresses Its Opinions
December 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Columbia Gets Approval
December 2007
Feature
Next Year's Top Stories
December 2007
Demographics
Will the 2010 Census "Steal" New Yorkers?
December 2007
Environment
Is 'Nalgene' Hazardous to Your Health?
December 2007
Housing
Reviewing 2007, Looking Ahead to 2008
December 2007
Governing
New Voting Machines May Not Meet State Standards
December 2007
Economy
Could Wall Street’s Woes Be Good for New York?
December 2007
Crime and Safety
Who's Stopped? Who's Frisked?
December 2007
Issue of the Week
The Big Stories of 2007 that Did Not Happen
December 2007
Top Stories of 2007
December 2007
Could Wall Street’s Woes Be Good for New York?
December 2007
Children
A Treatment that Follows Drug Users
December 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Savoring the Brooklyn Sugar Plant
December 2007
Public Finance
After the ‘Financial Emergency’
December 2007
Law
A Minor Case Changes Police Practices
December 2007
Land Use
Daniel Doctoroff's Legacy
December 2007
Arts
After the Theater Strike
December 2007
Issue of the Week
New York Shopping: Chains and Bargains
December 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Getting Paid: Debating the Council's Outside Income and Salaries
December 2007
Issue of the Week
Feeding the Holiday Economy
December 2007
Feature
Tackling E-Waste
December 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Committee Assignments and Stipends
December 2007
Immigrants
What Three Million Immigrants Do
December 2007
Issue of the Week
Where The Funds Stand
December 2007
Blurring the Line Between Government and Charity
December 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Capping Carbon
December 2007
Parks
Creating People-Friendly Streets
November 2007
Technology
Will Technology Kill Privacy?
November 2007
Governing
Opening the GOP Primary
November 2007
Demographics
The End of ‘White Flight’?
November 2007
Issue of the Week
Problems With Pigeons
November 2007
New Yorkers vs. the Rat
November 2007
Feature
Testing Fails the Arts
November 2007
Report Cards Flunk the Clarity Test
November 2007
Housing
Housing as a Human Right
November 2007
Community Development
Harnessing Change in Bed-Stuy
November 2007
Environment
Breathing Easier in 2030 and Beyond
November 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Restricting Council Ads
November 2007
Crime and Safety
The Fight Against Drunk Driving
November 2007
Law
Gun Laws Confront Legal Challenges
November 2007
Public Finance
Managing Billions in City Contracts
November 2007
Land Use
Greening City Schoolyards
November 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Stormwater Fixes
November 2007
Issue of the Week
The Garbage Glut
November 2007
Civil Rights
New York Plays Key Role in Fight for Transgender Rights
November 2007
Children
Helping Abuse Victims Keep Their Children
November 2007
Economy
Wall Street’s Binge, Workers’ Hangover
November 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
November 6, 2007 General Election Results
November 2007
Issue of the Week
Guide For The Last Minute Voter, 2007 General Election
November 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Bagging Plastic Bags
November 2007
Immigrants
Latest License Plan Angers Almost Everyone
November 2007
Governing
Counting Convicts
October 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Preserving Neighborhoods
October 2007
Parks
Saving Arlington Marsh
October 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting with a State Agenda
October 2007
Technology
Censored by Verizon
October 2007
Issue of the Week
College Boom
October 2007
Housing
Workers Speak Out About Homeless Program
October 2007
Education
Teaching Kids About Sex
October 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Con Edison Rates and Reporting on Pesticides
October 2007
Issue of the Week
Paying the Price for Living in New York
October 2007
Environment
Good News About Asthma
October 2007
Health
Grading the City's Public Hospitals
October 2007
Children
Police Limit ‘Hanging Out’
October 2007
Public Finance
The Mayor Offers a Barrage of Numbers
October 2007
The Mayor Offers a Barrage of Numbers
October 2007
Feature
Adding Up: How Much Members Spend on Ads?
October 2007
Issue of the Week
Cleaning Up New York’s Buildings
October 2007
Land Use
Burial Ground Bears Witness to a Segregated City
October 2007
Immigrants
Driver's Licenses for the Undocumented
October 2007
Issue of the Week
Alarms for the Police
October 2007
Stop and Frisk – Who's Being Searched?
October 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Biking On The Boss's Dollar
October 2007
Issue of the Week
A Dwindling Police Presence
October 2007
A Tougher Policy on Protest
October 2007
The Failure of Civilian Oversight
October 2007
Policing the Police
October 2007
Waterfront
Along the Shore, A Turning Point
October 2007
Law
Ms. Lopez Torres Goes to Washington
October 2007
Community Development
Taking Stock of New York’s Housing
October 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Replacing Street Signs to Taking Recyclables
October 2007
Issue of the Week
A One in Five Shot: Passing City Council Bills
October 2007
Crime and Safety
A Modern Slavery
October 2007
Issue of the Week
Proposed Legislation by Council Member
October 2007
Public Finance
Reviewing Federal and City Tax Cuts
September 2007
Law
Brooklyn Judge's Battle Reaches Washington
September 2007
Technology
Earth Day for the Internet
September 2007
Demographics
Feeling the Effects of a Housing Bust
September 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Next Round in the Cell Phone Fight
September 2007
Issue of the Week
Storm Warnings
September 2007
Feature
The Catch-22 of Subsidized Day Care
September 2007
Environment
How Clean (or Dirty) Is Our Air?
September 2007
Parks
Replacing Parking with Parks
September 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
September 18, 2007 Primary Election Results
September 2007
Land Use
Making Coney Island Green
September 2007
Making Coney Island Green
September 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Curbing to Cutting Trees
September 2007
Health
Insuring New York's Children
September 2007
Issue of the Week
Guide for the Last Minute Voter
September 2007
Children
New York’s Family Treatment Court
September 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Rezoning Jamaica
September 2007
September 2007
Immigrants
A City ID Card for All
September 2007
Issue of the Week
Worrying About Wall Street
September 2007
The Real Foreclosure Crisis
September 2007
Will the Sub-Prime Crisis Reach Manhattan?
September 2007
New York’s 'Ring of Steel'
September 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Paralyzing Peeping and Blasting Explosive Regulations
September 2007
Feature
A Fair Deal for The New Workforce
September 2007
A Fair Deal for The New Workforce
September 2007
Feature
Too Few Jobs for Youth
September 2007
Public Finance
Looking at the Four-Year Financial Plan
August 2007
Law
When Conviction Records Can Be Sealed
August 2007
Social Services
Cash Incentives for the Poor
August 2007
Feature
Lessons from Deutsche Bank
August 2007
A Failure to Communicate
August 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Making Room in Litter Baskets
August 2007
Issue of the Week
Citizens Grading Government
August 2007
Land Use
The New Battle Against Gentrification
August 2007
Governing
Poll Site Access for the Disabled
August 2007
Health
Aging with AIDS
August 2007
Feature
State of Cycling
August 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
The City Clerk – Wait, Who?
August 2007
Issue of the Week
Hard Times in the Projects
August 2007
Parks
Reopening the 19th Century High Bridge
August 2007
Children
A Report Card from Students
August 2007
Issue of the Week
Crumbling Systems
August 2007
Feature
Bringing Diversity to New York Elite High Schools
August 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Searchlight: Land Use and an Indicted Council Member
August 2007
Civil Rights
The Legislature Acts, Doesn't Act and Reacts
August 2007
Economy
Neighborhoods and the Fiscal Boom
August 2007
Feature
A Divided Council Confronts Congestion Pricing
August 2007
Immigrants
Immersed in English
August 2007
Children
When Students Need 'Someone to Talk to'
July 2007
Issue of the Week
Protecting New York's Teens
July 2007
After-School Programs Lose Funds
July 2007
Trying to Break the Cycle of Violence
July 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Cell Phones, Yes, Markers, No
July 2007
Issue of the Week
Hanging Out and Hurting Business
July 2007
Taking A.C.T.I.O.N. at The Point
July 2007
Police in Schools
July 2007
Housing
Programs for Safer Homes
July 2007
Governing
The Campaign Fundraising Begins
July 2007
Candidates for Citywide And Boroughwide Office I
July 2007
Candidates for Citywide And Boroughwide Office II
July 2007
Issue of the Week
Compromising on Congestion and Campaign Cash
July 2007
Feature
Quinn’s Rule
July 2007
Land Use
Albee Square: When the Mall’s No Longer Home
July 2007
Law
Guaranteeing Access to Abortion in New York
July 2007
Education
Poor Grades for a School ‘Contract’
July 2007
Issue of the Week
The Brave New World of Ticket Sales
July 2007
Public Finance
Mixed News in a ‘Good News’ Budget
July 2007
Issue of the Week
Taking Aim at Illegal Guns
July 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Clean Energy to Cough Syrup
July 2007
Feature
Keeping Felons from Voting
July 2007
Health
Access to the HPV Vaccine in NYC
July 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
‘Imperfect’ Campaign Finance Bill Wins Approval
July 2007
Feature
Moving Ahead on Immigration Reform?
July 2007
Immigrants
New ID Could Cost Immigrants Their Licenses
July 2007
Issue of the Week
Summer Reading: Experts Pick Their Favorite New York Books
July 2007
Housing
A Tough Month for Housing Advocates
June 2007
Governing
Encouraging Young New Yorkers to Vote
June 2007
Transportation
Tracking and Video: Coming Soon to a Taxi Near You
June 2007
Technology
Electricity, Gas – and Broadband
June 2007
Feature
Dividing the Wealth: Who Gets the Council’s Discretionary Funds?
June 2007
Issue of the Week
New Books About New York
June 2007
Summer Reading: Best Books About New York
June 2007
Feature
Who Got What
June 2007
Law
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
June 2007
Economy
Income Numbers Show a Changing City
June 2007
Demographics
No Quick Riches for New York’s Twentysomethings
June 2007
Issue of the Week
Sealed with a Kiss: The 2008 Budget
June 2007
Environment
Latest Round in the Garbage Wars
June 2007
Issue of the Week
Coney Island’s Summer of Reckoning
June 2007
Feature
What the Campaign Finance Bill Would Do – and Not Do
June 2007
Issue of the Week
Change Reaches the City’s Edge
June 2007
With Pizza, Pinball and Panache, Boardwalk Vendors Face Changes
June 2007
Public Finance
Questions Remain About the 2008 Budget
June 2007
Children
Foster Care System Gives Parents a Bigger Role
June 2007
Land Use
Atlantic Yards and the Sustainability Test
June 2007
Immigrants
New Yorkers and the Immigration Bills
June 2007
Issue of the Week
Education’s Difficult Stage
June 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting – Street Names Sparks Heated Debate
June 2007
Housing
A New Program to Fight Homelessness
May 2007
Governing
Election Reform: Big Changes, Little Notice
May 2007
Feature
Needed: Campaign Finance Reform
May 2007
Issue of the Week
Name that Street
May 2007
Parks
Grading Neighborhood Parks 2007
May 2007
Civil Rights
Co-op Disclosure Bill Stalls in Council
May 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Rights in Restaurants, Banning Markers
May 2007
Crime and Safety
The Move to Expand DNA Testing
May 2007
Issue of the Week
Breaks for Big Business
May 2007
Technology
Have Laptops Flunked the Test?
May 2007
Law
Upholding the Cell Phone Ban
May 2007
Economy
Behind The Low Unemployment Rate
May 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Protecting Fire Fighters
May 2007
Issue of the Week
Reconstructing New York’s Building Code Overhaul
May 2007
Land Use
A Sustainability Test at Willets Point
May 2007
Transportation
Will the Critics Kill Congestion Pricing?
May 2007
Issue of the Week
Getting the Most from Congestion Pricing
May 2007
Improve Transit Before Congestion Pricing
May 2007
The High Costs of Driving - and Parking
May 2007
Taking on the Traffic
May 2007
The Hard Choices Ahead
May 2007
On Energy, Consider the Alternatives
May 2007
Waterfront Development or Neighborhood Displacement?
May 2007
Building In The Wrong Places
May 2007
Developing Brownfields The Right Way
May 2007
What plaNYC Does Not Do
May 2007
Making Growth Work for All New Yorkers
May 2007
Passing the ‘Do-Ability’ Test
May 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting City Council April 23, new bills
May 2007
Feature
Data to the People
May 2007
Issue of the Week
Debating a Greener Future
May 2007
Public Finance
Fiscal Impacts of PlaNYC 2030
May 2007
Environment
Going Green, Saving Green
May 2007
Issue of the Week
Planning for a Bigger, Greener City
April 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting - Bicycle Taxis, Baseball Bats, and Budget Boom
April 2007
Governing
Will Voting Reforms Discourage Minority Voting?
April 2007
Housing
Predatory Lending Fuels Rise in Foreclosures
April 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Housing Repairs and a Street Fight
April 2007
Feature
Catching Up On Recycling
April 2007
Parks
Protecting New York’s Wetlands
April 2007
Law
Judges' Stagnant Salaries
April 2007
Children
Helping Foster Children Become Better Parents
April 2007
Transportation
Future of Pedicabs Remains Uncertain
April 2007
Civil Rights
A Promise to Shake Up State Human Rights Division
April 2007
Issue of the Week
Saving New York’s Middle Class
April 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting -- Protecting "Educational Whistleblowers"
April 2007
Feature
Noxious New York
April 2007
Issue of the Week
Jittery Wall Street, Calm City?
April 2007
Land Use
Sunnyside Fights Over What to Preserve
April 2007
Immigrants
Language Barriers Silence Immigrant Tenants
April 2007
Public Finance
The Many Ways to Spell ‘Tax Relief”
April 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
The Council's Budget Response
April 2007
Feature
A ‘Customer’ Survey for the City
April 2007
Technology
Broadband Haves and Have Nots
April 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting -- Maintaining Mitchell- Lama
April 2007
Issue of the Week
Criminal Justice Under Eliot Spitzer
April 2007
Housing
A Platform to Preserve Housing
March 2007
Law
Change of Venue In the Sean Bell Case
March 2007
Feature
AUXILIARY OFFICERS ASSISTANCE PLAN
March 2007
Issue of the Week
Staten Island’s South Shore: Mulia, Tobacco and Tabacco
March 2007
Central Brooklyn: A Not-So-Instant Replay
March 2007
Staten Island’s North Shore: A Heated Three-Way Contest
March 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Government on the Web, Parking, and Illegal Hotels
March 2007
Crime and Safety
Auxiliary Police
March 2007
Issue of the Week
Voting, Yes. Democracy, Maybe.
March 2007
Public Finance
Tax Cuts For Tenants And Other Budget Debates
March 2007
Demographics
Women of New York City
March 2007
Issue of the Week
Government by Contract
March 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Metal Bat Ban, Benefits for Domestic Patners, and Chocolate Milk
March 2007
Feature
The Price of Progress?
March 2007
Health
NYC V. Fast Food
March 2007
Transportation
Finding A Parking Space
March 2007
Social Services
Helping Young Mothers Help Their Babies and Themselves
March 2007
Land Use
Atlantic Yards: A “Done Deal?”
March 2007
Feature
Nightlife, Pedicabs, and the N-word
March 2007
Health
In Danger: Men At Work
March 2007
Issue of the Week
Breaking Ground
March 2007
Putting Limits On Pay To Play
February 2007
Immigrants
City Council’s First Haitian Member
February 2007
Housing
Housing’s Impact: Need For New Research
February 2007
Issue of the Week
Is Albany Odious?
February 2007
Feature
Government's Annual Reports
February 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz 2007 State of the Borough Address
February 2007
Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall 2007 State of the Borough Address
February 2007
Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer 2007 State of the Borough Address
February 2007
Staten Island Borough President James P. Molinaro 2007 State of the Borough Address
February 2007
Bronx Borough President 2007 State of the Borough Address
February 2007
Speaker Christine C. Quinn: State of the City Address: February 15, 2007
February 2007
Transportation
Sustainable Transportation for 2030
February 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Domestic Partnerships, Wetlands, and Skinny Models
February 2007
Issue of the Week
Many Issues, Many Nationalities in Central Brooklyn
February 2007
It’s the Development, Stupid, on Staten Island
February 2007
Special City Council Elections
February 2007
Feature
Confronting the Congestion Crisis
February 2007
Community Development
Bigger Media, Less Local Democracy
February 2007
Technology
Cell Phones To The Rescue
February 2007
Public Finance
Tax-And-Spend No More
February 2007
Land Use
Plan NYC 2030
February 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Do-It-Yourself Regulation: Stated Meeting 2/1/2007
February 2007
Issue of the Week
The Battle for Comptroller
February 2007
Civil Rights
Where Is The Civil Rights Agenda?
February 2007
Arts
Arts Funding, Transformed
January 2007
Housing
The New Governor’s Mystery Agenda
January 2007
Issue of the Week
2008 BUDGET: ROUND ONE
January 2007
Parks
Private Partnerships For Public Parks
January 2007
Governing
Voting Machine -- The Four Finalists
January 2007
Children
Juvenile Injustice
January 2007
Public Finance
Tax Relief, But Who's Relieved?
January 2007
Education
Reorganizing the Schools (Again)
January 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Bike Safety, Public Housing, Subsidized Transportation
January 2007
Issue of the Week
Mayoral Agenda 2007
January 2007
Health
Charting New York’s Health
January 2007
Technology
The Internet From Your Electrical Outlet
January 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S 2007 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS
January 2007
Transportation
Lessons From The Number 7 Train Extension
January 2007
Issue of the Week
Hillary, Rudy, And George, But Not Mike ( Or So He Says)
January 2007
Searchlight on City Hall
Council's First Meetings of 2007: Environmental Issues and City-Owned Buildings
January 2007
Public Finance
Property Tax Reform -- NOT
January 2007
Health
Health Problems Among Caribbean Immigrants
January 2007
Education
Military Recruiters In High Schools
January 2007
Issue of the Week
Cracking Down on Corruption
January 2007
Immigrants
Drivers’ Licenses for Immigrants
January 2007
Feature
Advising Spitzer
January 2007
Issue of the Week
Eliot Spitzer, Governor
January 2007
Governor Eliot Spitzer's Inaugural Address
January 2007
Community Development
Tax Breaks For Affordable Housing
December 2006
Environment
Energy-Efficient Appliances
December 2006
Issue of the Week
The Big Stories That Did Not Happen in 2006
December 2006
Top 10 Stories of 2006
December 2006
Feature
Predicting The Big Stories in 2007
December 2006
Community Development
New Bills – The 421-a and Affordable Housing Debate
December 2006
Housing
Housing And The Feds
December 2006
Transportation
Congestion Pricing And The Future Of NYC: Addressing The Objections
December 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Long Term Planning in New York City -- Challenges and Goals
December 2006
Technology
Wireless And Emergency Response
December 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Fake IDs, Commuter Vans, Rescue Workers
December 2006
Stated Meeting – Cleaner, Accessible Taxis; Faster Lobbying Reform
December 2006
Health
Twin Crises In Health Care
December 2006
Feature
Tough Times for Transit Workers
December 2006
Public Finance
High Revenue, Obscure Spending
December 2006
Land Use
Congestion Pricing: An Incomplete Solution
December 2006
Children
Cops In High Schools
December 2006
Crime and Safety
50 Bullets, Many Issues
December 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Electrical Code, Property Taxes
December 2006
Immigrants
Small Schools Exclude Many Immigrants
December 2006
Demographics
The Idle Rich
November 2006
Technology
Smart Meters
November 2006
Crime and Safety
After Prison
November 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Nightlife Legislation, Tighter Agency Oversight, and Disclosure on Slavery
November 2006
Issue of the Week
The Last Word in School Funding?
November 2006
Arts
Artist Displacement
November 2006
Issue of the Week
The Challenge of Eating Healthy
November 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
The City Council Votes Itself A Raise
November 2006
Parks
A Greener Governor?
November 2006
Civil Rights
Civil Liberties and the Election
November 2006
Public Finance
Hundreds Of Millions Of New Dollars To New York?
November 2006
Housing
Looking for Government Help on Housing
November 2006
Transportation
New Congress Will Move On Transportation
November 2006
Feature
What Does It Mean for New York?
November 2006
Issue of the Week
After The Election -- What Will Be Different Now?
November 2006
Governing
The Sheriff of State Street
November 2006
Social Services
New Help For the Working Poor?
November 2006
Waterfront
The Staten Island Ferry Crash Three Years Later
November 2006
Land Use
Obesity, Asthma, and Public Health: What Can Planners Do?
November 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
2006 Election Results
November 2006
Issue of the Week
Guide For The Last Minute Voter, 2006 General Election
November 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Pay Raises, Veterans and the Police Department, Bicycle Lanes
November 2006
Issue of the Week
Contested Races
November 2006
2006 New York Comptroller Candidates Grid
November 2006
2006 New York Attorney General Candidates Grid
November 2006
2006 New York Gubernatorial Candidates Grid
November 2006
Feature
Stuyvesant Town, Queens West And The Debate Over Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses
November 2006
Jane Jacobs, Robert Moses And City Planning Today
November 2006
Children
Teen Court Days
November 2006
Law
Legal Lexicon
November 2006
Immigrants
Back In The Spotlight
November 2006
Housing
Tenant Organizing For 36 Years
October 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Economic Incentives, for Council Members and Businesses; City Council Stated Meeting, Oct. 25, 2006
October 2006
Parks
Yankee Stadium/Parks Exchange Underway
October 2006
Crime and Safety
Bias Murder -- The Death Of Michael Sandy In Context
October 2006
Issue of the Week
The Attorney General
October 2006
Community Development
Business Improvement Districts
October 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills – Saving Middle-Income Housing and Improving Nightlife Safety
October 2006
Feature
The Forgotten Attack On NYC
October 2006
Technology
Municipal Television – A Clash Of Vision
October 2006
Public Finance
Using City Tax Policy To Help The Working Poor
October 2006
Feature
Faster Buses, Safer Cycling, Better Pedestrian Protection And Other Plans For The Future
October 2006
Putting Cars Behind
October 2006
Social Services
The Poverty Commission: Measuring Up?
October 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting – Helping Low-Income Homeowners – 10/11/2006
October 2006
Issue of the Week
The Poverty Commission: Measuring Up?
October 2006
Transportation
MTA Debt
October 2006
Land Use
Long-Term Planning At City Hall
October 2006
Feature
Can Small Stores Survive in New York?
October 2006
Education
Special Ed: Needs Improvement
October 2006
Civil Rights
No-Fault Divorce: Feminists Clash
October 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New Council Bills -- Nightlife Safety and Property Tax Breaks
October 2006
Immigrants
Hospital Communication
October 2006
Issue of the Week
Green Construction
October 2006
Immigrants
Good Government Speaks Many Languages
October 2006
Governing
Independent Voters
September 2006
Children
HIV 25 Years Later
September 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting -- September 27, 2006
September 2006
Waterfront
Waterfront In Fits And Starts (And Stops)
September 2006
Education
Is Homework Necessary? Also: A Truce Over Teaching Math
September 2006
Feature
How the Estate Tax Helps New York
September 2006
Issue of the Week
Fighting Poverty
September 2006
The Many Faces of Poverty
September 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills -- Commuting, Smoking, and Drinking
September 2006
Housing
Housing Activists’ Fall Agenda
September 2006
Issue of the Week
Housing In New York City -- Figuring Out The Big (And Little) Picture
September 2006
Feature
Fast Track From Poverty?
September 2006
Law
Foreign, Battered and Denied Aid Unconstitutionally
September 2006
Demographics
Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, Then and Now
September 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting -- September 13, 2006
September 2006
Election Results: Minor Races
September 2006
Technology
Putting City Hall’s Documents Online
September 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
2006 Primary Election Results
September 2006
Transportation
Transit Riders – More For Work, Fewer For Fun
September 2006
Health
9/11 Health: Help at Last?
September 2006
Issue of the Week
Contested State Assembly Seats
September 2006
Contested State Senate Seats
September 2006
A Guide for the Last Minute Voter, Primary 2006
September 2006
Children
Asthma, Poverty and Pollution
September 2006
Public Finance
The Mayor's Legacy: Educational Improvements and Poverty Reduction, Or Bold Budgeting and Economic Development?
September 2006
Land Use
Inclusionary Zoning
September 2006
Issue of the Week
9/11 + 5
September 2006
Environment
Noise In New York
August 2006
Demographics
What New Yorkers Are Like Now – First Results of the American Community Survey
August 2006
Law
Subway Searches
August 2006
Feature
The 13th Senate District Debate
August 2006
Issue of the Week
Abortion in New York City
August 2006
Feature
A Low-Key Race for An Open Seat in Staten Island
August 2006
Waterfront
Barging Back
August 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills -- Conserving Energy, Limiting Noise
August 2006
Arts
Fringe Benefits
August 2006
Feature
Assembly District 22 (Flushing, etc.) Debate Transcript
August 2006
Transportation
Transportation And The New Governor
August 2006
Housing
The Homeless Pledge
August 2006
Issue of the Week
The Homeless Pledge
August 2006
Feature
Assembly District 74 Debate Transcript
August 2006
Bringing the Money Back from Albany
August 2006
Governing
State Races And Incumbency – How New York Is Not Connecticut
August 2006
Feature
Democrats Move in on Staten Island's Republican South Shore
August 2006
Ethnic Politics in Changing Flushing
August 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting -- August 16, 2006
August 2006
Parks
Open Space in the Atlantic Yards Development
August 2006
Open Space in the AtlanticYards Development
August 2006
Open Space in the AtlanticYards Development
August 2006
Civil Rights
Parades, Permits And The Right To Protest
August 2006
Issue of the Week
Summer Jobs
August 2006
Children
Teen Activists
August 2006
Feature
Succeeding Green in Fort Greene – and Beyond
August 2006
Debating Health, Education, Reform and, Yes, Atlantic Yards, in Central Brooklyn
August 2006
Education
The Padlocked Playgrounds
August 2006
Social Services
Single Mothers: Working, But Still Poor
August 2006
Immigrants
Housing Code Enforcement in Need of Repair
August 2006
Public Finance
After The Adopted Budget, Some Tinkering
August 2006
Technology
The 2006 Blackout – Too Easy Just To Blame Con Edison
August 2006
Issue of the Week
Funding the Parks Boom
August 2006
Feature
Going Green: Three Parks Face The Future
August 2006
Issue of the Week
The Aging City
July 2006
Education
How Will Power Shift To The Principals?
July 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills
July 2006
Land Use
City’s New Waste Plan and the Neighborhoods
July 2006
Issue of the Week
Taking the Public Pulse
July 2006
Beyond 311: Listening to New Yorkers
July 2006
What Residents Can Tell Government
July 2006
The Way in San Jose
July 2006
The Web Site, 311, Surveys and Focus Groups
July 2006
Parents Grading Schools
July 2006
Feature
Creating a Healthy Future for Harlem and New York City
July 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting – July 19, 2006
July 2006
Housing
Counting The Empty Buildings
July 2006
Transportation
Biking It
July 2006
Parks
Community Gardens
July 2006
Feature
A Public Defender's Case
July 2006
Waterfront
Drowning and Rescue in New York
July 2006
Public Finance
Budget Offers Little That's New
July 2006
Civil Rights
Gay Marriage Ruling Highlights a Changing Court
July 2006
Law
The Gay Marriage Ruling
July 2006
Issue of the Week
Reforming - and Not Reforming - the Budget Process
July 2006
Children
Helping Men Be Fathers
July 2006
Social Services
Recreation Centers: For Members Only
July 2006
Immigrants
Giving the Newest New Yorkers the Vote
July 2006
Law
State Removes Statute Of Limitations For Rape Cases
June 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting – June 29, 2006
June 2006
Health
Who Decides When The Patient Can't?
June 2006
Environment
Off the Farm and Into the Faucet
June 2006
Demographics
Hitting the 9 Million Mark
June 2006
Issue of the Week
New York City's Tourism
June 2006
Land Use
Zoning Versus Planning in Manhattanville
June 2006
Education
Giving Principals More Control
June 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills - June 13, 2006
June 2006
Housing
Rent Hikes Create Need for Special Housing
June 2006
Feature
Reforming Public Authorities
June 2006
Issue of the Week
Fighting Poverty and a Decade of Welfare Reform
June 2006
Social Services
Every Day Is Father's Day
June 2006
Waterfront
Unknown (Unused) Beaches of NYC
June 2006
Transportation
Faster Buses?
June 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - June 13, 2006
June 2006
Technology
Wireless Access
June 2006
Issue of the Week
Salaries For Elected Officials
June 2006
Feature
A Unique Time And Place
June 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Non-City Income for New York City Council Members
June 2006
2006 City Council Stipends
June 2006
Children
Childstat
June 2006
Public Finance
Building Stadiums, Losing Revenue
June 2006
Governing
Enabling Voters With Disabilities?
June 2006
Issue of the Week
Grading Students, Grading Schools
June 2006
Immigrants
Regents Exams and English Language Learners
June 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills
May 2006
Environment
Harvesting the Rain
May 2006
Issue of the Week
Nursing Homes And Alternatives
May 2006
Feature
Conventions Create A Diverse Judiciary
May 2006
Selecting the Most Qualified Judges
May 2006
Giving Voters Real Choices
May 2006
Picking Supreme Court Judges New York
May 2006
Arts
American Idyll (For Foreign Artists)?
May 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - May 24, 2006
May 2006
Social Services
Ex-Prisoners and Jobs
May 2006
Housing
Rent Regulation and The Division Of Housing and Community Renewal
May 2006
Children
Cell Phone Ban Angers Students
May 2006
Issue of the Week
Hanging Up on Parents?
May 2006
Feature
Coming Out of The Shadow
May 2006
President George W. Bush's Speech on Immigration Reform
May 2006
Technology
A Laptop For Every Student?
May 2006
Law
Prisoners And The Right To Vote
May 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills
May 2006
Public Finance
2007 Executive Budget -- The Mayor Expands His Budget Powers
May 2006
Transportation
Closing The Park Loop Drives To Cars?
May 2006
Issue of the Week
Can Fathering Be Taught?
May 2006
Feature
Fighting Pollution and High Fuel Costs
May 2006
Waterfront
Greenpoint Waterfront Fire
May 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - May 10, 2006
May 2006
Civil Rights
Same-Sex Marriage Showdown
May 2006
Demographics
New York's Asians
May 2006
Feature
Mafia: Rise, Fall and Resurgence
May 2006
Issue of the Week
Drawing the Line: Redistricting and Non-Competitive Elections in New York State
May 2006
Drawing the Line: Redistricting Reform
May 2006
Children
Should 16-Year-Olds Have The Right To Vote?
May 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills
May 2006
Health
Health Insurance -- Looking For A Model
May 2006
Crime and Safety
Mayor's Summit On Illegal Guns
May 2006
Land Use
Jane Jacobs and New York
May 2006
Issue of the Week
Running for Brooklyn’s Open Seat
May 2006
U.S. Congressional District 10 – Taking On Ed Towns
May 2006
New York on Capitol Hill
May 2006
Immigrants
Immigrant Services And Their Funding
May 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - April 26, 2006
April 2006
Technology
Job Seekers And Technology
April 2006
Parks
Parks Budget For 2007
April 2006
Issue of the Week
Predicting The Unpredictable -- Planning Future Hospital Beds, Classrooms, Jail Cells Etc.
April 2006
Public Finance
Brighter Budget = Unique Opportunity
April 2006
Feature
The City’s Resistance to Cutting Class Size
April 2006
Governing
Voting Rights Revisited
April 2006
Education
Buildings, But How About Books?
April 2006
Housing
Homeless Prevention Programs A Year Later
April 2006
Waterfront
Dredging In New York Harbor -- Economy vs. Environment?
April 2006
Issue of the Week
Residency Requirements
April 2006
Transportation
Staten Island's New Decongestant Plan
April 2006
Feature
Finding Space for a Million More New Yorkers
April 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills
April 2006
Environment
Green Is Gold (Though Not Yet In NYC)
April 2006
Children
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
April 2006
Arts
How To Make It In NYC As An Artist
April 2006
Feature
Harlem's Heyday
April 2006
Land Use
Willets Point: A Defense
April 2006
Issue of the Week
Stadiumania: Snapshots of an Obsession
April 2006
Community Development
Immigrant Organizing
April 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Budget Response
April 2006
Demographics
Undocumented Immigrants
April 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - April 5, 2006
April 2006
Law
Injured, Undocumented – And Legally Protected
April 2006
Immigrants
Legalization and De-Legalization
April 2006
Crime and Safety
Budget: More Cops, More Surveillance; Less Crime?
April 2006
Issue of the Week
Education, Housing, Health...And The 2007 Budget
April 2006
Feature
Rockefeller Drug Laws: An Ex-Prisoners View
March 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills
March 2006
Housing
Subsidized Housing
March 2006
Issue of the Week
Gay Bars
March 2006
New York Nights
March 2006
Feature
The Rockefeller Drug Laws: A Prosecutor’s Perspective
March 2006
Civil Rights
London and NYC Compared On Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, etc.
March 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - March 22, 2006
March 2006
Health
Diabetes in NYC
March 2006
Parks
Yankee Stadium Parkland Swap
March 2006
Issue of the Week
Stem Cell Research: Medical Miracle or Moral Morass?
March 2006
Feature
Behind the Dropout Rate
March 2006
Public Finance
Hiding Behind the Numbers
March 2006
Social Services
Back From Iraq
March 2006
Technology
311 + 3 : Adding Social Services
March 2006
Transportation
Congestion Pricing
March 2006
Education
In Defense Of Big Schools
March 2006
Waterfront
New York's Port, Beyond Dubai
March 2006
Children
Teen Curfew?
March 2006
Arts
Proposed Arts Budget, A Destabilizing Déjà Vu Dance
March 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Commission for Economic Opportunity
March 2006
Environment
Wind Power In NYC
March 2006
Law
Divorce, New York-Style
March 2006
Demographics
Transit Workers/Transit Riders; Beginning Lawyers Are Richer; 9 Million New Yorkers?
March 2006
Issue of the Week
Community Board Reform
March 2006
Feature
Regulating Rickshaws
March 2006
Crime and Safety
Terror, Not Terrorism
March 2006
Immigrants
Immigration Debate Heats Up in Senate
March 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - March 1, 2006
March 2006
Governing
Instant Incumbents
March 2006
Social Services
Taking On Poverty
February 2006
Waterfront
Making The Old Fulton Fish Market Into Something New
February 2006
Issue of the Week
2 Fultons, 2 Futures
February 2006
Community Development
Redefining Economic Development
February 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Quinn-ing the City Council
February 2006
Arts
The Cartoon Crisis
February 2006
Technology
A Library Opens In The Bronx
February 2006
Land Use
Livable Streets (For People, Not Cars)
February 2006
Feature
Keeping New Teachers From Dropping Out
February 2006
Issue of the Week
Not-So-Special Elections
February 2006
HOW CANDIDATES GET ON THE BALLOT FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION
February 2006
Civil Rights
Domestic Partners Bill –- Quashed In Court
February 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - February 15, 2006
February 2006
Health
A One-Two Punch To Hospitals: The Proposed Federal and State Budgets
February 2006
Parks
Protecting The Park In The Parkway
February 2006
Transportation
Beyond The MetroCard
February 2006
Issue of the Week
Keeping Kids in School
February 2006
Feature
Loving The City's Infrastructure -- And Explaining How It Works
February 2006
Education
The 37 1/2-Minute Scramble
February 2006
Environment
Erin Brockovich in Greenpoint
February 2006
Housing
Blacklisting Tenants
February 2006
Public Finance
The Mayor’s Underwhelming Budget For 2007
February 2006
Issue of the Week
The 2007 New York City Budget
February 2006
The Last Dance?
February 2006
Immigrants
School Translations
February 2006
Governing
Five First Steps At The City Council
February 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting -- February 1, 2006
February 2006
Crime and Safety
The State Of the City's Crimefighting
February 2006
Arts
Space Woes
January 2006
Housing
State Of The City Housing
January 2006
Health
The Heroes Of 9/11 Are Getting Sick
January 2006
Feature
State Of The Neighborhood
January 2006
Issue of the Week
Portraits of Rebuilding
January 2006
Parks
Parkstat To Fight Crime
January 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2006 State of the City Address
January 2006
Children
Honoring Nixzmary's Memory By Avoiding A Panicked Response
January 2006
Law
Housing Court: Should Tenants Have A Guaranteed Right To Counsel?
January 2006
Demographics
Teachers In NYC's Institutions Of Higher Learning
January 2006
Social Services
New Medicare Prescription Drug Plan -- Off To A Bad Start
January 2006
Issue of the Week
A Checkup for City Services
January 2006
Feature
Spending More On Social Services Saves Money
January 2006
A School Spending Plan
January 2006
Keeping the Economy Growing
January 2006
Highest Credit Rating In The City's History
January 2006
Fiscal Forecast For New York City
January 2006
fwd
Teachers In NYC's Institutions Of Higher Learning: TABLE 1 and 2
January 2006
Land Use
Yankee Stadium Without Tears
January 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - January 18, 2006
January 2006
City Council Committee Assignments
January 2006
Environment
Online Shopping And Its Impact On The Environment
January 2006
Education
Improving School Food
January 2006
Feature
Segregated Schools: Shame of The City
January 2006
Issue of the Week
New York Needs a “London Plan”
January 2006
Endless Traffic: Can It End?
January 2006
fwd
Albany Matters
January 2006
Technology
Older New Yorkers And The Internet
January 2006
Transportation
Sorting Out The Transit Contract
January 2006
Public Finance
Happy New Year Budget
January 2006
fwd
Eye On Albany: Campaign Trail 2006
January 2006
Immigrants
The DREAM Act and Immigrant Youth
January 2006
Issue of the Week
Political Agendas, 2006
January 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
District 5: Garbage Stations, Water Tunnel Shaft, and Affordable Housing
January 2006
District 13: Improving Education and Reforming the Department of Buildings
January 2006
District 2: Planning for a Better - And Quieter - Community
January 2006
District 4: Creating Open Space and Solving Transportation Woes on the East Side
January 2006
Civil Rights
Christine Quinn and Gay Rights in NYC
January 2006
Feature
The Assembly Majority Response to the State of the State Address
January 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting – January 4, 2006
January 2006
Feature
State of the State Governor George Pataki January 4, 2006
January 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Speaker Christine Quinn's Address to the City Council
January 2006
Waterfront
Old Industrial Buildings on the East River
January 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's 2006 Inaugural Address
January 2006
Crime and Safety
Cop Killings -- Will The New Laws Do Any Good?
January 2006
fwd
Nutcracked
January 2006
Issue of the Week
Waiting For Albany
January 2006
Feature
The Speaker Speaks Out
January 2006
Searchlight on City Hall
Comptroller William Thompson Jr. 2006 Inaugural Address
January 2006
Mayor Bloomberg’s 2006 Inaugural Address
January 2006
Arts
Gifts For The Disabled: Accessibility To The Arts
December 2005
Issue of the Week
Three Days In December
December 2005
Demographics
Hispanics and the Ferrer Candidacy
December 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - December 21, 2005
December 2005
Transportation
Transit Strike -- Negotiating For Respect
December 2005
Issue of the Week
Top 10 Stories of 2005
December 2005
Feature
Coping With The Strike
December 2005
Predicting the Big Stories in 2006
December 2005
Housing
Hallway Settlements In Housing Court
December 2005
Transportation
A Series Of Strikes
December 2005
Bracing For A Transit Strike
December 2005
Environment
Bio-diesel -- petroleum with...vegetable oil
December 2005
Land Use
Bronx Terminal Market And The Subverting Of The Land Use Review Process
December 2005
Issue of the Week
Eminent Domain Revisited
December 2005
Eminent Domain is a Tool, Not a Conspiracy
December 2005
Eminent Domain Benefits Developers, Not the Public
December 2005
Feature
The Need for Healthier Schools
December 2005
Civil Rights
Same-Sex Marriage Loses
December 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - December 8, 2005
December 2005
Waterfront
Cleaning Up The PCBs In the Hudson River
December 2005
Public Finance
Good News For The Budget, For Now
December 2005
Issue of the Week
Without Health Insurance
December 2005
Crime and Safety
High Profile Crimes Post Election
December 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - November 30, 2005
November 2005
Community Development
Community Development Television
November 2005
Arts
Arts Education
November 2005
Education
School Choice, School Confusion
November 2005
Feature
A Boy from Brooklyn Grows Up
November 2005
Issue of the Week
Measuring Miller’s City Council
November 2005
Health
Bird Flu
November 2005
Housing
Housing Advocacy Wins Election, With One Exception
November 2005
Feature
Speaker Candidates Speak
November 2005
Issue of the Week
New York's Grocery Gap
November 2005
Health
Providing Fresh Food, and a Sense of Accomplishment
November 2005
Civil Rights
Proposed Law Aims to Prevent Discrimination
November 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - November 16, 2005
November 2005
Public Finance
Tax Reform In Bloomberg’s Second Term?
November 2005
Land Use
Atlantic Yards: Through The Looking Glass
November 2005
Issue of the Week
Charter Schools
November 2005
Feature
Ed Koch’s Legacy
November 2005
Immigrants
The Citizen
November 2005
Transportation
Transportation Bond Act's Passage May Bring Other Transit Issues To The Fore
November 2005
Technology
Rising Heating Costs
November 2005
Governing
What Now, Mayor Bloomberg?
November 2005
Feature
The Fine Print on the Ballot
November 2005
Issue of the Week
Campaign 2005 General Election Guide for the Last Minute Voter
November 2005
The Ballot Questions
November 2005
Waterfront
Clean Enough To Swim In Again?
November 2005
Demographics
Disabled in New York City; Also: Is The City Still Booming?
November 2005
Social Services
A Punitive System Of Support For The Needy
November 2005
Feature
Transcript of Final 2005 General Election Mayoral Debate
November 2005
Crime and Safety
Gun Control And The New Federal Law Shielding Gun Manufacturers From Lawsuits
November 2005
Feature
Transcript of First 2005 General Election Mayoral Debate
October 2005
Governing
After Clarence Norman: Is Reform Possible?
October 2005
Feature
Debating Proposition 1
October 2005
Ethics Code for Administrative Judges
October 2005
Ethics Code for Administrative Judges Vote Yes
October 2005
Ethics Code for Administrative Judges Vote No
October 2005
Environment
Cool(er) Roofs
October 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - October 27, 2005
October 2005
Housing
Subsidizing Slumlords
October 2005
Issue of the Week
City Council District 4 Candidate Debate
October 2005
Feature
Underfunding City University
October 2005
Nursing New York City Back to Health
October 2005
Issue of the Week
2005 City Council Races to Watch
October 2005
City Council District 5 Candidate Debate
October 2005
Health
Saving Money -- And Saving Patients -- With Technology
October 2005
Arts
Is New York The Cultural Capital Of The World?
October 2005
Technology
Universal Internet Access – Not Just A Campaign Theme
October 2005
Land Use
Overdevelopment: Planning, Not Rezoning, Is The Answer
October 2005
Issue of the Week
The Real Issues in the 2005 Mayoral Race
October 2005
Transportation
Transportation Bond Act
October 2005
Feature
The Transportation Bond Act: Vote No
October 2005
The Transportation Bond Act: Vote Yes
October 2005
Education
The School Admissions Scramble
October 2005
Social Services
Hunger and Obesity In The Two New Yorks
October 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - October 11, 2005
October 2005
Public Finance
Mayor’s Management Report for 2005: Thinner, Less Useful
October 2005
Issue of the Week
The Fiscal Crisis After 30 Years
October 2005
Immigrants
City Council Passes Bill to Establish Commission on Day Labor Centers
October 2005
Civil Rights
City Strengthens Human Rights Law
October 2005
Waterfront
East River Access From The Lower East Side
October 2005
Demographics
Who Can Afford to Live in New York City?
October 2005
Games
NYC Preservation Game
October 2005
Crime and Safety
Death Penalty, NYC Style
October 2005
Feature
How the Irish Built an American Icon
October 2005
Issue of the Week
The NYC Preservation Game
October 2005
Education
The New New Math, And Some Old Debates Renewed
September 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - September 28, 2005
September 2005
Housing
Campaign 2005: Disaffection With Bloomberg Among Homeless Advocates
September 2005
Issue of the Week
Hospitals in Crisis
September 2005
Feature
Governors Island
September 2005
Environment
Wetland Restoration in Jamaica Bay: Will Katrina Threaten Its Funding?
September 2005
Crime and Safety
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform?
September 2005
Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Transportation
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Parks
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Jobs
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Immigrants
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Housing
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Health
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Finance
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Environment
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Education
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Development
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Crime
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Civil Rights
September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Arts
September 2005
Community Development
Campaign 2005: Real Estate Boom; Corporate Developments; Immigrant Entrepreneurs.
September 2005
Social Services
Job Hunters Get Government Help At One-Stop Centers
September 2005
Issue of the Week
Air Pollution
September 2005
Transportation
Katrina's Wake-Up Call For New York?
September 2005
Civil Rights
Human Rights Law: Will It Become An Issue In The Mayoral Campaign?
September 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - September 15, 2005
September 2005
fwd
The Wonkster
September 2005
Governing
Another Weird Election
September 2005
fwd
Times Endorses Sam Taitt
September 2005
Times Endorses Bryan Pu-Folkes
September 2005
Times Endorses Darlene Mealy
September 2005
Times Endorsement of James Vacca
September 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Races -- Selective Newspaper Endorsements
September 2005
fwd
2005 Primary Election Results
September 2005
NY Times Endorses Charles Hynes
September 2005
Daily News Endorsement of Robert Morgenthaus
September 2005
Land Use
9/11: Will The Lessons Learned Help New Orleans?
September 2005
Feature
An Elegant Old Hotel Gives New Lives to the Homeless
September 2005
Issue of the Week
Campaign 2005 Primary Day: Guide for the Last Minute Voter
September 2005
Arts
9/11 And ''Inappropriate Art''
September 2005
fwd
Time To Pull The Plug
September 2005
Get The Picture, Governor?
September 2005
Feature
Mayoral Debate Transcript - September 8, 2005
September 2005
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September 2005
Public Finance
Ballot Proposal (And Candidate Suggestions) 30 Years After Near-Bankruptcy
September 2005
Health
Campaign 2005: Expanding Access to Health Care
September 2005
fwd
Who's Supporting Who?
September 2005
Issue of the Week
Key Endorsements: C. Virginia Fields
September 2005
Key Endorsements: Fernando Ferrer
September 2005
Key Endorsements: Michael Bloomberg
September 2005
Key Endorsements: Anthony Weiner
September 2005
Key Endorsements: Gifford Miller
September 2005
Feature
9/11 Plus Four
September 2005
Issue of the Week
Endorsements Explained
September 2005
Immigrants
Campaign 2005: Much At Stake For Immigrants
September 2005
Waterfront
Campaign 2005: Three Ways The Next Mayor Could Improve The Waterfront
September 2005
Social Services
Campaign 2005: Making A Difference In Jobs, Food, and Dropouts
August 2005
Issue of the Week
42nd Street
August 2005
Feature
The Mayoral Candidates On Parks
August 2005
Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Parks
August 2005
Community Development
Block Parties, Street Fairs, Street Festivals
August 2005
Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Transportation
August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Jobs
August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Immigrants
August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Housing
August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Health
August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Finance
August 2005
Governing
Campaign 2005: Elections Themselves Are Issues
August 2005
Demographics
Can NYC “Profile” Young Muslim Males?
August 2005
fwd
International Freedom Center at Ground Zero -- Pro and Con
August 2005
Crime and Safety
Campaign 2005: Crime Declines, Public Safety Worries Continue
August 2005
Issue of the Week
Cemeteries: The End is Near
August 2005
Environment
Campaign 2005: The Mayoral Candidates’ Views On Air and Water Quality, Solid Waste, and Sustainability
August 2005
Feature
St. Stephen's Church -- Will It Ever Be A Landmark?
August 2005
Mayoral Debate Transcript: August 21, 2005
August 2005
Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Arts
August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Environment
August 2005
Transportation
Campaign 2005: Democratic Mayoral Candidates’ Transportation Agendas
August 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - August 17, 2005
August 2005
Feature
Mayoral Debate Among Democratic Candidates
August 2005
fwd
Question On Freedom Center In Democratic Debate August 16, 2005
August 2005
Arts
Campaign 2005: Long-Term Issues Facing the Arts in NYC
August 2005
Feature
NY's Ports Booming, But High Costs Of Security Are Eroding Gains
August 2005
Land Use
Campaign 2005: Mayoral Candidates’ Plans On Planning
August 2005
Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Development
August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Crime
August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Civil Rights
August 2005
Feature
One Family Restores A Non-Landmark Theater
August 2005
Housing
Campaign 2005: Candidates Vie Over Affordable Housing And Homelessness Prevention Plans
August 2005
Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Education
August 2005
Mayoral Candidates: Grid
August 2005
Public Finance
Campaign 2005: 10 Budget Choices Facing The Next Mayor
August 2005
Issue of the Week
The Mayor's Money
August 2005
Feature
Mayoral Debate on Poverty
August 2005
Giuliani – Savior Of The City, Or Its Enemy?
August 2005
Education
Campaign 2005: After Mayoral Control, Rivals Call For More Changes
August 2005
Civil Rights
Campaign 2005: Civil Rights Issues Divide Bloomberg and Democratic Rivals
August 2005
Issue of the Week
Mayoral Candidates: Education
August 2005
Parks
Real Estate Developers Should Help Pay for Parkland
August 2005
Health
Making Medicaid Cheaper
August 2005
Immigrants
Interpreters at Poll Sites
August 2005
Feature
Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Historic Preservation and Landmarks
August 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Historic Preservation and Landmarks
August 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Historic Preservation and Landmarks
August 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Historic Preservation and Landmarks
August 2005
Immigrants
Street Vending Licenses
August 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor's Testimony Before the Financial Control Board On The City's Health
July 2005
Crime and Safety
Youth Justice Board -- Teenagers Studying (Not Committing) Crime
July 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - July 27, 2005
July 2005
Governing
Ballot-Bumping, NYC's Bloodsport
July 2005
Demographics
Upstate And Downstate – Differing Demographics, Continuing Conflicts
July 2005
Issue of the Week
311'S GROWING PAINS
July 2005
Feature
The Race for Public Advocate
July 2005
Law
Section 8 Tenants Win The Right To Stay In Their Rent-Stabilized Apartments
July 2005
Education
Setbacks and Successes for Education Councils
July 2005
Environment
Hybrid Vehicles
July 2005
Arts
Arts Funding 101
July 2005
Waterfront
Waterfront Slide Show
July 2005
Issue of the Week
Being Borough President
July 2005
Housing
Homeless Programs That Are Working, So Far
July 2005
Social Services
Child Support
July 2005
Transportation
Security and the NYC Subways
July 2005
Land Use
Eminent Domain: What The Supreme Court Ruling Means To NYC
July 2005
Public Finance
$50 Billion Budget -- A Shortsighted Use Of Surpluses
July 2005
Feature
A Trust Fund For America
July 2005
Think Locally, Act Regionally
July 2005
Games
Budget Quiz
July 2005
Civil Rights
Howard Beach Is Not Alone
July 2005
Feature
Surrogate's Court And Why It Should Go
July 2005
Issue of the Week
The Freedom Tower, Again
July 2005
Feature
Boss Tweed
July 2005
Immigrants
Immigration Reform
July 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - June 30, 2005
June 2005
Parks
Recreation for Youth In Short Supply
June 2005
Feature
The Citizen
June 2005
Demographics
Living at Home After College
June 2005
Governing
Poll Workers And Better Elections
June 2005
Issue of the Week
Are New Yorkers Recyclers? A Survey of Habits and Attitudes
June 2005
Environment
Recycling
June 2005
Housing
The Latest Rent Increases
June 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - June 23, 2005
June 2005
Arts
Audience Dissatisfaction
June 2005
Education
The 2006 School Budget -- Reasons To Be Pessimistic
June 2005
Community Development
Neighborhood Banking Is About To Change
June 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Salaries and Stipends - 2005
June 2005
Issue of the Week
Fees
June 2005
Feature
Restoration on Eldridge Street
June 2005
Law
Immigrant Drivers Win A Victory
June 2005
Transportation
Cell Phone Use By Drivers -- A Threat To Public Safety?
June 2005
Social Services
Adult Protective Services -- A Neglected Service For Neglected People
June 2005
Land Use
NASCAR, The Largest Proposed NYC Sports Stadium Of All
June 2005
Games
Campaign 2005 Quiz
June 2005
Issue of the Week
The Mayoral Candidates on Budgets, Taxes and Spending
June 2005
The Mayoral Candidates On Housing
June 2005
Feature
The Real School Security Problem
June 2005
Public Finance
Budget Transparency After The West Side Stadium
June 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - June 8, 2005
June 2005
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Restoration Act: Opposed by Mayor, Stalled in Council
June 2005
Housing
Discrimination In Housing Is Rampant
June 2005
Issue of the Week
Real Estate
June 2005
Feature
The Lost Children Of Foster Care
June 2005
Crime and Safety
Does Kendra's Law Work?
June 2005
Immigrants
The Education Equality Act
June 2005
Feature
The Citizen
May 2005
Issue of the Week
Unfunded Mandates and 'Uncontrollables'
May 2005
Governing
New Voting Machines
May 2005
Demographics
Four Trends That Shape The City's Political Landscape
May 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - May 25, 2005
May 2005
Arts
Kindred Spirits: Art And Money
May 2005
Issue of the Week
Nonsmoking New York?
May 2005
Feature
Charge Or Release!
May 2005
Preserving Social History on Roosevelt Island
May 2005
Education
Money, Class Size and Mayoral Politics
May 2005
Parks
The Same Old Budget Game
May 2005
Transportation
42nd Street Trolley?
May 2005
Land Use
Zoning Instead of Planning in Williamsburg and Greenpoint
May 2005
Feature
Opinion Roundup blog
May 2005
Civil Rights
Bully Busting
May 2005
Issue of the Week
Bully
May 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - May 11, 2005
May 2005
Crime and Safety
Frozen Pay, Heated Rhetoric
May 2005
Housing
Pushing For A Rent Freeze
May 2005
Public Finance
The Mayor’s Budget Has No Big Ideas; The Council’s Does
May 2005
Issue of the Week
Frequently Unasked Questions About The Budget
May 2005
Caution: Budget Pitfalls Ahead
May 2005
Feature
That 70's Show
May 2005
Arts
Is Public Art For The Public
May 2005
Education
Teaching Fellows Make Their Mark
May 2005
Environment
Putting A Price On Street Trees
May 2005
Feature
The Citizen
May 2005
Issue of the Week
Urban Conversations: U.S. Mayors and Innovative Leadership
May 2005
Hockey and Basketball Arena
May 2005
Baseball Stadium
May 2005
New York’s Proposed Stadiums and Arenas
May 2005
Football Stadiums
May 2005
Immigrants
Immigrant Family Literacy Program
May 2005
Law
Seeking Asylum; Getting Deported
May 2005
Waterfront
Finding Balance on the Brooklyn Waterfront
April 2005
Demographics
High School Students
April 2005
Technology
Is Broadband a Public Utility? A Right?
April 2005
Arts
Culture and Construction
April 2005
Issue of the Week
Neighborhood Activists' Toolkit
April 2005
fwd
Neighborhood Activists' Toolkit
April 2005
Governing
Non-Citizen Voting
April 2005
Feature
The Mayoral Candidates on Education
April 2005
Land Use
The Anti-Moses And The First Community-Based Plan
April 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - April 20, 2005
April 2005
Issue of the Week
Historic Preservation in NYC
April 2005
Feature
Women and Work in New York City
April 2005
Parks
Trees & Sidewalks Repair Program
April 2005
Social Services
Bankruptcy “Reform”
April 2005
Education
Cell Phone Ban; Special Ed in Middle Schools
April 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - April 12, 2005
April 2005
Transportation
The State Budget’s $38.5 Billion Transportation Program
April 2005
Feature
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum: Gay and Lesbian Issues
April 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum: Gay and Lesbian Issues
April 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum: Gay and Lesbian Issues
April 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum: Gay and Lesbian Issues
April 2005
Issue of the Week
Parking
April 2005
fwd
Calendar of Events
April 2005
Civil Rights
Academic Freedom, Intimidation, And Mayoral Politics: The Case of Rashid Khalidi
April 2005
Crime and Safety
Abandoned Babies
April 2005
Public Finance
State Budget, On Time But Imperfect. Also – City Budget; City Performance
April 2005
Feature
The Citizen
April 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
Innovative Leadership
April 2005
Games
City Laws Quiz
April 2005
Environment
Taking on Carbon Dioxide In Defiance Of Bush; Also, Tracking Detectors For Carbon Monoxide
April 2005
fwd
Voting Records
March 2005
Housing
Homeless Count
March 2005
Governing
Another Charter Revision Commission, And Three New Ballot Proposals
March 2005
Issue of the Week
AIDS In New York City
March 2005
Feature
A Cop Looks Around
March 2005
Demographics
New York’s Responders and Protectors
March 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - March 23, 2005
March 2005
Waterfront
Waterfront Rezoning And Its Shortcomings
March 2005
Law
The Jailed Juror
March 2005
Issue of the Week
The Social Security Debate
March 2005
Feature
NYC Jobs: A History
March 2005
Transportation
Fewer Cars (Same Traffic)
March 2005
Land Use
Big Projects And Bad News
March 2005
Social Services
WeCARE, For New Yorkers Still On Welfare And Unable To Work
March 2005
Parks
Politics Kills A Greenway
March 2005
Feature
Latinos and the Mayor
March 2005
Issue of the Week
NYC Term Limits Revisited
March 2005
Education
Entering the Autonomy Zone; Poll on Schools
March 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - March 9, 2005
March 2005
Community Development
Community Development Funding Cuts Under The New Bush Budget
March 2005
Civil Rights
The Seven Year Suit; Also, Lynne Stewart’s Conviction
March 2005
Feature
NYC in Fiction
March 2005
Issue of the Week
The DAs Of New York
March 2005
Environment
Indicting To Clean Up Newton Creek; Also, Diesel Deaths
March 2005
Crime and Safety
Protecting Whistleblowers: The New York City False Claims Act
March 2005
Technology
NYCMap
March 2005
Immigrants
Immigrants and Driver's Licenses
March 2005
Feature
The Citizen
February 2005
Issue of the Week
The Crime Rate: How Low Can It Go?
February 2005
Housing
Avoiding Eviction; Also, Landlords Lose A Case, Sort Of
February 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller State of the City
February 2005
Demographics
Who Got The Death Penalty
February 2005
Feature
Helping New York's Small Businesses
February 2005
Issue of the Week
Hotels in New York
February 2005
Parks
The Gates And The Water Filtration Plant
February 2005
Education
The Latest Round on School Funding
February 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - February 16, 2005
February 2005
Social Services
After School Programs
February 2005
Land Use
Not Ready for Wal-Mart
February 2005
Issue of the Week
Vocational Education
February 2005
Feature
Reform Is On The Way
February 2005
Why Gerrymandering Must Go
February 2005
Public Finance
State Debt + Federal Debt = City Budget Trouble
February 2005
Civil Rights
Legalizing Gay Marriage In NYC
February 2005
Issue of the Week
Facing Unemployment
February 2005
Feature
My Journey With the Rockefeller Drug Laws
February 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - February 2, 2005
February 2005
Law
The Case of The Youthful Offender And The Bawdy House Law
February 2005
Transportation
Learning from the Subway Fire
February 2005
Immigrants
Immigrant City
February 2005
Crime and Safety
Home Invasion Robberies
February 2005
Feature
The Citizen
January 2005
"So Many Wonderful Controversies"
January 2005
Issue of the Week
The 2006 New York City Budget
January 2005
Demographics
Wall Street Bonus Babies
January 2005
Environment
Pataki Turns Green; Tsunami Speculation
January 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Committees - 2005
January 2005
Education
Real School Pests; School Funding
January 2005
Housing
Repealing the Urstadt Law
January 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Testifies About Governor George Pataki's Proposed Budget
January 2005
Testimony by New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller On Governor George Pataki's Proposed Budget
January 2005
Governing
The First Campaign Finance Reports; Also, Preview Of 2006
January 2005
Feature
The Governor Delays and Denies
January 2005
How to Spend the Money for the Schools
January 2005
Issue of the Week
Auto Insurance Fraud: Driving Rates Up In Brooklyn
January 2005
Insurance And Its Threats In NYC
January 2005
Feature
Keep An Eye on the Money for Schools
January 2005
Technology
New York’s Broadband Gaps
January 2005
Transportation
Pataki's Budget
January 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting Report: January 19, 2004
January 2005
Social Services
Social Service Programs Cut; Minimum Wage Raised
January 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
Governor George Pataki's Remarks: 2005 Budget Address
January 2005
Community Development
Evicting The Vendors From The Bed-Stuy Market
January 2005
Issue of the Week
State of the City
January 2005
Feature
Mayoral Candidates' Responses to Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City Address
January 2005
Beyond the West Side Stadium: An Economic Growth Plan for Working People
January 2005
Public Finance
Good News, Bad News
January 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
Speaker Gifford Miller's Response to Mayor’s State of the City Address
January 2005
2005 State of the City Address -
January 2005
Civil Rights
Death Penalty
January 2005
Issue of the Week
The UN and New York
January 2005
Feature
Diminishing The Danger From Diesel Exhaust
January 2005
Immigrants
Immigrants' Reaction To Tsunami Disaster
January 2005
Crime and Safety
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform and Drug Courts
January 2005
Searchlight on City Hall
State of the State, Governor George Pataki
January 2005
City Council Stated Meeting - January 5, 2005
January 2005
Health
The Flu – An Ironic Season
January 2005
Parks
Greenway Glitches
January 2005
Feature
The Citizen
January 2005
Albany Reform: Make Elections More Competitive
January 2005
Issue of the Week
Will Bloomberg Be Re-Elected?
January 2005
What Can Any Mayor Really Do?
January 2005
Feature
Albany Reform: Start By Changing the Rules
January 2005
Demographics
NEW YORK LAWYERS: A PROFILE
December 2004
Feature
Campaign 2005
December 2004
Immigrants
2004: Shorter Lines, Just As Much Frustration
December 2004
Education
Overcrowding Squeezes Learning; Also the Great Toilet Paper Debate
December 2004
Environment
Saving Two Birds; Saving Staten Island
December 2004
Issue of the Week
Top 10 Stories of 2004
December 2004
Feature
What Will the Big Stories Be in the New Year? Fifth Anniversary Edition
December 2004
Arts
Has The Music Scene Died In New York?
December 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - December 15, 2004
December 2004
Technology
Using Energy More Efficiently In NYC
December 2004
Transportation
Should Public Funds Keep NY Waterway Alive?
December 2004
Land Use
Summit Calls For Community Planning Reform
December 2004
Feature
Developing Affordable Housing and Jobs
December 2004
Create Conditions for Business to Thrive
December 2004
Reform the Building Code
December 2004
Bloomberg's Development Strategies: Who Benefits?
December 2004
Issue of the Week
Online Shopping
December 2004
Shopping in the City
December 2004
Public Finance
A New Stadium Authority Will Add to City Budget Woes
December 2004
Waterfront
Leaving The Hudson River Out Of “The Hudson Yard” Plans
December 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - December 7, 2004
December 2004
Housing
The City’s New Housing Subsidy
December 2004
Feature
New Principles, Common Goals
December 2004
Issue of the Week
Funding The Schools
December 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
Who Is Term Limited Out of Office in 2005?
December 2004
Crime and Safety
Battling Gun Violence In The Streets And In The Courts
December 2004
Health
The World Trade Center Health Registry
December 2004
Civil Rights
Looking On The Hopeful Side For 2005
November 2004
Technology
Put Internet Access On The Trains
November 2004
Issue of the Week
Outsourcing and New York City
November 2004
Feature
The Citizen
November 2004
2 Columbus Circle And The Need To Preserve Preservation
November 2004
Parks
Turning The High Line Elevated Railroad Into An Unconventional Park
November 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting Report - Nov. 23 2004
November 2004
Education
Why City Students Don’t Learn Science
November 2004
Issue of the Week
Can Critical Mass Negotiate a Truce?
November 2004
Cycling In the City
November 2004
Feature
Dance Reflects Our Common Humanity
November 2004
Nothing Matters More than the Collection
November 2004
A Seismic Change in Audiences Since 9/11
November 2004
New Homes for the Arts
November 2004
Old Theaters Are the Best
November 2004
Social Services
The Working Poor
November 2004
Demographics
Bush Does Better, and Other Election Results In NYC
November 2004
Transportation
Alternatives to Transit Fare Increases And Service Cuts
November 2004
Feature
Debating Jobs and Economic Development
November 2004
Land Use
The Filtration Plant Deal in the Bronx: Flawed Planning, Environmental Injustice
November 2004
Issue of the Week
Making High Schools Smaller
November 2004
Environment
Saving Oakland Lake
November 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting - November 10, 2004
November 2004
New York City Council STATED MEETING - November 10, 2004
November 2004
Public Finance
Fiscal Monitors Check And Balance The Mayor
November 2004
Housing
The Housing Problems Of Immigrants
November 2004
Issue of the Week
What Does It Mean to New York?
November 2004
Crime and Safety
Murdering Women
November 2004
Issue of the Week
2004 General Election Results
November 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
2004 General Election Results
November 2004
Feature
The Citizen
November 2004
Issue of the Week
New York City Election Day: Guide for the Last Minute Voter
November 2004
Governing
New York City Election 2004
November 2004
Housing
New Programs Aim To Prevent Homelessness
October 2004
Education
Student Drug Use; Also: Middle School Confusion
October 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - October 27, 2004
October 2004
Community Development
Community Development Under A Kerry Administration
October 2004
Issue of the Week
Looking Back at 100
October 2004
Forgetting – and Remembering – the Slocum
October 2004
Times Square: 100 Years of Pleasure and Dissipation
October 2004
A Century Of Subway Activism
October 2004
How The Subway Shaped New York
October 2004
Feature
Former Senator Guy Velella: Convicted Felon, $80,000-A-Year Public Pensioner
October 2004
Issue of the Week
2004 NYC General Election State Legislature Candidates
October 2004
2004 NYC General Election Judicial Races
October 2004
Parks
Planting Trees For Life
October 2004
Law
A Victim Of Domestic Violence Gets Fired
October 2004
Technology
Tech, Art, Protest and Politics
October 2004
Issue of the Week
The Waste Management Plan: Approve It, But Improve It
October 2004
The Mayor's New Garbage Plan
October 2004
Feature
Working Class New York: Book Club Chat
October 2004
Transportation
What's Better, What's Worse During Bloomberg's Administration
October 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
2004 NYC General Election State Legislature Candidates
October 2004
Demographics
New York's Creative Class
October 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
2004 NYC General Election Judicial Races
October 2004
New York City Council STATED MEETING - October 13, 2004
October 2004
Eye on Albany
State Assembly District 22 - Flushing, Queens
October 2004
Social Services
The Battle Over Social Security
October 2004
Environment
The New Garbage Plan; New Worries About Flooding
October 2004
Feature
Congress Acts to Protect New York's Water
October 2004
Eye on Albany
State Assembly District 62 - Staten Island (South Shore)
October 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
State Senate District 34 - Bronx/Westchester
October 2004
Eye on Albany
State Senate District 28 - East Harlem
October 2004
Land Use
Rezoning Proposals Squeeze Out Affordable Housing From Both Ends
October 2004
Public Finance
The Mayor’s Management Report Skimps On Information About Education And Everything Else
October 2004
Civil Rights
Equal Benefits Law; Hearing Into Police Activity During Convention; New Sexual Harassment Charges in the City Council
October 2004
Feature
The Citizen
October 2004
Governing
Barriers To Voter Registration
October 2004
Issue of the Week
TEN WAYS THE NEXT PRESIDENT COULD HELP - OR HURT - NEW YORK CITY
October 2004
Voter Registration
October 2004
Crime and Safety
Strip Searches
October 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 28, 2004
September 2004
Community Development
Opportunity Zones: An Empty OZ
September 2004
Feature
WTC Architects
September 2004
Issue of the Week
Educating All New Yorkers at CUNY
September 2004
New York As College Town
September 2004
The Money Crunch in Higher Education
September 2004
Demographics
Portrait of Same-Sex (Married) Couples
September 2004
Technology
Using The City's Lampposts For Cell Phones and Wireless Computers
September 2004
Education
School Funding and the Special Masters
September 2004
Social Services
The Poor Are Not Better Off
September 2004
Issue of the Week
Getting to the Airport
September 2004
Feature
Clearing the Air
September 2004
Land Use
The Governors Island Plan: Last Chance to Get It Right?
September 2004
Law
A Ban On Welfare Advocates At Welfare Centers
September 2004
Crime and Safety
Police Killed With Their Own Guns
September 2004
Public Finance
The Mayor's West Side Gamble
September 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
NYC Primary Day 2004 - State Legislative Races
September 2004
Housing
Helping Pay The Rent: Section 8 Saved; Emergency Rent Coalition Created
September 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
2004 Primary Election Results
September 2004
Feature
Voting Arcade
September 2004
Issue of the Week
NYC Primary Day: Guide to the Last Minute Voter
September 2004
Governing
Identification at the Polls
September 2004
Environment
Recycling Food Waste
September 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 9, 2004
September 2004
Civil Rights
The Post-Convention State of Dissent in New York
September 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
2004 New York Judcial Races
September 2004
Games
Voting Arcade
September 2004
Transportation
Proposed Fare Increases And The Cut In City And State Aid
September 2004
Issue of the Week
Ground Zero
September 2004
Transportation
September 2004
Economic Impact
September 2004
Federal Aid
September 2004
Security
September 2004
Health and Environment
September 2004
Feature
Reforming a Tax on the Middle Class
September 2004
Issue of the Week
Three Years of Rebuilding
September 2004
Feature
The Citizen
August 2004
Technology
New Tech Tools For Art and Politics
August 2004
Housing
Anti-Tenant Suits By The Housing Authority
August 2004
Feature
Budget Dollars for the Neighborhoods: Community Development or Political Pork?
August 2004
Games
Republicans in New York City Quiz
August 2004
Feature
From Lincoln to Bloomberg: The GOP in NYC
August 2004
Social Services
The Disabled Poor: Shut In, Out of Pocket
August 2004
Parks
$243 Million For Bronx Parkland? Who Will Decide?
August 2004
Health
Food Borne Illnesses
August 2004
Crime and Safety
Operation Safe Housing
August 2004
Issue of the Week
Trying to Clean Up New York
August 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - August 12, 2004
August 2004
Public Finance
Big Trouble Ahead, Say Budget Monitors
August 2004
Feature
Connecting Education and Voting
August 2004
Demographics
New York City Is a Non-Voting Town
August 2004
Issue of the Week
The Urban Health Challenge
August 2004
Feature
Bush Housing Policies Lack
August 2004
The Community Service Stigma
August 2004
Environment
Urban Forestry's New York City Roots
August 2004
Governing
A Broken System Stays Broken
August 2004
Civil Rights
Protests; Mayor Rejects Shareholder Power; Anti-Bullying Bill Vetoed; Accessible Taxis
August 2004
Education
Cloning A Charter School From Connecticut
August 2004
Immigrants
No More Waiting?
August 2004
Issue of the Week
NYC Newspapers
August 2004
Who Owns New York's News?
August 2004
Feature
The Citizen
August 2004
Technology
Our Dangerous Electricity Infrastructure
July 2004
Eye on Albany
July 2004
July 2004
Feature
Eye on Albany Campaign 2004
July 2004
Issue of the Week
URBAN ISSUES - POVERTY
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - MASS TRANSIT
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - IMMIGRATION
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - HOUSING
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - HEALTH CARE
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - CIVIL RIGHTS
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - EDUCATION
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - ECONOMY
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - CRIME
July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - ANTI-TERRORISM
July 2004
Urban Issues: Presidential Candidates and NYC
July 2004
Eye on Albany
Assembly District 82 - Bronx
July 2004
Assembly District 80 - Bronx
July 2004
State Senate District 23 - Staten Island/Brooklyn
July 2004
Assembly District 68 - Harlem
July 2004
Parks
The Filtration Plant In Van Cortlandt Park
July 2004
Law
Does Physical Disability Deserve Great Insurance Coverage Than Mental Illness?
July 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - July 21, 2004
July 2004
Housing
A Ministry For Affordable Housing
July 2004
Eye on Albany
State Assembly District 57 - Brooklyn (Fort Greene, Prospect Heights)
July 2004
Land Use
Rethinking Environmental Impact Statements
July 2004
Issue of the Week
Albany’s Dysfunction
July 2004
Public Finance
Small Victories, Big Questions In The New Budget
July 2004
Feature
The Fight Over Manhattan’s Last Frontier
July 2004
Governing
Using Republican As An Epithet
July 2004
Issue of the Week
CLOGS: Campaign and Convention Weblogs
July 2004
Crime and Safety
The Stolen Lives Project
July 2004
Community Development
Community-Based Cooperatives
July 2004
Transportation
How Disruptive Will The Convention Be?
July 2004
Feature
THE PARK AND THE PEOPLE
July 2004
Issue of the Week
Noise
July 2004
Using 311 to Combat Neighborhood Noise
July 2004
Environment
Monitoring City Beaches
July 2004
Demographics
New York's Divided Afghans
July 2004
Children
Daycare Workers
July 2004
Education
School Trips Go Commercial
July 2004
Issue of the Week
School Reforms
July 2004
Immigrants
Regulating Immigration Consultants
July 2004
Feature
The Citizen
July 2004
Civil Rights
Council Leads on Some Civil Rights Issues, Finesses Others
July 2004
Law
Freeing A Youthful Offender From His Past
June 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 28, 2004
June 2004
Issue of the Week
The 2005 City Budget
June 2004
Feature
Where's Our $21 Billion?
June 2004
Parks
Report Card On Neighborhood Parks
June 2004
Social Services
Welfare Rolls On The Rise
June 2004
Feature
A Mass Rally Could Destroy the Great Lawn
June 2004
Why Protestors Need the Great Lawn
June 2004
Issue of the Week
Summer of Protest
June 2004
Feature
The Peoples’ March
June 2004
Beyond the Protest March
June 2004
Technology
311, Noise, and Community Boards
June 2004
Land Use
Ikea And Red Hook's Racial Divide
June 2004
Transportation
The Rail Freight Tunnel
June 2004
Feature
Homeland Security Funding
June 2004
Games
Find Your Inner Republican
June 2004
Health
Andtidepressants and Children
June 2004
Demographics
Flaws In The New School Tests
June 2004
Environment
Littering On Staten Island
June 2004
Civil Rights
Lagging Behind In The Fight For Gay Rights
June 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 7, 2004
June 2004
Housing
Rent Guidelines Board: Will It Hike The Rents?
June 2004
Feature
The Republican Party's Diminishing Strength in New York
June 2004
The Short-Lived GOP Revival In NYC
June 2004
Children
Children and Insecticides
June 2004
Education
Flaws In The High School Admission Process
June 2004
Feature
The Citizen
June 2004
Crime and Safety
Police Whistleblowers
June 2004
Immigrants
H-1B Working Visa
June 2004
Issue of the Week
Tourism and Jobs
May 2004
Community Development
Mobilizing Community Concerns Against Mobile Phone Antennas
May 2004
Law
Withholding Rent While On Welfare
May 2004
Technology
Emergency Communications Systems And Equipment
May 2004
Issue of the Week
Revisiting 9/11, Reworking 911
May 2004
Feature
Technology and Government: The Rise of the E-Citizen
May 2004
Global Warming and “The Day After Tomorrow”
May 2004
Transportation
Proposed Rail Link
May 2004
Parks
City Parks And The Proposed Budget
May 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 19, 2004
May 2004
Land Use
Residential Segregation
May 2004
Social Services
Marriage Promotion Programs For Welfare Recipients
May 2004
Demographics
Why Is There A Plunge In Crime?
May 2004
Issue of the Week
New York Schools: Fifty Years After Brown
May 2004
Feature
Keeping Ferry Service Afloat
May 2004
Health
Smokers Quitting
May 2004
Children
Immigrant Children’s Illnesses and Access To Health Care
May 2004
Environment
Dreaming Of A Jets Stadium (And Junkyard Cleanup) In Queens
May 2004
Public Finance
The Mayor’s Latest Budget: Political Expediency, Future Deficits
May 2004
Issue of the Week
Republican Policies: An Insult and an Injury
May 2004
A Brief History of N.Y. Republicans
May 2004
Feature
May the Force Be With You
May 2004
Issue of the Week
Convention Risks and Benefits
May 2004
Housing
Back To The Fore?
May 2004
Civil Rights
12,000 NYC Taxis; Five Are Accessible
May 2004
Crime and Safety
FDNY vs. NYPD
May 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 5, 2004
May 2004
Arts
Accountability For Non-Profits
May 2004
Feature
The Citizen
May 2004
Education
Teaching Certificates Are Tougher To Get
May 2004
Immigrants
Deliverymen
May 2004
Issue of the Week
TAX CUTS AND NEW YORK CITY
May 2004
Children
Child Care For Welfare Recipients
April 2004
Housing
Rent Overcharges
April 2004
Issue of the Week
NEW YORK AND THE 9/11 COMMISSION
April 2004
Ground Zero as a Political Backdrop
April 2004
Feature
BUILDING TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NEXT CENTURY: WE CAN DO IT ALL
April 2004
Governing
Non-Citizen Voting
April 2004
Land Use
The Nets Arena Is Not The Real Issue In Development Of Downtown Brooklyn
April 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - April 21, 2004
April 2004
Transportation
MetroCard Discounts
April 2004
Parks
Parks Opportunity Program
April 2004
Issue of the Week
In Big Projects, Where Do The Jobs Go?
April 2004
Feature
NEW YORK’S REPUBLICAN VALUES
April 2004
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS VS. NATIONAL REPUBLICANS
April 2004
Social Services
Meals and Wheels Threatened In The Bronx
April 2004
Demographics
Estimating New York City's Population
April 2004
Technology
Identity Theft
April 2004
Law
The Right To Marry
April 2004
Immigrants
Unemployed Immigrant Tech Professionals
April 2004
Feature
The Citizen
April 2004
Community Development
Public Subsidies Flowing Up the West Side
April 2004
Issue of the Week
Public Authorities
April 2004
Environment
Recycling's Next Chapter
April 2004
Public Finance
The City Council's Alternative Budget Choices
April 2004
Health
“Take Care New York” New Health Program; Old Diseases
April 2004
Education
Will Third Graders Learn More Now?
April 2004
Feature
HELPING 9/11 RESCUE WORKERS
April 2004
Crime and Safety
Questioning Police Statistics For Crime and Cases Of Misconduct
April 2004
Feature
Preventing Another Stansbury
April 2004
Issue of the Week
Affordable Housing in 2004
April 2004
Civil Rights
The Fast-Changing Status of Same-Sex Married Couples in New York
April 2004
Arts
Another Museum Boom
April 2004
Waterfront
Getting Federal Money To Improve The Port Of New York
March 2004
Issue of the Week
New York's Sports Economy
March 2004
Bringing the Jets Home
March 2004
Law
Yes, Welfare Workers Deserve Workforce Protection
March 2004
Feature
Help Small Business, Not the Wealthy
March 2004
Issue of the Week
The Jets Stadium: Another Sad West Side Story
March 2004
Parks
How To Make An Excellent City Park System
March 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - March 24, 2004
March 2004
Governing
Voting Technology
March 2004
Issue of the Week
Selling Jewelry, Spending the Night in Jail
March 2004
PUSHCART WARS
March 2004
Feature
Inside Tweed
March 2004
Issue of the Week
Selling Hotdogs, Getting Ticketed
March 2004
Immigrants
Deporting the “Bad” Immigrant
March 2004
Issue of the Week
Gotham Gazette Suggests
March 2004
Games
Plan Your Future Park
March 2004
Social Services
No Breaks For Low Income New Yorkers; Also: Unemployment
March 2004
Land Use
Long Commutes and Lost Opportunities for Planning
March 2004
Demographics
The Passion for Religion Ebbs
March 2004
Feature
Helping Students Before It's Too Late
March 2004
Transportation
Awaiting The Fate Of City-Subsidized Private Bus Lines
March 2004
Issue of the Week
The Parks Renaissance
March 2004
Technology
Technology In The Schools
March 2004
Environment
Taking Action On Jamaica Bay
March 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - March 10, 2004
March 2004
Health
Homeless Children and Asthma
March 2004
Public Finance
Budget Surplus Obscures Uncertainties
March 2004
Housing
After Mitchell-Lama
March 2004
Issue of the Week
Industries That Got Away
March 2004
Feature
New York And Gay Marriage
March 2004
Bloomberg Must Speak Up on Gay Marriage
March 2004
Arts
The Arts Community Of St. George -- Hot and Homegrown
March 2004
Education
Adult Education Cuts
March 2004
Children
Foster Children With Mothers In Jail
March 2004
Civil Rights
The Right of Religious Groups to Discriminate
March 2004
Issue of the Week
A Year With Libeskind
March 2004
Thinking Big Again
March 2004
Crime and Safety
Aftermath of the Stansbury Killing
March 2004
Feature
Helping New Yorkers Vote
March 2004
Election Day Voter Registration
March 2004
Waterfront
Waterfront Stories On Film
February 2004
Parks
Concessions
February 2004
Governing
Super Tuesday
February 2004
Community Development
Grassroots Community Organizing Is Malnourished
February 2004
Transportation
Taxi Fare Hike
February 2004
Social Services
A Tax Shelter For The Working Poor
February 2004
Feature
URBAN ISSUES - POVERTY
February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - MASS TRANSIT
February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - IMMIGRATION
February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - HOUSING
February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - HEALTH CARE
February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - EDUCATION
February 2004
Issue of the Week
Shooting In New York
February 2004
Feature
URBAN ISSUES - CRIME
February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - ANTI-TERRORISM
February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - ECONOMY
February 2004
Urban Issues: Presidential Candidates in NYC
February 2004
Law
City Settles Discrimination Lawsuit By Black And Latino Officers
February 2004
Demographics
Imprisoned In New York
February 2004
Land Use
Waterfront 'Access' May Actually Keep Public Out
February 2004
Immigrants
Bush's "Temporary Worker" Program
February 2004
Issue of the Week
The City Budget and Labor Unions
February 2004
Feature
A Minimum Wage Increase Will Hurt Small Business and the Working Poor
February 2004
New York Workers Need a Raise
February 2004
Environment
Sludge and Scandal
February 2004
Public Finance
A Budget With No Soul
February 2004
Health
Death In New York City
February 2004
Civil Rights
Bill of Rights Resolution; Court Ruling On Banning Masked Demonstrators
February 2004
Issue of the Week
Embracing Growth, Preserving Neighborhoods
February 2004
The Overdevelopment Debate
February 2004
Feature
The Governor's Misguided Health-Care Cuts
February 2004
Children
Children and Pollution: School Buses, Second-Hand Smoke
February 2004
Education
Ending Social Promotion, Once Again
February 2004
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - February 4, 2004
February 2004
Housing
Decline In Tenant Organizers
February 2004
Crime and Safety
Operation Impact And The Shooting Of Timothy Stansbury, Jr.
February 2004
Feature
The Citizen
February 2004
Arts
Arts Groups Look to Congress to Ease Cultural Exchanges
February 2004
Feature
A Bill That Helps End Lead Poisoning
February 2004
Issue of the Week
No Kill, The New Goal In Animal Control
February 2004
Law
Battered Women And Their Fight To Keep Their Children
January 2004
Technology
"Patriotic" Surveillance? Federal Fingerprinting Of Foreigners
January 2004
Issue of the Week
The Urban Agenda
January 2004
Feature
The Permanent Emergency For Homeless Families
January 2004
New Rules for the Homeless
January 2004
Demographics
Who Are NYC's Republicans?
January 2004
Waterfront
Eight Ways To A Better Future Now
January 2004
Social Services
Is Congress About To Shake Up Job Training?
January 2004
Governing
Help America Vote Act
January 2004
Parks
Federal Funding For City Parks
January 2004
Feature
Netting The Nets
January 2004
A Field of Schemes
January 2004
Land Use
The Plans For Downtown Brooklyn Ignore Both People And Public Spaces
January 2004
Issue of the Week
School Security
January 2004
Community Development
Is Washington Looking To Get Out Of Subsidizing Low-Income Housing In NYC?
January 2004
Transportation
How New Yorkers Get To Work
January 2004
Public Finance
Bush Tax Cuts and New York
January 2004
Environment
The Feds And Clean Air
January 2004
Health
The New Medicare Law - Will It Help or Hurt?
January 2004
Issue of the Week
Taxis
January 2004
Feature
Graffiti 2004
January 2004
Rebuilding NYC
test
January 2004
Housing
The Community Service Requirement In Public Housing
January 2004
Children
The Flu; Abuse; Lead Paint
January 2004
Feature
Governor George Pataki's 2004 State Of The State Address
January 2004
Governor George Pataki's 2004 State of the State Address
January 2004
Garden of Lights
January 2004
Passages of Light: Memorial Cloud
January 2004
The Chosen Memorial Design: Reflecting Absence
January 2004
Education
New York's Children Left Behind?
January 2004
Civil Rights
Debating the USA Patriot Act. Also: The Proposed Marriage Amendment To The Constitution
January 2004
Crime and Safety
Civil Liberties And Police Surveillance
January 2004
Feature
Linda Stone Davidoff, 1941-2003
January 2004
Arts
Artists' Fight To Sell On The Sidewalk
January 2004
Issue of the Week
Rebuilding in 2004
January 2004
Green Buildings
January 2004
The City's Issues and the Mayor's Power
January 2004
Feature
The Citizen
January 2004
Waterfront
The Lessons Learned In Creating Hudson River Park
December 2003
Law
The Bill Of Rights Resolution
December 2003
Technology
Wireless Goes Indoors
December 2003
Transportation
New Subway Projects And Their Benefits
December 2003
Feature
The Big Stories of 2004?
December 2003
Issue of the Week
Top 10 Stories of 2003
December 2003
Parks
Crime in the Parks
December 2003
Social Services
Food Stamps Not Reaching Everybody Who Deserves Them
December 2003
Community Development
The “Food Justice” Movement: Trying To Break the Food Chains
December 2003
Public Finance
The City Modifies Its Budget and Searches for Cash
December 2003
Land Use
The Sidewalks of New York
December 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - December 15, 2003
December 2003
Issue of the Week
Religion And Historic Preservation
December 2003
Governing
New Campaign Financing Proposals - And Who They Benefit
December 2003
Feature
The Lead Paint Bill
December 2003
Health
Flu
December 2003
Environment
Carbon Monoxide, The Silent Killer
December 2003
Education
School Contracts: Do They Serve The Students?
December 2003
Demographics
Five Hidden Facts About Housing (An Analysis Of Data From The Housing and Vacancy Survey)
December 2003
Games
Breakdown
December 2003
Feature
A Bridge Back Home
December 2003
Reforming Foster Care
December 2003
Issue of the Week
Water
December 2003
Garbage
December 2003
Electricity
December 2003
Breakdown
December 2003
Children
Domestic Violence and Family Homelessness; Also: Frightening Facts From Ferrer
December 2003
Crime and Safety
After Rikers
December 2003
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Bills. Also: The Effect Of Gay-Marriage Ruling on NY
December 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - December 3, 2003
December 2003
Arts
Non-Union Tours of Broadway Shows
December 2003
Housing
"Illegal Threes"
December 2003
Immigrants
Unpatriotic Banking?
December 2003
Issue of the Week
The New York Stock Exchange And Wall Street's Future
December 2003
Waterfront
A New Future For The Great Port
November 2003
Technology
Cell Phones: New Developments
November 2003
Issue of the Week
We're Being Shut Out Of The Process
November 2003
Let The Memorial Jury Do Its Work
November 2003
Rethink The Type Of Memorial We Want
November 2003
Law
A Case Of Rape And Murder
November 2003
Issue of the Week
The Eight 9/11 Memorial Designs
November 2003
Obesity And The Schools
November 2003
Social Services
Advocates For The Ill
November 2003
Land Use
The West Side Stadium: No Arena for Good Planning
November 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
From Cop To Councilmember
November 2003
New York City Council STATED MEETING - November 19, 2003
November 2003
Community Development
November 2003
Transportation
Staten Island Ferry Crash Remains A Puzzle
November 2003
Parks
Three New Projects To Restore Or Build Parks
November 2003
Feature
The 'Tina' Habit
November 2003
Issue of the Week
Capital Budget
November 2003
Feature
Nightclub Act II
November 2003
Health
Mentally Ill, Chemically Addicted - And Stuck In Jail
November 2003
Immigrants
The Dream Act
November 2003
Environment
Stopping The Truckers From Idling At Hunts Point
November 2003
Public Finance
Lessons For
November 2003
Issue of the Week
Steam
November 2003
Feature
Honor Andrew Haswell Green!
November 2003
Issue of the Week
The Office of the Future Today
November 2003
Children
After School Programs
November 2003
Education
The New High Schools Admissions Process
November 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - November 6, 2003
November 2003
Civil Rights
Discrimination After 9/11; Also: Bill On Domestic Partnership Benefits
November 2003
Arts
The Future of the Philharmonic at Lincoln Center
November 2003
Feature
2003 General Election Results
November 2003
Housing
"Section 8" And The Single Landlord
November 2003
Crime and Safety
Bank Robberies On the Rise
November 2003
Issue of the Week
Campaign 2003 - General Election Guide to the Last Minute Voter
November 2003
Feature
Campaign War Chests
November 2003
Governing
Clarence Norman And Non-Partisan Elections
October 2003
Environment
Siting The Power Plant at Newtown Creek
October 2003
Issue of the Week
Nannies
October 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - October 24, 2003
October 2003
Social Services
Proposed Changes In Welfare Reform
October 2003
Arts
The Marketing Of Culture
October 2003
Land Use
Variances: How To Undermine Zoning and Make a Profit
October 2003
Demographics
Young, Graduated and in New York City
October 2003
Feature
Making Contracts Work
October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals
October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals
October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals
October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals
October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals
October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals
October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals
October 2003
The Business of Government: The Charter Commission’s Proposal to Revise the City’s System of $9 Billion in Annual Purchases
October 2003
Waterfront
The Tragedy And Neglect Of The Staten Island Ferry
October 2003
Issue of the Week
The Sewer System
October 2003
Parks
Manhattan Greenway
October 2003
Technology
Should The City Sell Its TV And Radio Stations?
October 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - October 15, 2003
October 2003
Transportation
East River Bridge Tolls
October 2003
Crime and Safety
The Racial Profiling Settlement
October 2003
Law
The Case Of The 17-Year-Old Anti-War Protester
October 2003
Issue of the Week
Troubles for Co-op City, and Middle Class Housing in NYC
October 2003
Feature
Natural Gas
October 2003
Health
A Push For A National Health Service?
October 2003
Public Finance
Shrinking Accountability: Proposed Changes To The Mayor's Management Report
October 2003
Housing
More Dilapidated Housing, Less Code Enforcement
October 2003
Community Development
The Foundation Fundraising Blues
October 2003
Issue of the Week
Keeping the City Running
October 2003
Education
Class Size Limited By Law?
October 2003
Feature
Learning from L.A.
October 2003
Civil Rights
Bias Violence On Staten Island
October 2003
Children
Parents Last? Also: The Lower East Side, Poor But Not Broken
October 2003
Immigrants
A New Executive Order: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
October 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 30, 2003
September 2003
Waterfront
Staten Island Awaits Its Turn
September 2003
Issue of the Week
To Keep People In New York City, Cut Costs
September 2003
Bad for Business
September 2003
Fear of Terrorism
September 2003
Struggling With Strollers and Schools
September 2003
Arts
A National Theater at Ground Zero
September 2003
Issue of the Week
A Frustrating Apartment Search
September 2003
Leaving New York
September 2003
To Keep People, Improve Schools And Housing
September 2003
Social Services
The Gap Between Food Stamp Eligibility and Food Stamp Use
September 2003
Governing
Low Voter Turnout
September 2003
Parks
Adopt-A-Park
September 2003
Issue of the Week
Bake Sales Are Not Enough Anymore
September 2003
Feature
Suing for Gun Control
September 2003
Issue of the Week
Private Money for Public Needs
September 2003
Land Use
Noise Pollution: A City Planning Problem
September 2003
Technology
Turning Teens Into Techies And Online Activists
September 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 17, 2003
September 2003
Housing
Abandonment In 2003
September 2003
Transportation
A Taxi Fare Increase?
September 2003
Law
Challenging A Test The Teachers Must Take
September 2003
Issue of the Week
School Reforms of 2003
September 2003
Feature
What Made The Blackout Inevitable
September 2003
My Own Private Blackout
September 2003
Issue of the Week
Put Class Size on the Ballot
September 2003
Environment
The Alarming Report About The EPA’s Response To 9/11
September 2003
Health
World Trade Center Health Registry
September 2003
Public Finance
Three Actions By Governor Pataki That Dim City Budget Prospects
September 2003
Issue of the Week
Rebuilding, Two Years Later
September 2003
Demographics
Back To (Public and Private) School
September 2003
Feature
Campaign 2003 - Primary Day: Guide to the Last Minute Voter
September 2003
Education
Judging School Reform
September 2003
Children
A Report On Violent Teen Relationships
September 2003
Civil Rights
Employing Non-Citizens
September 2003
Immigrants
New Studies About Immigrants
September 2003
Issue of the Week
A Brief History of Election Law in New York
September 2003
Ballot-Bumping in New York
August 2003
Governing
Primary Elections, And The Ballot Proposals For November
August 2003
Social Services
Summertime Unemployment. Also: Kinship Foster Care
August 2003
Land Use
The Lesson Of The Blackout Is NOT More Power Plants
August 2003
Feature
Citizenship and Voting
August 2003
Issue of the Week
Lincoln Center
August 2003
Arts
Lessons from Lincoln Center for the Ground Zero Cultural Center
August 2003
Community Development
The Death of the Community Reinvestment Act
August 2003
Waterfront
Will The Bountiful Triangle Return?
August 2003
Parks
New Threat From Asian Long-Horned Beetle. Also: Van Cortlandt Park And The Water Filtration Plant
August 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - August 19, 2003
August 2003
Issue of the Week
2003 Blackout
August 2003
Technology
The Blackout Via TV; By Phone; On Blogs. Also: Only Days Left To Save .NYC
August 2003
Feature
After The Blackout - Going Back To The Experts
August 2003
The Power Broker Revisited
August 2003
A Community Plan for Moses’ ‘Highway to Nowhere’
August 2003
Environment
Environmental Impact of Rebuilding Lower Manhattan
August 2003
Demographics
Counting Drop-Outs
August 2003
Transportation
Ranking The Subway Lines
August 2003
Health
Obesity
August 2003
Housing
The State Of Bloomberg’s Affordable Housing Plan
August 2003
Issue of the Week
Firehouses
August 2003
Feature
Studying How To Avoid Blackouts
August 2003
Education
High School Push Outs
August 2003
Issue of the Week
Judges
August 2003
Public Finance
The Fiscal Monitors Assess The Budget
August 2003
Civil Rights
The Harvey Milk School
August 2003
Games
The Judges Game
August 2003
Children
School Lunch Lack; Fixing Diesel-Fueled School Buses
August 2003
Issue of the Week
The Judges Game
August 2003
Immigrants
Executive Order 34 Revisited
August 2003
Governing
Bloomberg’s Plunge In The Polls; Also: Committee On Vacancies
July 2003
Social Services
Flaws In The Screening Process For Foster Parents
July 2003
Parks
How Park Improvements Affect Community Real Estate Values
July 2003
Feature
Dog Days For Summer School
July 2003
Issue of the Week
City Council Campaign 2003
July 2003
Land Use
Greenpoint/Williamsburg Zoning Changes
July 2003
Crime and Safety
Murder in City Hall
July 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - July 23, 2003
July 2003
Community Development
The Black Organizer Blues
July 2003
Education
Gearing Up For The Changes
July 2003
Waterfront
The Manhattan Waterfront Greenway -- A Thin Green Line
July 2003
Issue of the Week
Central Park at 150
July 2003
An Escape from Reality
July 2003
Death of Seneca Village
July 2003
Feature
Taking Back the Park from Crime
July 2003
Issue of the Week
Birth of the Park
July 2003
Dancing in the Park
July 2003
Our Project for the Park
July 2003
Environment
Recycling Revived
July 2003
Transportation
New Projects, Same No Money
July 2003
Immigrants
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
July 2003
Health
Court Overturns Current Lead-Paint Law
July 2003
Games
The Tour Guides Quiz
July 2003
Issue of the Week
Resources for Tour Guides
July 2003
Feature
Welfare Reform
July 2003
Technology
Blogging And The City
July 2003
Issue of the Week
Test Your NYC Knowledge
July 2003
Testing the Tour Guides
July 2003
The Tour Guides Complain
July 2003
Law
When To End A Child's Life Support
July 2003
Housing
New Housing Laws
July 2003
Public Finance
Summing Up the 2004 Budget; Looking Ahead in Education
July 2003
Demographics
The Vanishing Jews
July 2003
Crime and Safety
Blackface Parodists Win In Court; Cops vs. Firefighters; Still No Dancing Allowed
July 2003
Feature
The Case Against Car Alarms
July 2003
Issue of the Week
Compstatmania
July 2003
Children
Summer Youth Employment Program . . . Indicators of Child Well Being. . . Poverty Among Asian American Children
July 2003
Arts
Arts Education
July 2003
Civil Rights
Gay Rights Advances
July 2003
Community Development
Trade Union/Public Housing Alliance; Reaction to Rezoning Of Brooklyn Waterfront; New Neighborhood Planning
June 2003
Issue of the Week
Breaking Down the Budget Game
June 2003
Dedicated Taxes
June 2003
Education
The School-Funding Victory
June 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 25, 2003
June 2003
Social Services
The Mayor's Plan To "Streamline" Social Services
June 2003
Waterfront
Rezoning the Williamsburg and Greenpoint Waterfronts
June 2003
Feature
Housing Court As Landlord Collection Agency
June 2003
Issue of the Week
Ticketing Blitz?
June 2003
Parks
Van Cortlandt Park And The Filtration Plant
June 2003
Technology
A Plan for NYC Telecommunications
June 2003
Land Use
"As-of-Right" Development: An Invitation to Ethical Breaches?
June 2003
Law
Prosecuting The Batterer Without The Victim's Approval
June 2003
Health
How the 2004 Budget Is Shaking Out for Health Care
June 2003
Issue of the Week
No Child Left Behind
June 2003
Environment
Suburban Sprawl, City Troubles
June 2003
Feature
Instead of Non-Partisan Elections, Consider Some Real Reforms
June 2003
Transportation
Budget Cuts In Transportation
June 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 12, 2003
June 2003
Housing
The Fate Of Rent Regulation
June 2003
Demographics
The Affluent Of Manhattan
June 2003
Governing
Voting Rights Act
June 2003
Games
Moving Around the City -- A Quiz About Transportation in New York
June 2003
Issue of the Week
A Brief History of New York Transportation
June 2003
Public Finance
The City Budget: Avoiding Fiscal Meltdown
June 2003
Issue of the Week
City Council Transportation Legislation
June 2003
Moving Around the City -- A Quiz About Transportation in New York
June 2003
Feature
An Appalachian Trail Through The Heart Of NYC
June 2003
Issue of the Week
New York's Fight for Transportation Dollars in Congress
June 2003
Education
Mayor's Education Plan Challenged; Also: School-Funding Case Continues
June 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 05, 2003
June 2003
Children
School Buses Can Be Dangerous to Kids' Health
June 2003
Arts
A Downtown Cultural District Takes Shape
June 2003
Immigrants
Trying To Protect Undocumented Immigrants
June 2003
Civil Rights
Reactions to Police Killings of Unarmed Black New Yorkers. Also: Push to Repeal Patriot Act; Bishop Paul Moore
June 2003
Crime and Safety
Things Go Seriously Wrong: Police Issue Report On Harlem Raid, Lemrick Nelson Gets Off Lightly, Murder Is Up Again. Also: Police Spying
June 2003
Issue of the Week
The New Newcomers
June 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 28, 2003
May 2003
Technology
Government-Aided Media Consolidation
May 2003
Issue of the Week
NYC'S BLUE LAWS
May 2003
Law
Litigation Over World Trade Center Clean-Up Payments
May 2003
Feature
It Is Time For Non-Partisan Elections In NYC
May 2003
Waterfront
Bickering May Lose Us Bucks
May 2003
Land Use
Zoning To Kill Manufacturing, and the Assault on Greenpoint
May 2003
Community Development
Legislating NIMBY
May 2003
Parks
Private Report Card on Smaller Parks
May 2003
Feature
Hallelujah - for Now
May 2003
Transportation
Making the MTA Play Fair and Square
May 2003
Issue of the Week
Sidewalk Cafés
May 2003
Car-Free Parks
May 2003
Dog Runs
May 2003
Fighting Over Outdoor Space
May 2003
Social Services
Threatened Change To HIV/AIDS Services
May 2003
Education
Proposed Changes In Special Education
May 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 14, 2003
May 2003
Demographics
How Different Is New York City From The United States?
May 2003
Housing
Are Higher Rent Increases Justified By Rising Costs
May 2003
Games
The New York City Budget Game
May 2003
Issue of the Week
The New York City Budget Game
May 2003
Feature
Transportation And Lower Manhattan: Where Do We Go From Here?
May 2003
Issue of the Week
Albany and the City’s Budget
May 2003
A New Way of Doing Business in Albany
May 2003
Environment
A Letter About Lead Poisoning
May 2003
Public Finance
The MTA's Funny Numbers And Smug Attitude
May 2003
Health
Survey of Emotional Distress
May 2003
Crime and Safety
Murder and Rape On The Rise; A Look At Nightclub Mayhem
May 2003
Children
Asthma; Infant Mortality; Recruiting Foster Parents
May 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 5, 2003
May 2003
Issue of the Week
Filling In The Potholes
May 2003
Fixing a Traffic Light
May 2003
Getting a Stop Sign
May 2003
Dark Streets
May 2003
Bus Bunching
May 2003
Speed Bumps and Humps
May 2003
Fixing Urban Irritants
May 2003
Civil Rights
Anti-Bullying Bills. Also: Push To Post Human Rights; Same-Sex Partner As Legal Spouse
May 2003
Arts
Budget Battles In The Arts
May 2003
Immigrants
Immigrant Soldiers
May 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - APRIL 30, 2003
April 2003
Waterfront
Hunts Point’s Waterfront Dreams
April 2003
Community Development
BAM And Its Cultural District
April 2003
Issue of the Week
The MTA’s Numbers Don’t Add Up
April 2003
MTA’s On the Wrong Track
April 2003
Feature
NYC Subway Token, 1953-2003
April 2003
Issue of the Week
The Fare Hike Mess
April 2003
NYC Subway Token, 1953-2003
April 2003
The MTA’s Numbers Don’t Add Up
April 2003
Governing
The Latest On Term Limits
April 2003
Land Use
Zoning To Protect Manufacturing
April 2003
Issue of the Week
Mayor Bloomberg's 2004 Budget
April 2003
Stop the Rhetoric – Raise the Income Tax
April 2003
Feature
Transportation as Civil Rights for the Disabled
April 2003
Issue of the Week
The Mayor Is Right to Go After Commuters, Albany, and Labor Unions
April 2003
Evicting Bears Won't Balance the Budget
April 2003
Technology
Fraud Stalls Wireless Library Project
April 2003
Parks
Reviving the Filtration Plant Underneath Van Cortlandt Park
April 2003
Law
Mental Health Care For Released Inmates
April 2003
Social Services
Big Stakes for the Elderly in Budget Battles
April 2003
Demographics
The Poor In New York City
April 2003
Housing
Rent Regulation Awaits Its Fate
April 2003
Issue of the Week
City Of Dissent
April 2003
Feature
An Alternative to Suicide By Budget
April 2003
Environment
Recycling Hangs Tough
April 2003
Health
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
April 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - APRIL 9, 2003
April 2003
Children
Talking To Kids About War
April 2003
Public Finance
Renters and The New Property Tax Hikes
April 2003
Transportation
Responding To The Terrorist Threat
April 2003
Feature
Teachers Who Quit
April 2003
Issue of the Week
The State Budget and NYC
April 2003
Crime and Safety
The 9/11 Killer; The Public Hearings On 9/11; Moynihan On Government Secrecy
April 2003
Education
Making The List
April 2003
Civil Rights
New York Coalition Formed to Defend the Bill of Rights
April 2003
Arts
Cultural Diplomacy
April 2003
Immigrants
New Rule For Political Asylum Seekers
March 2003
Issue of the Week
Think Tanks
March 2003
Governing
The Hispanic Vote; Also, New Charter Commission For Non-Partisan Elections
March 2003
Waterfront
Bringing Sand to the Brooklyn Beach
March 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - MARCH 26, 2003
March 2003
Law
Police Misconduct Cases - Prosecuted By Civilians, But Still Judged By Police
March 2003
Feature
New York Stock Exchange Barred Al Jazeera Reporter
March 2003
Social Services
Governor's Proposed Budget Bad News For Low-Income New Yorkers
March 2003
Feature
HAVA Heartburn
March 2003
Will Albany's Scandals Lead To Reform?
March 2003
Issue of the Week
Special Registration
March 2003
An Assessment Of The Threat From Al Qaeda in 2003
March 2003
Operation Atlas And The Security Of New York
March 2003
Feature
A Western Expert Denies Iraqi Arson In Oil Fields -- From Al-Jazeera
March 2003
Parks
Report Card On The Parks
March 2003
Feature
President Bush's Speech On The Beginning Of War With Iraq
March 2003
Technology
The Tech Lag In Community Boards
March 2003
Land Use
New York City's Big Planning Projects: Avoiding the Public?
March 2003
Demographics
Eight Million New Yorkers? Don't Count On It
March 2003
Feature
Transcript of President Bush's Speech on Iraq
March 2003
Education
The Governor's Proposed Budget And Its Effect On NYC Schools
March 2003
Feature
The New York City Council And War
March 2003
Issue of the Week
I Sell New York
March 2003
Feature
Final Draft Of The City Council Anti-War Resolution
Approved March 12, 2003
March 2003
The First Draft Of City Council's Anti-War Resolution
Submitted October 22, 2002
March 2003
Environment
The City's New Spending Plan For The Environment
March 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - MARCH 12, 2003
March 2003
Housing
The State Of NYC Housing, According To The Census Bureau
March 2003
Public Finance
Uncertain Billions In Mayor's Budget Plan
March 2003
Health
Diabetes
March 2003
Transportation
The Two Dollar Fare
March 2003
Issue of the Week
The Battle Over Rent Regulation
March 2003
Rent Regulation
March 2003
Feature
Waterfront Housing For Everyone
March 2003
Critiquing The Mayor's Housing Plan
March 2003
Crime and Safety
The Anti-War Protest And The Police
March 2003
Civil Rights
Restricting Demonstrations
March 2003
Arts
The Musicians' Strike
March 2003
Immigrants
Tracking Foreign Students
March 2003
Technology
Cell Phone Ban
February 2003
Social Services
How Welfare Reform Affects People With Disabilities
February 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - FEBRUARY 26, 2003
February 2003
Land Use
Midtown West Side Story: A Conversation With Robert Moses
February 2003
Waterfront
Big-Boxed In on the Waterfront
February 2003
Feature
The Individual Artists
February 2003
Issue of the Week
Token Booth Closings
February 2003
Parks
Turning Parkways Into Parks? Turning Trees Into Sports Fields?
February 2003
Governing
Special Elections
February 2003
Law
Do Welfare Workers Deserve Workplace Protection?
February 2003
Transportation
Options For The Fare Increase; Bridge And Tunnel Tolls; Transportation Plans In Lower Manhattan
February 2003
Environment
New Plan to Safeguard New York's Water Supply
February 2003
Feature
Felons and the Right to Vote
February 2003
Issue of the Week
Public Housing
February 2003
Games
NYC Housing Trivia Quiz
February 2003
Housing
City Takes New Approaches to Solving Homeless Problem
February 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - FEBRUARY 12, 2003
February 2003
Public Finance
Preliminary Budget Seeks to Avoid Spending Cuts
February 2003
Demographics
Does Archie Bunker Still Live in Queens?
February 2003
Issue of the Week
The Nursing Shortage
February 2003
Feature
Keeping Welfare Recipients Out of College
February 2003
Health
Health Care Changes Could Hurt New York
February 2003
Education
Shaking Up the School System
February 2003
Crime and Safety
The District Attorney vs. the Police
February 2003
Civil Rights
Controversy at the Human Right Commission
February 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
State Of City Address
February 2003
Arts
Who Needs Art Criticism?
February 2003
Issue of the Week
Money for Rebuilding
February 2003
Immigrants
The Special Registration Program
February 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting Report
January 2003
Feature
Governor Pataki's 2003 Budget Address
January 2003
Issue of the Week
State Of The City - 2003
January 2003
Feature
The Pro-Life Agenda
January 2003
A Pro Choice Agenda for New York City
January 2003
Looking To History
January 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2003 State Of The City Address
January 2003
Parks
Crime, Christo and Car-free
January 2003
Governing
Nonpartisan Elections And Charter Revision
January 2003
Land Use
Lots Of New Plans; Any New Visions?
January 2003
Issue of the Week
The Mayor’s Plan For The Schools
January 2003
Making Parents Partners
January 2003
Parent Engagement Boards: Five Principles
January 2003
The Council's Plan
January 2003
Transportation
The (Proposed) Trains To The Planes
January 2003
Social Services
When Prisoners Come Home
January 2003
Technology
Putting City Documents Online
January 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Bloomberg's Education Reform
January 2003
Issue of the Week
3 1 1
January 2003
Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Redistricting
January 2003
Games
City Hall Quiz
January 2003
Feature
2003 Economic Stimulus Plan
January 2003
How Should the City Close It's $5 Billion Budget Deficit?
January 2003
Bush Plan Doesn't Add Up
January 2003
2003 State of the State Address
January 2003
Demographics
Is There Still A New York Metropolis?
January 2003
Environment
The Battles Of 2003
January 2003
Housing
Homeowner Troubles
January 2003
Public Finance
Billion Dollar Questions About Next Year's Budget
January 2003
Health
Smallpox Vaccine
January 2003
Education
0
January 2003
Issue of the Week
0
January 2003
Civil Rights
0
January 2003
Crime and Safety
0
January 2003
Arts
0
January 2003
Issue of the Week
0
December 2002
Feature
0
December 2002
Parks
0
December 2002
Feature
Is Gangs of New York Historically Accurate?
December 2002
Technology
0
December 2002
Issue of the Week
0
December 2002
Social Services
0
December 2002
Land Use
0
December 2002
Issue of the Week
0
December 2002
Searchlight on City Hall
0
December 2002
0
December 2002
Housing
0
December 2002
Feature
0
December 2002
Transportation
0
December 2002
0
December 2002
Feature
0
December 2002
0
December 2002
Searchlight on City Hall
Vision For 21st Century Lower Manhattan
December 2002
Environment
0
December 2002
Searchlight on City Hall
0
December 2002
Demographics
0
December 2002
Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Announces Housing Plan For New York City's 21st Century Neighborhoods
December 2002
Health
0
December 2002
Issue of the Week
0
December 2002
Public Finance
0
December 2002
Immigrants
0
December 2002
Education
0
December 2002
Crime and Safety
0
December 2002
Civil Rights
0
December 2002
Issue of the Week
Day Care In New York
December 2002
Arts
0
December 2002
Feature
What Happened To My Middle School?
November 2002
Issue of the Week
Noise Off
November 2002
Searchlight on City Hall
The Bloomberg Budget - In His Own Words
November 2002
Budget Modification Signed Into Law
November 2002
Education
0
November 2002
Waterfront
0
November 2002
Land Use
0
November 2002
Technology
Fighting Domestic Violence With Technology
November 2002
Social Services
New York City's Permanent Food Emergency
November 2002
Parks
New York City's Permanent Food Emergency
November 2002
Budget cuts and the parks
November 2002
Housing
Possible Rise In Property Taxes (i.e. Rents); Rise In Homelessness
November 2002
Health
The Brooklyn Mental Health Court
November 2002
Public Finance
The Property Tax Proposal
November 2002
Environment
The Elections and New York's Environment
November 2002
Crime and Safety
Old Issues Are New Again: Parole, Central Park Jogger Case, Rape
November 2002
Arts
Artists' Visas
November 2002
Civil Rights
The New Commissioners
November 2002
Transportation
Debating Transportation Priorities For Lower Manhattan
November 2002
Demographics
Can The US Live Without Race?
November 2002
Governing
0
November 2002
Feature
Gotham at War
October 2002
Gotham at War
October 2002
Issue of the Week
Cell Phones
October 2002
New York City's Elderly
October 2002
Feature
0
October 2002
Land Use
0
October 2002
Issue of the Week
Guide To The Mayor's Management Report
October 2002
Governing
The Help America Vote Act -- The Good News and Bad News For NYC
October 2002
Transportation
The Help America Vote Act -- The Good News and Bad News For NYC
October 2002
Technology
NYC Schools as Hi-Tech Hubs
October 2002
Social Services
Dead Broke Dads
October 2002
Parks
State Protections For City Parkland
October 2002
Demographics
New York's Declining Ethnics
October 2002
Education
Chancellor Klein So Far
October 2002
Crime and Safety
Two Heinous Crimes Unresolved
October 2002
Arts
Artists And Health Insurance
October 2002
Civil Rights
Discrimination at Brooklyn Eatery
October 2002
Transportation
0
October 2002
Waterfront
0
October 2002
Parks
A Year After 911: The Rediscovery Of The City's Parks
9/11 Special
Crime and Safety
9/11/01-02: Are New Yorkers Any Safer?
9/11 Special
Civil Rights
Civil Liberties since 9/11
9/11 Special
Arts
Building Community
9/11 Special
Land Use
0
9/11 Special
Issue of the Week
9/11/02: Art And Culture
September 2002
Land Use
0
September 2002
Governing
Cuomo Walks
September 2002
9/11/01-02: Altering The Political Landscape
September 2002
Technology
A Failure On 9/11, Life-Saving Innovations Afterwards
September 2002
Social Services
9/11/01-02: Charity Began At Ground Zero, But Where Will It Wind Up?
September 2002
Demographics
A Demographic Portrait Of The Victims In 10048
September 2002
Education
Chancellor Klein's Right-Hand Woman: Who is Diana Lam?
September 2002
Crime and Safety
Police Pay: What's Fair?
September 2002
Arts
The Mostly Mozart Strike: Music, Money and Maybe Better Art
September 2002
Issue of the Week
How Your Council Member Voted
August 2002
Feature
The Tax Whose Time Has Gone
August 2002
Bringing Back The Commuter Tax
August 2002
Waterfront
Wakes
August 2002
Governing
How You Can Tell How They're Doing
August 2002
Technology
New York City Goes Wireless
August 2002
Social Services
Children In No-Parent Families
August 2002
Parks
Park Escapes
August 2002
Demographics
Manhattan Boom
August 2002
Education
The New Chancellor
August 2002
Civil Rights
Feminist Summit
August 2002
Crime and Safety
Capital Punishment, Parole, And More
August 2002
Arts
The Arts and Albany
August 2002
Issue of the Week
Improving The Schools
July 2002
Waterfront
Change and Conflict on the Brooklyn Waterfront
July 2002
Governing
State Campaign Finance Reports
July 2002
Technology
Why Albany Matters in NYC Tech Policy
July 2002
Social Services
Albany Matters In Social Services
July 2002
Parks
STATE FUNDING FOR CITY PARKS
July 2002
Demographics
GOP Senate Majority Repeals Census 2000
July 2002
Games
Rebuilding NYC's Ground Zero Planner
July 2002
Education
Albany's Sway Over City Schools
July 2002
Crime and Safety
Drug Law Reform Failed Again
July 2002
Civil Rights
The State and Human Rights
July 2002
Issue of the Week
New York City's Foreign Policy
July 2002
Arts
Corporate Giving
July 2002
Issue of the Week
The Rights Of Same-Sex Partners
June 2002
Feature
Involvement and Accountability
June 2002
Governing
No To Nonpartisan Elections
June 2002
Technology
The Latest on 311, Pay Phone Rate Rollback, Camera Surveillance, Hi-tech
June 2002
Social Services
Welfare Reform, Round Two
June 2002
Parks
Not A Swimmer's Paradise
June 2002
Education
School Deals Near
June 2002
Crime and Safety
Operation Spotlight, etc.
June 2002
Civil Rights
The Disabled
June 2002
Demographics
Changing New York City
June 2002
Arts
Hollywood East?
June 2002
Children
0
June 2002
Issue of the Week
Damage Control
May 2002
Feature
Elect The Board Of Education
May 2002
School Control
May 2002
Naming for Dollars
May 2002
Issue of the Week
School Building
May 2002
School Building: Part 2
May 2002
Waterfront
Harbor (in)Security. Also: Harbor Events.
May 2002
Governing
Scandals And Voters
May 2002
Technology
Technology and 9/11
May 2002
Parks
Community Gardens; Prospect Park's Audubon Center; Brooklyn Bridge Park
May 2002
Demographics
The Census Bureau's Bad Estimates
May 2002
Education
Community School Boards' Uncertain Future
May 2002
Crime and Safety
Back To The Bad Old Days?
May 2002
Arts
Culture and the World Trade Center Site
May 2002
Civil Rights
0
May 2002
Issue of the Week
New York Republicans
April 2002
Waterfront
A Super Model for New York Harbor
April 2002
Governing
The New Voter Identification Requirement
April 2002
Technology
The City Council Gets Serious About Tech
April 2002
Social Services
Child Welfare and Domestic Violence
April 2002
Demographics
The Boom 1990's?
April 2002
Education
To Test or Not To Test?
April 2002
Crime and Safety
Aiming High-Tech, Ivy Recruitment
April 2002
Civil Rights
The New Human Rights Commissioner
April 2002
Children
Alternative Juvenile Court
April 2002
Arts
Collaborations
April 2002
Parks
Remembering 9/11. Governors Island. The Beetles.
April 2002
Searchlight on City Hall
Letter From 27 City Councilmembers Calling On Speaker Gifford Miller To Raise Taxes To Pay For Children's Programs
March 2002
Waterfront
Bronx River Rising
March 2002
Technology
From Home To Community (Board). Dot NYC. Increased Cost of Pay Phones,
March 2002
Social Services
Job Training
March 2002
Parks
Central Park of Art, Beetles and Cars; First Budget Hearings on Parks
March 2002
Demographics
Segregation
March 2002
Crime and Safety
Cutbacks and Checkpoints
March 2002
Civil Rights
Trying To Reverse the Decline Of The Human Rights Commission; Louima Convictions Overturned; The Death Of Sylvia Rivera
March 2002
Arts
Funding And The Arts
March 2002
Law
0
March 2002
Waterfront
New Attention From City Hall
February 2002
Technology
E-Government In NYC
February 2002
Social Services
When The Neighborhood Doesn't Want It
February 2002
Parks
The New Parks Chief; Also, Greenways Are Good
February 2002
Demographics
Non-Legal Immigrants
February 2002
Crime and Safety
Crown Heights
February 2002
Civil Rights
St. Patrick's Day Parade; Detention Policy Reversed; Human Rights Commission Criticized
February 2002
Arts
Outlook From City Hall
February 2002
Waterfront
The Waters Of The Harbor
January 2002
Governing
Changes Ahead?
January 2002
Technology
Is Time Warner Cable A Villain?
January 2002
Social Services
The Limits of Time Limits On Welfare
January 2002
Parks
A New Policy Towards Parks?
January 2002
Demographics
Counting Muslims
January 2002
Crime and Safety
Crime Still Declines, But Why, And Will It Continue?
January 2002
Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Agendas in 2002
January 2002
Arts
Epic: An Experiment In Arts Education
January 2002
Governing
The Remarkable Victory
December 2001
Social Services
THE NEEDIEST. Also: City-Wide Task Force On Housing Court Still Alive
December 2001
Parks
Outlook in 2002; Unfinished Business From the Giuliani Era
December 2001
Crime and Safety
New And Old Police Commissioner Ray Kelly
December 2001
Arts
Flailing After 9/11
December 2001
Education
0
December 2001
Issue of the Week
Flunking Schools
November 2001
Higher Education, Lower Budget
November 2001
Waterfront
Governors Island And The United Nations
November 2001
Governing
Will Something Be Done About the Board of Elections?
November 2001
Technology
10-Digit Dialing
November 2001
Social Services
A Rocky Season
November 2001
Parks
Open Spaces; A Million Daffodil Memorial
November 2001
Crime and Safety
Police Vs. Fire
November 2001
Children
Children's Services
November 2001
Arts
Culture Counts
November 2001
Governing
Mayoral Election
October 2001
Technology
Choosing Your Power
October 2001
Social Services
Administration for Children's Services
October 2001
Parks
Campaign Promises For Parks In Light Of 9/11
October 2001
Crime and Safety
Making New York Safer, Not Slower and Poorer
October 2001
Civil Rights
Under Assault And On The Ballot
October 2001
Issue of the Week
Immigrants Under Attack
October 2001
Children
Child Health Plus
October 2001
Waterfront
Moving Freight On Water
September 2001
Governing
A Plea For Same-Day Voter Registration
September 2001
Technology
Damage And Restoration To Electricity, Phones, TV
September 2001
Parks
Drawn To The Parks
September 2001
Crime and Safety
Security
September 2001
Civil Rights
Asian New Yorkers
September 2001
Demographics
The Arab Americans In Our Midst
September 2001
Arts
Heart of Brooklyn
September 2001
Issue of the Week
0
August 2001
New York's Secret Tax
August 2001
Governing
What Is Wrong With The Board Of Elections?
August 2001
Technology
Software -- "Piracy" (Stealing) versus "Open Source" (Freebies)
August 2001
Parks
Governors Island, Community Gardens, Mayors Who Actually Care About Parks
August 2001
Demographics
A White City Council
August 2001
Crime and Safety
Jailing Demonstrators. Also: Police-Community Relations
August 2001
Civil Rights
Anti-Catholicism
August 2001
Games
Gotham Gazette's Summer Quiz
July 2001
Waterfront
Brooklyn Navy Yard
July 2001
Governing
What Is Wrong With The Board Of Elections?
July 2001
Technology
AOL-Time Warner and High-Speed Access. Also, Cell-Phone Ban.
July 2001
Social Services
Suicide Prevention
July 2001
Parks
Golf Course at Ferry Point Park
July 2001
Demographics
Counting Gay New York
July 2001
Crime and Safety
Police Potpourri: Murder, Drag Racing Down; Mayor's Dander Up; Desk Appearance Tickets Disappear; Council Speaker Swept In A Sweep; Condor Defended
July 2001
Civil Rights
Transgender Rights
July 2001
Children
Law Guardians for Children
July 2001
Issue of the Week
Ticket Scalping
June 2001
Waterfront
Blessing The Fleet
June 2001
Governing
Sharpton's Endorsement
June 2001
Technology
Women and Technology
June 2001
Social Services
AIDS At 20: Frontline STD Clinics
June 2001
Parks
Parks in the budget
June 2001
Demographics
Redistricting
June 2001
Crime and Safety
Marijuana
June 2001
Children
Summer Jobs Threatened
June 2001
Arts
Budget Shenanigans
June 2001
Issue of the Week
Neighbors and Nightclubs
May 2001
Waterfront
In Defense of the Port
May 2001
Technology
Privacy on the Internet
May 2001
Parks
Community Gardens Endangered Still. Also: Preserve Bloomingdale Woods
May 2001
Demographics
Politics And The Undercount
May 2001
Crime and Safety
Sanctioning Police Malpractice
May 2001
Children
Foster Children Still at Risk?
May 2001
Arts
Arts Budget
May 2001
Issue of the Week
Not In My Backyard
April 2001
Power Plant Siting
April 2001
Waterfront
Who Owns the "578 Miles" of Waterfront, and How Are They Being Used?
April 2001
Governing
Michael Bloomberg and the Legacy of Self-Financed Candidates
April 2001
Social Services
Hanging Out
April 2001
Parks
New York As Oasis: OASIS mapping, Bloomingdale Woods, Governors Island Tours
April 2001
Demographics
False Facts About Census 2000
April 2001
Environment
After Fresh Kills
April 2001
Crime and Safety
Presidential Pardons
April 2001
Children
Child Care
April 2001
Issue of the Week
The Edison Election
March 2001
Games
Gotham Gazette's New York City Quiz
March 2001
Issue of the Week
Youth Gangs
March 2001
Waterfront
Ferries
March 2001
Governing
Right for All the Wrong Reasons
March 2001
Technology
Public Participation in Science and Technology Policy
March 2001
Social Services
Welfare Running Out. Also, news of the poor, the old, the disabled, and
March 2001
Parks
Organizing for More Green
March 2001
Demographics
Eight Million New Yorkers!
March 2001
Crime and Safety
Comissioner Bernard Kerik and the three priorities
March 2001
Children
Attorneys For The Parents
March 2001
Issue of the Week
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform
February 2001
Privately Owned Public Space
February 2001
Waterfront
Parks and Parking Along the Hudson
February 2001
Governing
It's Still Broken
February 2001
Technology
Witness, A Different Kind of Reality TV: Using video and the Internet to
February 2001
Social Services
AIDS And The African-American Community; Homeless and Health
February 2001
Parks
In the News: Playing hardball in Bloomingdale Woods. Also, Parks embattled by accusations
February 2001
Education
The Edison Schools Controversy
February 2001
Crime and Safety
Lessons and Legacy of Amadou Diallo
February 2001
Children
Fostering Writers
February 2001
Arts
Indecent: The New Ruckus at the Brooklyn Museum
February 2001
Demographics
0
February 2001
Feature
The New York State Legislature: How Albany Controls the City
January 2001
Waterfront
The Missing Marshes of Jamaica Bay
January 2001
Governing
Our One-Party Town
January 2001
Technology
Phone Frustrations
January 2001
Social Services
In Out Of The Cold: Offering The Homeless A Warm And Safe Place To Sleep
January 2001
Demographics
Census Bureau Finds 830,000 "Extra" New Yorkers
January 2001
Environment
Turbine Turmoil
January 2001
Land Use
Why Zoning Reform IS Important
January 2001
Parks
Golf Clubbing Bronx Residents? Also: When Stadiums Win, Do Parks Lose?
January 2001
Children
The Governor's Budget
January 2001
Arts
The Governor's Proposed Cut in the Budget for the Arts
January 2001
Issue of the Week
The Upstate-Downstate Debate
December 2000
Waterfront
Light at the End of the Rail Tunnel?
December 2000
Governing
What Can We Do To Fix This -- and Should We?
December 2000
Technology
E-Voting
December 2000
Social Services
Anti-Violence Project Urges Gays and Lesbians To Take Offense
December 2000
Parks
Fees for Parks. Also: Making Parks Political
December 2000
Demographics
The Census
December 2000
Crime and Safety
School safety
December 2000
Arts
Making Art Matter: A Plan to Redesign the Department of Cultural Affairs
December 2000
Issue of the Week
Beware The Mantra Of Privatization
November 2000
Going Private
November 2000
School Boards
November 2000
Get Out the Vote!
November 2000
Technology
Election Special-The Real Tech Issues, from Privacy to Copyright to Sales Tax
November 2000
Social Services
Election Special-The Missing Social Service Issues
November 2000
Children
National Survey on Child Poverty
November 2000
Issue of the Week
The Press
October 2000
Feature
Polls
October 2000
Waterfront
Election Special--The Major Local Issues, from dredging to access
October 2000
Governing
Election Special--Campaign Finance: In Need of Reforms?
October 2000
Parks
Election Special--THE PARKS AND THE POLS
October 2000
Crime and Safety
Election Special: Who's Tougher on Crime?
October 2000
Transportation
Election Special--The Transportation Bond Act
October 2000
Children
Election Special--Support for Children . . . In Theory
October 2000
Arts
The Arts are Apple Pie in New York, But The Candidates Have Been Silent on Specifics
October 2000
Feature
Favorite Books About New York
September 2000
Community Boards
September 2000
Issue of the Week
The Courts of New York Explained
September 2000
Feature
More Than a Cosmetic Change?
September 2000
Issue of the Week
School Funding
September 2000
Waterfront
In the News: A Ban on Jet Skis?
September 2000
Governing
In the News: The Primaries
September 2000
Social Services
Hunger In New York
September 2000
Parks
In the News: Garbage Out, Parks In; Also, rating New York City's parks
September 2000
Crime and Safety
Kerik's Recipe for Success
September 2000
Children
The Teachers' Contract
September 2000
Arts
Has New York Become the Art of the Impossible for Young Artists?
September 2000
Feature
City Council Senior Class
August 2000
Issue of the Week
0
August 2000
Waterfront
City Beaches: Safe for Swimming?
August 2000
Governing
In The News: The Republican National Convention
August 2000
Social Services
A Place for Pregnant Teenagers
August 2000
Parks
Final Design for Brooklyn Waterfront Park. Also: Funding for Urban Parks
August 2000
Crime and Safety
National Night Out and Community Policing
August 2000
Children
The Party Platforms
August 2000
Arts
Funds for the Arts Go Up, but Remain Unfair
August 2000
Feature
Pest or Pet?
July 2000
When Sleep Becomes Speech
July 2000
Waterfront
The City's Crowded Waterways
July 2000
Governing
In The News: Money Matters
July 2000
Advice for Taming the Dog Days of Summer
July 2000
Social Services
In the News: Violence and Youth
July 2000
Parks
In the News: The War on Beetles
July 2000
Crime and Safety
Red Hook Community Justice Center
July 2000
Children
NYC's New Budget and Kids
July 2000
Arts
Art for Politics: The Museum of Modern Art Strike
July 2000
Feature
What Government Does Well/What Government Does Badly
June 2000
Waterfront
In The News: Trashing the Littoral
June 2000
Governing
In The News: The Lazio Effect
June 2000
Social Services
In the News: Home Delivered Meals Ñ and some Human Contact
June 2000
Parks
In the News: Roundup
June 2000
Demographics
Census Slackers
June 2000
Crime and Safety
NYPD vs. Civil Rights Commission
June 2000
Children
Family Court Fiasco
June 2000
Arts
Cattle Call: Summer Stampede Set for the Boroughs
June 2000
Waterfront
In The News: Pier Pressure
May 2000
Governing
In The News: Roundup
May 2000
Social Services
In The News: AIDS Peril for People of Color
May 2000
Parks
Protecting community gardens
May 2000
Demographics
New Vacancy Survey Data
May 2000
Crime and Safety
Stop-and-Frisk Searches
May 2000
Children
Elian Gonzalez: Whatever Happened to Legal Precedent?
May 2000
Arts
Board of Education Hosts Student Performers
May 2000
Issue of the Week
Solid Waste
April 2000
Transfer Station Siting and Community Quality of Life: The Red Hook Story
April 2000
Recycling Before Exporting: Turning Garbage into Dollars
April 2000
Waterfront
In The News: Waterfront Primer
April 2000
Social Services
In The News: Substance Abuse Treatment for the Developmentally Disabled
April 2000
Parks
In The News: Finally! The Brooklyn Bridge Park plan
April 2000
Crime and Safety
Operation Condor
April 2000
Children
Marisol Update: Prospects are Grim
April 2000
Arts
0
April 2000
Issue of the Week
Campaign Finance
March 2000
Governing
In The News:
March 2000
Parks
In The News: Field of Dreams in Staten Island?
March 2000
Demographics
Welfare Reform's Aftermath
March 2000
Crime and Safety
DNA Redux
March 2000
Children
Kids In Prison
March 2000
Arts
Darkhorses Win International Competition for TKTS Booth
March 2000
Issue of the Week
Civilian Complaint Review Boards
February 2000
Feature
New York City Council Term Limits
February 2000
Issue of the Week
Private Funding of Parks
February 2000
Social Services
In The News: Community Mental Health
February 2000
Parks
In The News:
February 2000
Issue of the Week
Drinking Water and the Kensico Reservoir
January 2000
School Vouchers
January 2000
Social Services
In The News: Workplace Dangers for Immigrants
January 2000
Parks
In The News:
January 2000
Demographics
In The News: Looking Ahead
January 2000
Crime and Safety
Repeat Offenders
January 2000
Children
State of the State
January 2000
Arts
"Sensation" Ruling
January 2000
Issue of the Week
The Top NYC News Stories of 2000
December 1999
Governing
News Round-Up
December 1999
Social Services
Domestic Violence
December 1999
Parks
In The News:
December 1999
Demographics
NYC's Latest Figures
December 1999
Crime and Safety
City Journal
December 1999
Children
Private Child Welfare Agenices
December 1999
Arts
"Sensation" Debate
December 1999
Governing
Waiting for a sign
November 1999
Social Services
Poorer kids have more asthma
November 1999
Demographics
Albanian Immigrants
November 1999
Crime and Safety
What Goes In Must Come Out
November 1999
Children
Better Late Than Never
November 1999
Arts
No loft lost
November 1999
Issue of the Week
0
September 1999
Change Comes to the City’s Edge
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Change Comes to the City’s Edge
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Crime and Safety
Strip Searches
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Immigrants
A New Executive Order:
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