News from the past week:
NYC Students Rally Together (NYC Private Schools Blog)
Groups Urge Opening of Vacant Condos to the Poor (City Room)
‘Suspects’ Talk Back: Muslims Complain to FBI (City Limits)
Poverty Fighters Get Their Own Consultancy (City Limits)
Helping Spin Gold From a Pile of Garbage (New York Times)
U.N. Special Rapporteur on housing comes to Harlem (Amsterdam [...]
News from the past week:
Indigenous immigrants demand adult education programs (Diario de Mexico via Voices That Must Be Heard)
Condos, Condos Everywhere (The Wonkster)
At Bronx River, an Invitation to Text the Fish (Tremont Tribune)
A Room and Not Bored: One Path out of Shelter (City Limits)
Enviromedia Mobile Unveils at Borough Hall (GreenBeat Brooklyn)
Bloomberg Announces Green Jobs (Sustainable [...]
News from the past week:
Arts Education and Graduation Rates (New York Times)
Lanes for Buses Only, and New M.T.A. Chief Means It (New York Times)
Ruling Eases Transgender Name-Change Process (City Room)
Competing visions spark turf war in Longwood Park (Hunts Point Express)
Green Energy Alternatives: The Theme Park — It’s Happening, on Ward’s Island (gbNYC)
Hot for farmer! (New [...]
In the news recently:
Diversity Diminishes Closer to the Top at NYC Nonprofits and Foundations (New York Nonprofit Press)
Flood Harvesting Housing Brings Tidal Power to New York City (Inhabitat)
Without Cars, a Different Sort of 42nd St. (New York Times)
Poster-Loving Civic Groups Protest Steep Fines (City Room)
Scandal Leaves Lack of Service in Its Wake (City Limits)
The Immigrants [...]
In the news recently:
To Help the Bronx, They Circled Manhattan by Boat (City Room)
Longer Lines at Food Banks in the Bronx (City Room)
City Admits Lapse in Data Release (City Room)
Lessons from a Large Family (New York Times)
Neighborhood Voices: A friend is gunned down (Hunts Point Express)
Young Local Farmers (Ditmas Park Blog via Brooklyn Green Team)
Proposed: [...]
News from the past week:
Fake New York Post: The Yes Men’s Latest Takes On The Environment (Huffington Post)
Climate Change Is on the Map, and in the Spotlight (City Room)
Primary Results Show Progress for Gay Candidates (City Room)
Concepts Run Wild at Dutch-American Bike Slam (City Room)
Green Taxi Case Heads Toward Showdown (City Limits)
41 Cooper Square: Thom [...]
News from the past week:
“Any place can become a park” — thoughts from Adrian Benepe (Urban Omnibus)
More Schools Encourage Commuting by Bike (City Room)
Pushing for paid leave when kids get sick (EDLP via Voices That Must Be Heard)
First 9/11 lesson plan to be tested in New York, six states (Daily Challenge via Voices That Must [...]
News from the past week:
Sesame Street comes to Hunts Point (Hunts Point Express)
Without a Job, but Working the Campaign Trail (New York Times)
Law Bans Use of ‘Oriental’ in State Documents (City Room)
The Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue (Urban Omnibus)
No Impact Man, Brooklyn Premiere (Brooklyn Based)
The World’s Religions Meet in the Hospital (City Limits)
News from the past week:
Nonprofits’ Outlook After a Year of Living Dangerously (City Limits)
Youth Speaking Out Through Spoken Word (Norwood News)
Guerrilla gardeners stake out Longwood park (Hunts Point Express)
A U.S. Open Love Match With the Environment (City Room)
Help open the Big Apple (Civic Hacker)
LOT-EK to Build Pier 57 Made of Shipping Containers! (Inhabitat via Freshkills [...]
News from the past week:
Kids get free ‘Back to School’ supplies (Queens Courier)
59 Ways to Make the City More Friendly for Elderly (City Room)
Sanitation Dept. Unveils Hybrid Garbage Trucks (City Room)
Q&A with Bronx activist Vicente “Panama” Alba (Bronx Latino)
Advocates protest ICE operations in NYC jails (Beyond Borders)
Manhattan nonprofit looks to bring jobs to Mott Haven [...]
