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In Crown Heights, class and food intersect
The Crown Heights Farm Share offers new food choices to both new and longtime residents.
Bay Ridge Massage Parlor Busts Shed Light on Sex Trafficking in New York City
A recent initiative to help reduce sex trafficking cases implemented between September and October of 2013 by New York state’s chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, focuses on acknowledging sex trafficking victims’ needs by assigning sex trafficking cases to designated criminal courts.
Affordable Housing Woes in Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s South Side
Rezoning, gentrification, and a lack of affordable housing are rapidly spreading farther east as North Williamsburg and its population continue to grow.
Neglected Boroughs Face Transportation Issues
Recent economic development in the outer boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island have given an impetus to many industries and created jobs. As inter-borough commuting pattern increased, the transportation system couldn’t keep pace with the corresponding development.
Hunger crisis in East Flatbush as Congress cuts back on Food Stamp benefits
Brooklyn accounts for more than 37 percent of the estimated 1.8 million New Yorkers who receive SNAP assistance. Over 37,000 of those are in East Flatbush, one of the highest figures in the borough.
The Dark Side of the Moon
In Bushwick, landlord abuses range from pressuring tenants to accept payment to break their lease to delaying completing repairs, sometimes leaving walls openly broken for weeks in order to push tenants out.
Artists: Learn and Strive to Survive in the Golden Age of Bushwick
In recent years, Bushwick has become an art mecca due to its proximity to public transportation and affordable studios. Now, housing in the neighborhood is much more valuable.
On the Williamsburg Waterfront
The latest potential addition to this new Williamsburg is a South Side project on a grand scale usually reserved for North Side developments.
To learn English, Arabic kids turn to homework club
Kitaab Club, offered for free by the Arab American Association of New York (AAANY), is one of the emerging answers to assisting kids of Arab-descent access better English-language learning
