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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.

A New Future for W.125St, But Local Small Businesses Are Not Included

After the 125th Street Zoning Proposal was approved by the state five years ago, that an influx of big, national retailers like Old Navy, Starbucks, and Marshalls would come to Harlem and begin to push out the local mom-and-pop stores.

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.

Long Awaited Justice for Hunts Point: Reality or Delusion?

While New York enjoys all the benefits of the largest food market in the US at hand, Hunts Point has…

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.

Improving Health Care for Girls and Young Women in Foster Care

A look at the barriers girls and young women in foster care face to accessing continuous health care and appropriate health education services.

Living in Illegal Conversions

The Hernandez’s story represents a sliver of the millions of residents that make up the largely diverse Queens community. They immigrated illegally to Astoria from Mexico in the early ‘90s. Like many others that came before them, finding housing was a challenge.