Baruch School of Public Affairs
Gotham Gazette
Gotham Gazette Web

Albany
Advancing Rights December 2008

Albany
The Other Power Shift November 2008

Albany
Election Results 2008 - General November 2008

Albany
Staten Island 24th Senate District: Seeking Re-election in a GOP Stronghold November 2008
Bronx/Manhattan 28th Senate District: A Serrano in the Seat November 2008
Staten Island 60th Assembly District: A Swing Seat November 2008
Staten Island 61st Assembly District: Titone Tries for a Full Term November 2008
Longtime Incumbent Seeks Two More Years November 2008
Brooklyn/Staten Island 24th Senate: Red Borough, Blue District November 2008
Queens 12th Senate District: 25 Years in Albany November 2008
Queens 23rd Assembly District: Running Against Albany November 2008
Queens 26th Assembly District: A Low-Budget Race in Bayside November 2008
Queens Assembly District 28: A Republican Tries Again November 2008
Queens 30th Assembly District: Running from a Flower Shop 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
Bronx 32nd Senate District: Running from Both Sides of the Fence November 2008
Staten Island 62nd Assembly District: Going for a Full Term on the South Shore November 2008
Staten Island 63rd Assembly District: Running on Four Lines November 2008
Bronx 82nd Assembly District: A Three-peat in the Northeast November 2008
Bronx 84th Assembly District: Arroyo Seeks Another Term November 2008
Challenger's Campaign Fades November 2008
Veteran Challenges Former Teacher November 2008
More than $1 Million for an Easy Race November 2008
Businesswoman Challenges Incumbent November 2008
Party Activist Looks for Upset November 2008
A Three-Way Race in Sunset Park November 2008
Schools, Environment Issues in Brownstone District November 2008
Challenging the Party Chief November 2008
A Familiar Contest in Bushwick November 2008
Former Councilmember Seeks to Remain in Assembly November 2008
Jeffries Seeks a Second Term November 2008
Party Leader Runs Again November 2008
GOP Hits Snags in the Silk Stocking District November 2008
Kavanagh Seeks to End the Turnover November 2008
A 22-Year-Old Seeks to Topple a Veteran November 2008
A Third Round in Highbridge November 2008
Bronx Assembly District 78: Rivera's Easier Contest November 2008
Bronx 80th Assembly District: Rivera Faces Two Opponents November 2008
Bronx 81st Assembly District: A Challenger Hangs On November 2008
A GOP Incumbent Seeks to Turn Back a Democratic Tide October 2008
Looking for a Landlside? October 2008
Sampson Seeks Another Term October 2008
Adams Seeks Re-election October 2008
A Republican Tries to Beat the Odds October 2008
Brighton Beach's $1.8 Million Man October 2008
Duane Faces Little Known Challenger October 2008
Espada's New Clout October 2008
Klein Goes for Three October 2008
Rematch in the Bronx October 2008
A Second Round in Northern Brooklyn October 2008
Going for Three Decades in Office October 2008
Trying for a Full Term in Crown Heights October 2008
Longtime Incumbent Faces a Party Activist October 2008
New Incumbent Seeks a Full Term October 2008
A Former Nadler Aide vs. a Former Nadler Opponent October 2008
Powell Faces Two Challengers October 2008
A Frequent Candidate Tries Again October 2008
Former Staffer Challenges an Incumbent October 2008
Guide for the Last Minute Voter October 2008
Running Under Indictment in the West Bronx September 2008
Taking on the Brownsville Dynasty September 2008
A Second Chance in Canarsie September 2008
The Organization Chases A Rainbow September 2008
Going Head to Head in Morrisania September 2008
A Factional Split in the Southeast Bronx September 2008
Filling a Last-Minute Vacancy September 2008
22nd State Assembly District September 2008
Guide for the last minute voter September 2008
In Queens, a Race to Control the Senate August 2008
Challenging Silver June 2008
October 2004
October 2004
October 2004
July 2004
July 2004
July 2004
July 2004
July 2004
July 2004
July 2004

Arts
Bracing for Tough Times December 2008

Arts
Vanishing Culture September 2008

Arts
The Battle Over Street Art March 2008
After the Theater Strike December 2007
Bigger Media, Less Democracy February 2007
Arts Funding, Transformed January 2007
Artist Displacement November 2006
Fringe Benefits August 2006
Foreign Artists May 2006
How To Make It In NYC As An Artist April 2006
Proposed Arts Budget, A Destabilizing Déjà Vu Dance March 2006
The Cartoon Crisis February 2006
Space Woes January 2006
Gifts For The Disabled: Accessibility To The Arts December 2005
Arts Education November 2005
Is New York The Cultural Capital Of The World? October 2005
9/11 And 'Inappropriate Art' September 2005
Campaign 2005: Long-Term Issues Facing the Arts in NYC August 2005
Arts Funding 101 July 2005
The Show Must Go On (But Will You Get In To See It?) June 2005
Kindred Spirits: Art And Money May 2005
1 Percent For Art May 2005
Culture and Construction April 2005
Has The Music Scene Died In New York? December 2004
Accountability For Non-Profits May 2004
Another Museum Boom April 2004
The Arts Community Of St. George -- Hot and Homegrown March 2004
Arts Groups Look to Congress to Ease Cultural Exchanges February 2004
Artists' Fight To Sell On The Sidewalk January 2004
Non-Union Tours of Broadway Shows December 2003
The Future of the Philharmonic at Lincoln Center November 2003
The Marketing Of Culture October 2003
A National Theater at Ground Zero September 2003
Lessons from Lincoln Center for the Ground Zero Cultural Center August 2003
Arts Education July 2003
A Downtown Cultural District Takes Shape June 2003
Budget Battles In The Arts May 2003
Cultural Diplomacy April 2003
The Musicians' Strike March 2003
Who Needs Art Criticism? February 2003
"In spite of the most challenging economic environment for arts groups in decades, there are signs of continued cultural growth," Martha Hostetter writes. And indeed, it is to the arts that a new report looks to jumpstart the city's overall stagnant econ January 2003
Hostetter December 2002
Artists' Visas November 2002
Artists And Health Insurance October 2002
Building Community 9/11 Special
The Mostly Mozart Strike: Music, Money and Maybe Better Art September 2002
The Arts and Albany August 2002
Corporate Giving July 2002
Hollywood East? June 2002
Culture and the World Trade Center Site May 2002
Collaborations April 2002
Funding And The Arts March 2002
Outlook From City Hall February 2002
Epic: An Experiment In Arts Education January 2002
Flailing After 9/11 December 2001
Culture Counts November 2001
Heart of Brooklyn September 2001
Budget Shenanigans June 2001
Arts Budget May 2001
Indecent: The New Ruckus at the Brooklyn Museum February 2001
The Governor's Proposed Cut in the Budget for the Arts January 2001
Making Art Matter: A Plan to Redesign the Department of Cultural Affairs December 2000
The Arts are Apple Pie in New York, But The Candidates Have Been Silent on Specifics October 2000
Has New York Become the Art of the Impossible for Young Artists? September 2000
Funds for the Arts Go Up, but Remain Unfair August 2000
Art for Politics: The Museum of Modern Art Strike July 2000
Cattle Call: Summer Stampede Set for the Boroughs June 2000
Board of Education Hosts Student Performers May 2000
April 2000
Darkhorses Win International Competition for TKTS Booth March 2000
"Sensation" Ruling January 2000
"Sensation" Debate December 1999
No loft lost November 1999

Children
A Place to Call Home August 2008

Children
Obstacles to Psychiatric Help January 2008

Children
A Treatment that Follows Drug Users December 2007
Helping Abuse Victims Keep Their Children November 2007
Police Limit ‘Hanging Out’ October 2007
New York’s Family Treatment Court September 2007
A Report Card from Students August 2007
When Students Need ‘Someone To Talk To’ July 2007
Foster Care System Gives Parents a Bigger Role June 2007
Helping Foster Children Become Better Parents April 2007

Children
Juvenile Injustice January 2007

Children
Cops In High Schools December 2006
Teen Court Days November 2006
HIV 25 Years Later September 2006
Asthma, Poverty and Pollution September 2006
Teen Activists August 2006
Helping Men Be Fathers July 2006

Children
Childstat June 2006

Children
Cell Phone Ban Angers Students May 2006
Should 16-Year-Olds Have The Right To Vote? May 2006
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren April 2006
Teen Curfew? March 2006
Honoring Nixzmary's Memory By Avoiding A Panicked Response January 2006
Daycare Workers July 2004
Children and Insecticides June 2004
Immigrant Children’s Illnesses and Access To Health Care May 2004
Child Care For Welfare Recipients April 2004
Foster Children With Mothers In Jail March 2004
Children and Pollution: School Buses, Second-Hand Smoke February 2004
The Flu; Abuse; Lead Paint January 2004
Domestic Violence and Family Homelessness; Also: Frightening Facts From Ferrer December 2003
After School Programs November 2003
Parents Last? Also: The Lower East Side, Poor But Not Broken October 2003
A Report On Violent Teen Relationships September 2003
School Lunch Lack; Fixing Diesel-Fueled School Buses August 2003
Summer Youth Employment Program . . . Indicators of Child Well Being. . . Poverty Among Asian American Children July 2003
School Buses Can Be Dangerous to Kids' Health June 2003
Asthma; Infant Mortality; Recruiting Foster Parents May 2003
Talking To Kids About War April 2003
When Farah Domond first got a job at Wendy's three years ago, she had two toddlers at home and was pregnant with a third child. June 2002
Alternative Juvenile Court April 2002
Children's Services November 2001
Child Health Plus October 2001
Law Guardians for Children July 2001
Summer Jobs Threatened June 2001
Foster Children Still at Risk? May 2001
Child Care April 2001
Attorneys For The Parents March 2001
Fostering Writers February 2001
The Governor's Budget January 2001
National Survey on Child Poverty November 2000
Election Special--Support for Children . . . In Theory October 2000
The Teachers' Contract September 2000
The Party Platforms August 2000
NYC's New Budget and Kids July 2000
Family Court Fiasco June 2000
Elian Gonzalez: Whatever Happened to Legal Precedent? May 2000
Marisol Update: Prospects are Grim April 2000
Kids In Prison March 2000
State of the State January 2000
Private Child Welfare Agenices December 1999
Better Late Than Never November 1999

Civil Rights
Advancing Rights December 2008
Term Limits, Civil Rights and the Voting Rights Act October 2008
Recognizing Same-Sex Marriages September 2008
How Free Are We? July 2008

Civil Rights
Marijuana Busts -- and Bias June 2008

Civil Rights
Welcoming Protests April 2008
Gay Marriage, Death and Taxes March 2008
Racial Divisions Persist January 2008
New York Plays Key Role in Fight for Transgender Rights November 2007
New Charges of Police Abuse October 2007
Wins and Losses in Albany August 2007
New ID Could Cost Immigrants Their Licenses July 2007
Co-op Disclosure Bill Stalls in Council May 2007
A Promise to Shake Up State Human Rights Division April 2007
Where Is The Civil Rights Agenda? February 2007
Civil Liberties and the Election November 2006

Civil Rights
No-Fault Divorce: Feminists Clash October 2006

Civil Rights
Parades, Permits And The Right To Protest August 2006

Civil Rights
Pataki's Legal Legacy July 2006

Civil Rights
Same-Sex Marriage Showdown May 2006
London and NYC On Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Security, etc. March 2006
Domestic Partners Bill –- Quashed In Court February 2006
Christine Quinn and Gay Rights in NYC January 2006
Same-Sex Marriage Loses December 2005
Proposed Law Aims to Prevent Discrimination November 2005
City Strengthens Human Rights Law October 2005
Human Rights Law: Will It Become An Issue In The Mayoral Campaign? September 2005
Campaign 2005: Civil Rights Issues Divide Bloomberg and Democratic Rivals August 2005
Howard Beach Is Not Alone July 2005
Civil Rights Restoration Act: Opposed by Mayor, Stalled in Council June 2005
Bully May 2005
Academic Freedom, Intimidation, And Mayoral Politics: The Case of Rashid Khalidi April 2005
The Seven Year Suit; Also, Lynne Stewart’s Conviction March 2005
Legalizing Gay Marriage In NYC February 2005
Death Penalty January 2005
Looking On The Hopeful Side For 2005 November 2004
Equal Benefits Law; Hearing Into Police Activity During Convention; New Sexual Harassment Charges in the City Council October 2004
The Post-Convention State of Dissent in New York September 2004
Protests; Mayor Rejects Shareholder Power; Anti-Bullying Bill Vetoed; Accessible Taxis August 2004
Council Leads on Some Civil Rights Issues, Finesses Others July 2004
Lagging Behind In The Fight For Gay Rights June 2004
12,000 NYC Taxis; Five Are Accessible May 2004
The Fast-Changing Status of Same-Sex Married Couples in New York April 2004
The Right of Religious Groups to Discriminate March 2004
Bill of Rights Resolution; Court Ruling On Banning Masked Demonstrators February 2004
Debating the USA Patriot Act. Also: The Proposed Marriage Amendment To The Constitution January 2004
Civil Rights Bills. Also: The Effect Of Gay-Marriage Ruling on NY December 2003
Discrimination After 9/11; Also: Bill On Domestic Partnership Benefits November 2003
Bias Violence On Staten Island October 2003
Employing Non-Citizens September 2003
The Harvey Milk School August 2003
Gay Rights Advances July 2003
Reactions to Police Killings of Unarmed Black New Yorkers. Also: Push to Repeal Patriot Act; Bishop Paul Moore June 2003
Anti-Bullying Bills. Also: Push To Post Human Rights; Same-Sex Partner As Legal Spouse May 2003
New York Coalition Formed to Defend the Bill of Rights April 2003
Restricting Demonstrations March 2003
Controversy at the Human Right Commission February 2003
The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act took so long to be voted on by the state legislature – 31 years! -- that the new law, Andy Humm writes, “is outdated and incomplete.” Also: Is There A Civil Rights Rollback? Survey Of Anti-Arab Discrimination. January 2003
December 2002
The New Commissioners November 2002
Discrimination at Brooklyn Eatery October 2002
Civil Liberties since 9/11 9/11 Special
Feminist Summit August 2002
The State and Human Rights July 2002
The Disabled June 2002
May 2002
The New Human Rights Commissioner April 2002
Trying To Reverse the Decline Of The Human Rights Commission; Louima Convictions Overturned; The Death Of Sylvia Rivera March 2002
St. Patrick's Day Parade February 2002
The Civil Rights Agendas in 2002 January 2002
Under Assault And On The Ballot October 2001
Asian New Yorkers September 2001
Anti-Catholicism August 2001
Transgender Rights July 2001

Community Development
Greening Harlem November 2008
Sustainability in the South Bronx August 2008
The Co-op Revival May 2008
Placing Workers, Helping Employers April 2008

Community Development
Fighting Foreclosure March 2008

Community Development
Harnessing Change in Bed-Stuy November 2007

Community Development
Housing and Neighborhoods – An Online Chat October 2007

Community Development
Bigger Media, Less Democracy February 2007

Community Development
Tax Breaks For Affordable Housing December 2006

Community Development
New Bills – The 421-a and Affordable Housing Debate December 2006
Stuyvesant Town, Queens West And The Debate Over Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses November 2006
BIDS October 2006
Can Small Stores Survive in New York? October 2006
Immigrant Organizing April 2006
Redefining Economic Development February 2006
Community Development Television November 2005
Campaign 2005: Real Estate Boom; Corporate Developments; Immigrant Entrepreneurs. September 2005
Block Parties, Street Fairs, Street Festivals August 2005
Neighborhood Banking Is About To Change June 2005
Community Development Funding Cuts Under The New Bush Budget March 2005
Evicting The Vendors From The Bed-Stuy Market January 2005
Community Development Under A Kerry Administration October 2004
Opportunity Zones: An Empty OZ September 2004
Community-Based Cooperatives July 2004
Mobilizing Community Concerns Against Mobile Phone Antennas May 2004
Public Subsidies Flowing Up the West Side April 2004
Grassroots Community Organizing Is Malnourished February 2004
Is Washington Looking To Get Out Of Subsidizing Low-Income Housing In NYC? January 2004
The “Food Justice” Movement: Trying To Break the Food Chains December 2003
November 2003
The Foundation Fundraising Blues October 2003
The Death of the Community Reinvestment Act August 2003
The Black Organizer Blues July 2003
Trade Union/Public Housing Alliance; Reaction to Rezoning Of Brooklyn Waterfront; New Neighborhood Planning June 2003
Legislating NIMBY May 2003
BAM And Its Cultural District April 2003

Crime
The President's Prosecutors October 2008

Crime
Cutting Prisoners, Keeping Prisons June 2008

Crime
The Cost of Counterfeits March 2008
The Murky World of Police and Informants February 2008
Fighting Whistlers and Flashers January 2008

Crime
Who’s Stopped? Who’s Frisked? December 2007
The Fight Against Drunk Driving November 2007
A Modern Slavery October 2007

Crime
The Brave New World of Ticket Sales July 2007
Taking Aim at Illegal Guns July 2007

Crime
The Move to Expand DNA Testing May 2007
Auxiliary Police March 2007

Crime
Cell Phones To The Rescue February 2007
Juvenile Injustice January 2007

Crime
Bell December 2006

Crime
After Prison November 2006

Crime
Bias Murder -- The Death Of Michael Sandy In Context October 2006
Mayor's Summit On Illegal Guns May 2006

Crime
Budget: More Cops, More Surveillance; Less Crime? April 2006

Crime
Terror, Not Terrorism March 2006
The State Of the City's Crime Fighting February 2006
Cop Killings -- Will The New Laws Do Any Good? January 2006
High Profile Crimes Post Election December 2005
Gun Control And The New Federal Law Shielding Gun Manufacturers From Lawsuits November 2005
Death Penalty, NYC Style October 2005
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform? September 2005
Campaign 2005: Crime Declines, Public Safety Worries Continue August 2005
Youth Justice Board -- Teenagers Studying (Not Committing) Crime July 2005
Does Kendra's Law Work? June 2005
Frozen Pay, Heated Rhetoric May 2005
Abandoned Babies April 2005
Protecting Whistleblowers: The New York City False Claims Act March 2005
Home Invasion Robberies February 2005
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform and Drug Courts January 2005
Battling Gun Violence In The Streets And In The Courts December 2004
Murdering Women November 2004
Strip Searches October 2004
Police Killed With Their Own Guns September 2004
Operation Safe Housing August 2004
The Stolen Lives Project July 2004
Police Whistleblowers June 2004
FDNY vs. NYPD May 2004

Crime
Questioning Police Statistics For Crime and Cases Of Misconduct April 2004

Crime
Aftermath of the Stansbury Killing March 2004
Operation Impact And The Shooting Of Timothy Stansbury, Jr. February 2004
Civil Liberties And Police Surveillance January 2004
After Rikers December 2003
Bank Robberies On the Rise November 2003
The Racial Profiling Settlement October 2003
Murder in City Hall July 2003
Blackface Parodists Win In Court; Cops vs. Firefighters; Still No Dancing Allowed July 2003
Things Go Seriously Wrong: Police Issue Report On Harlem Raid, Lemrick Nelson Gets Off Lightly, Murder Is Up Again. Also: Police Spying June 2003
Murder and Rape On The Rise; A Look At Nightclub Mayhem May 2003
The 9/11 Killer; The Public Hearings On 9/11; Moynihan On Government Secrecy April 2003
The Anti-War Protest And The Police March 2003
The District Attorney vs. the Police February 2003
Julia Vitullo-Martin details the new effort by the police department to spy on New Yorkers. Also: Why should crime continue an 11-year decline in New York when it is on the rise elsewhere? And: the governor's Christmas clemencies. January 2003
Vitullo-Martin December 2002
Old Issues Are New Again: Parole, Central Park Jogger Case, Rape November 2002
Two Heinous Crimes Unresolved October 2002
9/11/01-02: Are New Yorkers Any Safer? 9/11 Special
Police Pay: What's Fair? September 2002
Capital Punishment, Parole, And More August 2002
Drug Law Reform Failed Again July 2002
Operation Spotlight, etc. June 2002
Back To The Bad Old Days? May 2002
Aiming High-Tech, Ivy Recruitment April 2002
Cutbacks and Checkpoints March 2002
Crown Heights February 2002
Crime Still Declines, But Why, And Will It Continue? January 2002
New And Old Police Commissioner Ray Kelly December 2001
Police Vs. Fire November 2001
Making New York Safer, Not Slower and Poorer October 2001
Security September 2001
Jailing Demonstrators. Also: Police-Community Relations August 2001
Police Potpourri: Murder, Drag Racing Down; Mayor's Dander Up; Desk Appearance Tickets Disappear; Council Speaker Swept In A Sweep; Condor Defended July 2001
Marijuana June 2001
Sanctioning Police Malpractice May 2001
Presidential Pardons April 2001
Comissioner Bernard Kerik and the three priorities March 2001
Lessons and Legacy of Amadou Diallo February 2001
School safety December 2000
Election Special: Who's Tougher on Crime? October 2000
Kerik's Recipe for Success September 2000
National Night Out and Community Policing August 2000
Red Hook Community Justice Center July 2000
NYPD vs. Civil Rights Commission June 2000
Stop-and-Frisk Searches May 2000
Operation Condor April 2000
DNA Redux March 2000
Repeat Offenders January 2000
City Journal December 1999
What Goes In Must Come Out November 1999
Strip Searches 0000

Demographics
A Permanent Democratic Majority? November 2008

Demographics
Voting in New Rent Controls? October 2008

Demographics
Changes Come to Harlem August 2008
Harlem's Shifting Population August 2008
The Elementary School Divide June 2008
Affordable Housing -- An Oxymoron? May 2008
City of God? February 2008
The City vs. the Census December 2007
The End of ‘White Flight’? November 2007
Feeling the Effects of a Housing Bust September 2007
No Quick Riches for New York’s Twentysomethings June 2007
Women of New York City March 2007
The Idle Rich November 2006

Demographics
Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, Then and Now September 2006
What New Yorkers Are Like Now – First Results of the American Community Survey August 2006

Demographics
Hitting the 9 Million Mark June 2006
New York's Asians May 2006
Undocumented Immigrants April 2006
Transit Workers/Transit Riders; Rich Lawyers; 9 Million New Yorkers? March 2006
Teachers In NYC's Institutions Of Higher Learning January 2006
Hispanics and the Ferrer Candidacy December 2005
Disabled in New York City; Also: Is The City Still Booming? November 2005
Who Can Afford to Live in New York City? October 2005
Can NYC “Profile” Young Muslim Males? August 2005
Upstate And Downstate – Differing Demographics, Continuing Conflicts July 2005
Living at Home After College June 2005
Four Trends That Shape The City's Political Landscape May 2005
High School Students April 2005
New York’s Responders and Protectors March 2005
Who Got The Death Penalty February 2005
Wall Street Bonus Babies January 2005
NEW YORK LAWYERS: A PROFILE December 2004
Bush Does Better, and Other Election Results In NYC November 2004
New York's Creative Class October 2004
Portrait of Same-Sex (Married) Couples September 2004
New York City Is a Non-Voting Town August 2004
New York's Divided Afghans July 2004
Flaws In The New School Tests June 2004
Why Is There A Plunge In Crime? May 2004
Estimating New York City's Population April 2004
The Passion for Religion Ebbs March 2004
Imprisoned In New York February 2004
Who Are NYC's Republicans? January 2004
Five Hidden Facts About Housing (An Analysis Of Data From The Housing and Vacancy Survey) December 2003
Young, Graduated and in New York City October 2003
Back To (Public and Private) School September 2003
Counting Drop-Outs August 2003
The Vanishing Jews July 2003
The Affluent Of Manhattan June 2003
How Different Is New York City From The United States? May 2003
The Poor In New York City April 2003
Eight Million New Yorkers? Don't Count On It March 2003
Does Archie Bunker Still Live in Queens? February 2003
Is There Still A New York Metropolis? January 2003
Andy Beveridge gives a new portrait of foreign-born New Yorkers, based on newly released census results. Also: the census bureau starts defining what white means. December 2002
Can The US Live Without Race? November 2002
New York's Declining Ethnics October 2002
A Demographic Portrait Of The Victims In 10048 September 2002
Manhattan Boom August 2002
GOP Senate Majority Repeals Census 2000 July 2002
Changing New York City June 2002
The Census Bureau's Bad Estimates May 2002
The Boom 1990's? April 2002
Segregation March 2002
Non-Legal Immigrants February 2002
Counting Muslims January 2002
The Arab Americans In Our Midst September 2001
A White City Council August 2001
Counting Gay New York July 2001
Redistricting June 2001
Politics And The Undercount May 2001
False Facts About Census 2000 April 2001
Eight Million New Yorkers! March 2001
How many New Yorkers consider themselves multiracial? When the Census Bureau releases the first detailed results from Census 2000 in March we will begin to find out. February 2001
Census Bureau Finds 830,000 "Extra" New Yorkers January 2001
The Census December 2000
Census Slackers June 2000
New Vacancy Survey Data May 2000
Welfare Reform's Aftermath March 2000
In The News: Looking Ahead January 2000
NYC's Latest Figures December 1999
Albanian Immigrants November 1999

Economy
From Wall Street to Taxi Stand: The Recession Trickles Down December 2008
New York After the Meltdown November 2008
Financial Fiasco September 2008
Where the City Can Find $200 Million July 2008
More Losses than Katrina March 2008
How to Stimulate Spending January 2008
Could Wall Street’s Woes Be Good for New York? December 2007
Wall Street’s Binge, Workers’ Hangover November 2007
Neighborhoods and the Fiscal Boom August 2007
Income Numbers Show a Changing City June 2007

Economy
Behind The Low Unemployment Rate May 2007

Economy
Jittery Wall Street, Calm City? April 2007

Education
High-Stakes Test November 2008

Education
Classroom Crunch September 2008

Education
A School for Jacob Cisco August 2008

Education
The Autism Gap June 2008

Education
Anger, Accusations Greet Budget Cuts May 2008
A New Age at the Library May 2008

Education
Reading, Writing -- and Running? March 2008

Education
Controlling the Schools February 2008
Teaching Kids About Sex October 2007
Bringing Diversity to New York Elite High Schools August 2007

Education
Poor Grades for a School ‘Contract’ July 2007

Education
Reorganizing the Schools (Again) January 2007
Military Recruiters In High Schools January 2007
The Last Word in School Funding? November 2006

Education
Special Ed: Needs Improvement October 2006

Education
Is Homework Necessary? Also: A Truce Over Teaching Math September 2006
The Padlocked Playgrounds August 2006
Power Shifts To The Principals July 2006
Giving Principals More Control June 2006
Hanging Up on Parents? May 2006
Buildings, But How About Books? April 2006
In Defense Of Big Schools March 2006
New Schedule Sends Parents Scrambling February 2006
Improving School Food January 2006
School Choice, School Confusion November 2005
The School Admissions Scramble October 2005
The New New Math -- and The Old, Old Debate Over It September 2005
Campaign 2005: After Mayoral Control, Rivals Call For More Changes August 2005
Setbacks and Successes for Education Councils July 2005
The 2006 Budget June 2005
Money, Class Size and Mayoral Politics May 2005
Teaching Fellows Make Their Mark May 2005
Cell Phone Ban; Special Ed in Middle Schools April 2005
Entering the Autonomy Zone; Poll on Schools March 2005
The Latest Round on School Funding February 2005
Real School Pests; School Funding January 2005
Overcrowding Squeezes Learning; Also the Great Toilet Paper Debate December 2004
Why City Students Don’t Learn Science November 2004
Student Drug Use; Also: Middle School Confusion October 2004
School Funding and the Special Masters September 2004
Cloning A Charter School From Connecticut August 2004
School Trips Go Commercial July 2004
Flaws In The High School Admission Process June 2004
Teaching Certificates Are Tougher To Get May 2004
Will Third Graders Learn More Now? April 2004
Adult Education Cuts March 2004
Ending Social Promotion, Once Again February 2004
New York's Children Left Behind? January 2004
School Contracts: Do They Serve The Students? December 2003
The New High Schools Admissions Process November 2003
Class Size Limited By Law? October 2003

Education
Judging School Reform September 2003

Education
High School Push Outs August 2003
Gearing Up For The Changes July 2003
The School-Funding Victory June 2003
Mayor's Education Plan Challenged; Also: School-Funding Case Continues June 2003
Proposed Changes In Special Education May 2003
Making The "List"; Also: Opportunities For Activism April 2003
The Governor's Proposed Budget And Its Effect On NYC Schools March 2003
Shaking Up the School System February 2003
Educating students with disabilities continues to be one of the public schools' biggest challenges – in part, according to a new report, because the school system is sabotaging its own policies. Jessica Wolff explains. January 2003
December 2002
The new federal law, entitled No Child Left Behind, "sets welcome goals for the New York public schools," Jessica Wolff writes. "Yet, as the law goes into effect and details emerge, many New York City educators, advocates and parents have started to doubt November 2002
Chancellor Klein So Far October 2002
Chancellor Klein's Right-Hand Woman: Who is Diana Lam? September 2002
The New Chancellor August 2002
Albany's Sway Over City Schools July 2002
School Deals Near June 2002
Community School Boards' Uncertain Future May 2002
To Test or Not To Test? April 2002
In a school system whose resources are severely strained to provide an adequate education to children with average needs whose chances of graduating from high school are about 50-50, children with special needs face considerably worse odds of receiving qu December 2001
The Edison Schools Controversy February 2001

Environment
Obama, Climate Change and New York December 2008
The Forgotten Crisis? October 2008

Environment
Cutting the Soot July 2008
Celebrating Bike Month May 2008
Making Black Cars Green April 2008

Environment
Clean Up on the Seas March 2008

Environment
What's Next for Congestion Pricing? January 2008

Environment
A Garbage Plan January 2008
Recycling Stops and Starts January 2008
The 'Nalgene' Threat December 2007

Environment
Breathing Easier in 2030 and Beyond November 2007

Environment
Good News About Asthma October 2007

Environment
How Clean (or Dirty) Is Our Air? September 2007

Environment
Latest Round in the Garbage Wars June 2007

Environment
Going Green, Saving Green May 2007
Energy-Efficient Appliances December 2006
Green Construction October 2006

Environment
Noise In New York August 2006

Environment
Off the Farm and Into the Faucet June 2006
Harvesting the Rain May 2006
Green Is Gold (Though Not Yet In NYC) April 2006
Wind Power In NYC March 2006
Erin Brockovich in Greenpoint February 2006
Online Shopping And Its Impact On The Environment January 2006
Bio-diesel -- petroleum with...vegetable oil December 2005
Cool(er) Roofs October 2005
Wetland Restoration in Jamaica Bay: Will Katrina Threaten Its Funding? September 2005
Campaign 2005: The Mayoral Candidates’ Views On Water Quality, Solid Waste, and Sustainability August 2005
Hybrid Vehicles July 2005
RECYCLING June 2005
Putting A Price On Street Trees May 2005
Taking on Carbon Dioxide In Defiance Of Bush; Also, Tracking Detectors For Carbon Monoxide April 2005
Indicting To Clean Up Newton Creek; Also, Diesel Deaths March 2005
Pataki Turns Green; Tsunami Speculation January 2005
Saving Two Birds; Saving Staten Island December 2004
Saving Oakland Lake November 2004
The New Garbage Plan; New Worries About Flooding October 2004
Recycling Food Waste September 2004
Urban Forestry's New York City Roots August 2004
Monitoring City Beaches July 2004
Littering On Staten Island June 2004
Dreaming Of A Jets Stadium (And Junkyard Cleanup) In Queens May 2004
Recycling's Next Chapter April 2004
Taking Action On Jamaica Bay March 2004
Sludge and Scandal February 2004
The Feds And Clean Air January 2004
Carbon Monoxide, The Silent Killer December 2003
Stopping The Truckers From Idling At Hunts Point November 2003
Siting The Power Plant at Newtown Creek October 2003
The Alarming Report About The EPA’s Response To 9/11 September 2003
Environmental Impact of Rebuilding Lower Manhattan August 2003
Recycling Revived July 2003
Suburban Sprawl, City Troubles June 2003
A Letter About Lead Poisoning May 2003
Recycling Hangs Tough April 2003
The City's New Spending Plan For The Environment March 2003
New Plan to Safeguard New York's Water Supply February 2003
The Battles Of 2003 January 2003
December 2002
The Elections and New York's Environment November 2002
After Fresh Kills April 2001
Turbine Turmoil January 2001

Finance
Rating Government Spending December 2008

Finance
The Mayor’s Strategy November 2008
The Great Tax Debate October 2008

Finance
Looking for Accountability September 2008

Finance
In the Face of Fiscal Uncertainty, the City Stays Calm August 2008
Budget Winners and Losers July 2008
The Politics of Surpluses June 2008
Keeping an Eye on City Spending May 2008
Hard Times, Easy Budget April 2008
Tough Budget Choices March 2008
Prescriptions for Tougher Times February 2008
The High Cost of Lost Taxes February 2008
A Bleaker Outlook for 2008 January 2008
After the ‘Financial Emergency’ December 2007
Managing Billions in City Contracts November 2007
The Mayor Offers a Barrage of Numbers October 2007
Reviewing Federal and City Tax Cuts September 2007
Looking at the Four-Year Financial Plan August 2007
Mixed News in a ‘Good News’ Budget July 2007
Questions Remain About the 2008 Budget June 2007
Fiscal Impacts of PlaNYC 2030 May 2007
The Many Ways to Spell ‘Tax Relief” April 2007
Tax Cuts For Tenants And Other Budget Debates March 2007
Tax-And-Spend No More February 2007
Tax Cuts January 2007
Property Tax Reform -- NOT January 2007

Finance
High Revenue, Obscure Spending December 2006

Finance
Hundreds Of Millions Of New Dollars To New York? November 2006

Finance
Using City Tax Policy To Help The Working Poor October 2006
The Mayor's Legacy: Educational Improvements and Poverty Reduction, Or Bold Budgeting and Economic Development September 2006
After The Adopted Budget, Some Tinkering August 2006
2007 Budget Has a Familiar Look July 2006
Building Stadiums, Losing Revenue June 2006
2007 Executive Budget -- The Mayor Expands His Budget Powers May 2006
Brighter Budget = Unique Opportunity April 2006

Finance
Hiding Behind the Numbers March 2006

Finance
The Mayor’s Underwhelming Budget For 2007 February 2006
Happy New Year Budget January 2006
Good News For The Budget, For Now December 2005
Tax Reform In Bloomberg’s Second Term? November 2005

Finance
Mayor’s Management Report for 2005: Thinner, Less Useful October 2005

Finance
Ballot Proposal (And Candidate Suggestions) 30 Years After Near-Bankruptcy September 2005
Campaign 2005: 10 Budget Choices Facing The Next Mayor August 2005
$50 Billion Budget -- A Shortsighted Use Of Surpluses July 2005
Budget Transparency After The West Side Stadium June 2005
The Mayor’s Budget Has No Big Ideas; The Council’s Does May 2005
State Budget, On Time But Imperfect. Also – City Budget; City Performance April 2005
The Social Security Debate March 2005
State Debt + Federal Debt = City Budget Trouble February 2005
Good News, Bad News January 2005
A New Stadium Authority Will Add to City Budget Woes December 2004
Fiscal Monitors Check And Balance The Mayor November 2004

Finance
The Mayor’s Management Report Skimps On Information About Education And Everything Else October 2004

Finance
The Mayor's West Side Gamble September 2004
Big Trouble Ahead, Say Budget Monitors August 2004
Small Victories, Big Questions In The New Budget July 2004
The Mayor’s Latest Budget: Political Expediency, Future Deficits May 2004
The City Council's Alternative Budget Choices April 2004
Budget Surplus Obscures Uncertainties March 2004
A Budget With No Soul February 2004
Bush Tax Cuts and New York January 2004
The City Modifies Its Budget and Searches for Cash December 2003

Finance
Lessons From the Voters and the Comptroller November 2003

Finance
Shrinking Accountability: Proposed Changes To The Mayor's Management Report October 2003
Three Actions By Governor Pataki That Dim City Budget Prospects September 2003
The Fiscal Monitors Assess The Budget August 2003
Summing Up the 2004 Budget; Looking Ahead in Education July 2003
The City Budget: Avoiding Fiscal Meltdown June 2003
The MTA's Funny Numbers And Smug Attitude May 2003
Renters and The New Property Tax Hikes April 2003
Uncertain Billions In Mayor's Budget Plan March 2003
Preliminary Budget Seeks to Avoid Spending Cuts February 2003
Billion Dollar Questions About Next Year's Budget January 2003
Pasanen December 2002
The Property Tax Proposal November 2002

Health
The Candidates' Prescriptions October 2008

Health
Responding to Air Quality September 2008

Health
The 80-Calorie Chocolate Doughnut August 2008

Health
Rating Health Care Behind Bars June 2008
Putting Bodegas on a Diet March 2008

Health
Health Care Behind Bars February 2008

Health
Language Barriers at the Drugstore February 2008

Health
Grading the City's Public Hospitals October 2007

Health
Insuring New York's Children September 2007

Health
Aging with AIDS August 2007
Access to the HPV Vaccine in NYC July 2007

Health
NYC V. Fast Food March 2007

Health
In Danger: Men At Work March 2007

Health
Charting New York’s Health January 2007

Health
Health Problems Among Caribbean Immigrants January 2007

Health
TWIN CRISES IN HEALTH CARE December 2006

Health
The Challenge of Eating Healthy November 2006
Obesity, Asthma, and Public Health: What Can Planners Do? November 2006
Hospital Communication October 2006

Health
9/11 Health: Help at Last? September 2006

Health
Who Decides When The Patient Can't? June 2006
Health Insurance -- Looking For A Model May 2006
Diabetes in NYC March 2006
A One-Two Punch To Hospitals: The Proposed Federal and State Budgets February 2006
The Heroes Of 9/11 Are Getting Sick January 2006
New York And The Bird Flu November 2005

Health
Providing Fresh Food, and a Sense of Accomplishment November 2005

Health
Saving Money -- And Saving Patients -- With Technology October 2005
CAMPAIGN 2005: EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE September 2005
Making Medicaid Cheaper August 2005
AIDS IN NEW YORK CITY March 2005
The Flu – An Ironic Season January 2005
The World Trade Center Health Registry December 2004
Food Borne Illnesses August 2004
Andtidepressants and Children June 2004
Smokers Quitting May 2004
“Take Care New York” New Health Program; Old Diseases April 2004
Homeless Children and Asthma March 2004
Death In New York City February 2004
The New Medicare Law - Will It Help or Hurt? January 2004
Flu December 2003
Mentally Ill, Chemically Addicted - And Stuck In Jail November 2003
A Push For A National Health Service? October 2003
World Trade Center Health Registry September 2003
Obesity August 2003
Court Overturns Current Lead-Paint Law July 2003
How the 2004 Budget Is Shaking Out for Health Care June 2003
Survey of Emotional Distress May 2003
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome April 2003
Diabetes March 2003
Health Care Changes Could Hurt New York February 2003
Smallpox Vaccine January 2003
December 2002
The Brooklyn Mental Health Court November 2002

Housing
Private Methods in Public Projects December 2008
Voting in New Rent Controls? October 2008
Prevention is the Best Medicine September 2008
On Track to Ending Homelessness September 2008
Handing Out to the Homeless September 2008
Fighting Homelessness in Miami September 2008
Getting Families Out of Shelters and Into Homes September 2008
Still Out on the Streets September 2008
Cutting Construction Costs September 2008
Protecting Public Housing June 2008
From Bad to Worse May 2008
Avoiding a Foreclosure Crisis May 2008
A Pro-tenant Governor? March 2008
Anxiety in the Housing Market February 2008
Reforming Housing Laws January 2008
Gains and Losses of 2007 December 2007
Housing as a Human Right November 2007
Workers Speak Out About Homeless Program October 2007
Housing and Neighborhoods – An Online Chat October 2007
Hard Times in the Projects August 2007
Programs for Safer Homes July 2007
A Tough Month for Housing Advocates June 2007
A New Program to Fight Homelessness May 2007
Predatory Lending Fuels Rise in Foreclosures April 2007
A Platform to Preserve Housing March 2007
Housing’s Impact: Need For New Research February 2007
The New Governor’s Mystery Agenda January 2007
Housing And The Feds December 2006
Looking for Government Help on Housing November 2006
Tenant Organizing For 36 Years October 2006
Housing Activists’ Fall Agenda September 2006

Housing
The Homeless Pledge August 2006
Counting The Empty Buildings July 2006

Housing
Rising Rents Create Housing Needs June 2006
Rent Regulation and The Division Of Housing and Community Renewal May 2006

Housing
Homeless Prevention Programs A Year Later April 2006

Housing
Subsidized Housing March 2006
Blacklisting Tenants February 2006
State Of The City Housing January 2006
Hallway Settlements In Housing Court December 2005
Housing Advocacy Wins, With One Exception November 2005
Subsidizing Slumlords October 2005
Campaign 2005: Who Would Do More About Homelessness, And For The Homeless? September 2005
Campaign 2005: Candidates Vie Over Affordable Housing And Homelessness Prevention Plans August 2005
Homeless Programs That Are Working, So Far July 2005
The Latest Rent Increases June 2005
Discrimination In Housing Is Rampant June 2005
Pushing For A Rent Freeze May 2005
The Homeless Count March 2005
Avoiding Eviction; Also, Landlords Lose A Case, Sort Of February 2005
Repealing the Urstadt Law January 2005
The City’s New Housing Subsidy December 2004
The Housing Problems Of Immigrants November 2004
New Programs Aim To Prevent Homelessness October 2004
Helping Pay The Rent: Section 8 Saved; Emergency Rent Coalition Created September 2004
Anti-Tenant Suits By The Housing Authority August 2004
A Ministry For Affordable Housing July 2004
Rent Guidelines Board: Will It Hike The Rents? June 2004
Back To The Fore? May 2004
Rent Overcharges April 2004
After Mitchell-Lama March 2004
Decline In Tenant Organizers February 2004
The Community Service Requirement In Public Housing January 2004
"Illegal Threes" December 2003
"Section 8" And The Single Landlord November 2003
More Dilapidated Housing, Less Code Enforcement October 2003
Abandonment In 2003 September 2003
The State Of Bloomberg’s Affordable Housing Plan August 2003
New Housing Laws July 2003
The Fate Of Rent Regulation June 2003
Are Higher Rent Increases Justified By Rising Costs May 2003
Rent Regulation Awaits Its Fate April 2003
The State Of NYC Housing, According To The Census Bureau March 2003
City Takes New Approaches to Solving Homeless Problem February 2003
Homeowner Troubles January 2003
Rebecca Webber outlines the mayor’s $3 billion plan to build 65,000 affordable new homes over the next five years. December 2002
Possible Rise In Property Taxes (i.e. Rents); Rise In Homelessness November 2002

Immigrants
Justice to Go December 2008
Dealing with the Downturn November 2008
Voting Before Citizenship September 2008
English Learners Left Behind August 2008

Immigrants
Translating at Hospitals July 2008

Immigrants
The Search for Childcare June 2008
Supporting the Olympics May 2008
Pre-election Jam April 2008

Immigrants
Pageant or Propaganda? March 2008

Immigrants
Trouble on the Immigrant Express February 2008
Language Barriers at the Drugstore February 2008
Getting a Higher Education January 2008
What Three Million Immigrants Do December 2007
Latest License Plans Angers Almost Everyone November 2007
Licenses for the Undocumented October 2007
A City ID Card for All September 2007
Immersed in English August 2007

Immigrants
New ID Could Cost Immigrants Their Licenses July 2007

Immigrants
New Yorkers and the Immigration Bills June 2007

Immigrants
Immigrant Tenants April 2007

Immigrants
City Council’s First Haitian Member February 2007

Immigrants
Health Problems Among Caribbean Immigrants January 2007
Drivers’ Licenses for Immigrants January 2007
Small Schools Exclude Many Immigrants December 2006
Back On The Spotlight November 2006

Immigrants
Hospital Communication October 2006

Immigrants
Good Government Speaks Many Languages October 2006
Foreign, Battered and Denied Aid Unconstitutionally September 2006
Housing Code Enforcement in Need of Repair August 2006
Giving the Newest New Yorkers the Vote July 2006
Regents Exams and English Language Learners June 2006
Immigrant Services And Their Funding May 2006
Legalization and De-Legalization April 2006
Immigration Debate Heats Up in Senate March 2006
School Translations February 2006
The DREAM Act and Immigrant Youth January 2006
The Citizen November 2005
City Council Passes Bill to Establish Commission on Day Labor Centers October 2005
Campaign 2005: Much At Stake For Immigrants September 2005
Interpreters at Poll Site August 2005
Sreet Vending Licenses August 2005
Immigration Reform July 2005
The Education Equality Act June 2005
Immigrant Family Literacy Program May 2005
Immigrants and Driver's Licenses March 2005
Immigrant City February 2005
Immigrants' Reaction To Tsunami Disaster January 2005
2004: Shorter Lines, Just As Much Frustration December 2004
No More Waiting? August 2004
Regulating Immigration Consultants July 2004
H-1B Working Visa June 2004
Deliverymen May 2004
Unemployed Immigrant Tech Professionals April 2004
Deporting the “Bad” Immigrant March 2004
Bush's "Temporary Worker" Program February 2004
Unpatriotic Banking? December 2003
The Dream Act November 2003
A New Executive Order: Don't Ask,