Action Taken on Bullying in Schools and No-Fault Divorce
Aug 23, 2010
For more than a decade, the State Senate has resisted passing legislation to combat bullying in schools -- partly because it targeted bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Behind the Hate Crimes on Staten Island
Aug 23, 2010
Photo byThomas Good A recent rally against hate crimes on Staten island. Let’s start with this inescapable fact: If you are a Mexican immigrant living in Port Richmond on Staten Island you
The City's New Dollar Menu for Bus Riders
Aug 11, 2010
Photo (cc) 2010 Andrew Silverstein. Dollar van riders reach their destination in Jamaica Eric Simit, a Jamaican immigrant, has been driving private commuter vans, most commonly known as "dollar vans," for
The Price of Increased Surveillance
May 21, 2010
Photos by Andy Humm One of the dozens of cameras -- government and private -- that keep watch on Times Square. There are 82 police cameras and others cameras from stores trained
Council Approves Business Bill of Rights
May 13, 2010
Photo (cc) 2009 Light Snaffler The City Council offered small businesses their own version of the first amendment yesterday by requiring every city inspector give shop owners
Disabled Fear Cuts to Van Service Will Force Them to Stay Home
Mar 19, 2010
Adam E. Moreira After work, Milagros Franco wheels home in her motorized chair across the 2½-mile pedestrian walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge and then waits for a bus to her Manhattan
Data on Bullying Remains Scant, as City Touts Its Efforts
Mar 02, 2010
div> Mister Wiki at en.wikipedia March 8 to 12 is Respect for All Week in the New York City public schools, a chance to intensify efforts around increasing respect for diversity
Brooklyn Community Splits Sharply Over Proposed Mosque
Mar 01, 2010
Jim Henderson Mosque in Flushing "Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar," yelled Mayor Ed Koch in Arabic on an exciting day for New York’s Muslim community in 1987. With his shout (which
Haitian's Case Focuses Attention on Deportations
Jan 29, 2010
Photo (cc) CC BY-NC 2.0 Protestors rally in support of Jean Montrevil and against deportations. The campaign to free community activist Jean Montrevil, a native of Haiti, began on Dec. 30, 2009,
Fighting Complacency on Same Sex Marriage
Jan 08, 2010
Photo (cc) carbonNYC Protestors rallied in support of same-sex marriage in Times Square last fall. "Rally, times square @ 6!" read the enthusiastic text from my boyfriend Joel. In response to my |