Billionaires’ Row Critics Line Up
New buildings are rising on 57th Street, changing the streetscape and troubling some New Yorkers.
Topic: Housing
219 West: Facing Challenges
The latest edition of our TV news magazine examines the art of overcoming obstacles, from the political stage to the handball court.
via City Limits
Acting Out to Change Laws
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC is using the stage to bring attention to homelessness and other social issues.
via Vocativ
Saving Manhattan’s Chinatown
Longtime residents of New York's historic, but shrinking immigrant enclave battle against being priced out of their homes.
Help Lags, Long After Sandy
Residents of a vulnerable stretch of Sheepshead Bay say they’re still waiting for aid after more than three years of empty promises.
via Brownstoner
Wall Collapse Upends Residents
Residents displaced in October by an excavation mishap in Bedford-Stuyvesant don't know if or when they'll be able to sleep in their own beds again.
via DNAInfo
Artists Ousted From Harlem
The Chashama Residency was one of the last affordable spaces for the neighborhood’s creative community.
via New York Daily News
Chased by Sandy, Caught by Mold
The Santana family left one NYCHA apartment after Superstorm Sandy, only to be moved to another filled with mold.