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Haiti Earthquake: Dominicans give, but hard feelings remain
Some Dominicans can’t forget the past, despite the devastation.
January 25th, 2010 | News, Special Reports | Read MoreHaiti Earthquake: A Haitian church mobilizes
Haiti Earthquake: Wiring money in Flatbush
Family and friends of the victims have been trying to send money, though it has not been easy.
January 20th, 2010 | News, Special Reports | Read MoreBrooklyn tenants fight management firm
Tenants of 266 Washington Avenue are fighting increasingly nasty battles against Dermot Management Company, the firm that manages their building. They allege the company practices “predatory equity.”
December 24th, 2009 | News | Read MoreWoodhaven brokers feel pinch of the economy
The stock market fell last September, but losses for realty brokers began years before, starting in 2006. Real estate brokers and firm owners in the Woodhaven, Queens, area have felt a decrease of more than 65 percent of sales.
December 20th, 2009 | News | Read MoreEducators reach out to children of all abilities
Reading woes continue to plague city schools
Not one student in Klein’s class is reading on the appropriate grade level. Fewer than half of the students at Marta Valle will graduate. Klein attributes the continuing deterioration of New York City public education to misguided reform.
December 19th, 2009 | News | Read MoreHomeless Iraq War vet begs for change on subway
There are more than 200,000 veterans living on streets and in shelters across the country. Many of those veterans also suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a mental illness that affects people exposed to extreme violence.
December 19th, 2009 | News, Video | Read MoreHomeless struggle in New Jersey
Jaclyn Cherubini is not being evasive when she tells reporters that she doesn’t know who the “new homeless” are. She hates the term. For one, it’s presumptuous.
December 17th, 2009 | News | Read MoreHoliday protest on Park Avenue
Santa Claus and a band of activist delivered an early Christmas present yesterday to Blackstone Inc. The Corporations wants to build coal fired plants near their homes.
December 16th, 2009 | News, Video | Read More













