Low-Income Housing With High Hopes
Morris Manor, a new Brooklyn housing complex, combines luxury building-style amenities with support services for its formerly homeless tenants.
Author: Barry Paddock
New Voting Machines On Deck
New high-tech handicap-accessible voting machines will be available in city polling stations for Election Day.
Ethnic Press Gets Election Fever
New York City’s growing ethnic press, usually devoted to community-specific concerns, is riveted to the election.
Kids Get Campaign Lesson
Children are creating campaign buttons, inspired by the presidential race – and an exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York.
CD 12: Q&A With Ken Bernard
Ken Bernard, 43, came to New York City from Guyana when he was five. A fat…
CD 12: A Taste of Guyana in Jamaica
Sybil's Bakery and Restaurant, a family-run Jamaica mainstay for 30 years, draws customers with its Guyanese fare.
via New York Daily News
New Housing To End Garden Party
At first it sounds like a typical tale of gentrification: Spanish Harlem residents battle to save a community garden from being bulldozed to make way for apartments. But the gardeners are fighting neighbors, not outside developers. The 116th St. Block Association plans to build low-income housing on the garden site.
via The Villager
Bakery Dishes Doughnut Delight
A young man in a baseball cap hurried past Doughnut Plant, a bakery a few b…