via City Limits
Giving Citizens a Budgeting Voice
Residents of four City Council districts will soon vote on how to spend $1 million in their communities as part of a pilot program called participatory budgeting.
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Long Waits at Food Stamps Center
Lines outside – and inside – the Northern Brooklyn Food Stamp and DeKalb Job Centers are typical, clients say.
via New York Daily News
Italy’s Economic Woe Hits Arthur Ave.
Recent financial turmoil and social unrest abroad have some importers and shop owners in the Bronx's Little Italy preparing for price increases on Italian goods.
via New York Daily News
Anti-Gang Program is a SNUG Fit
Operation SNUG uses mentoring by former gang members and activities like basketball to help steer young men away from street violence.
via City Limits
Growing Hopes and Fears for Trees
The MillionTreeNYC planting program comes as budget cuts and stormy weather impact trees across the city.
A Birds’ Eye View in Prospect Park
The Audubon Society runs free birdwatching tours in the Brooklyn park, which is home to some 250 aviary species.
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Putting the Hudson River to the Test
Hudson River users are testing the waters for contaminants in the wake of July's sewage treatment plant fire in Harlem.
City Tunes in to TV Tourism
New York's cachet as the home of shows from "Seinfeld" to "Gossip Girls" helped drive a record 48 million visitors to the city last year.