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The Mystery of Bed-Stuy's Missing Jobs

By Neil deMause
Despite growing gentrification, Central Brooklyn is the New York neighborhood hardest-hit by the economic downturn.


Diagnosing A Defeat: Why The Sick Leave Bill Failed

By Neil deMause
A measure to ensure all workers have paid sick leave had enough votes to pass the City Council. So why did Speaker Quinn kill it?


Small Businesses On The Edge In Bay Ridge

By Melanie Lefkowicz
In an excerpt from the City Limits magazine investigation of small businesses in New York, a look at the holdouts along increasingly chain-ganged 86th Street.


The Life And Death Of The Mom-n-Pop

By City Limits
Small businesses help make New York's neighborhoods. But as the next issue of City Limits reports, economic trends and policy decisions are threatening their survival.


When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?

By Eileen Markey
NYCHA's using community input to plan for what to build after three public housing towers are demolished. But the plan means a loss of public housing, and it confronts deep distrust from some tenants.


After The Quake, Rebuilding Haiti From Brooklyn

By Neil deMause
The donation drives and telethons might be over, but local foundations and Haitian groups are just beginning their work to help the country and its people rebuild.


More Than Words? Bloomberg and Race

By Jarrett Murphy
The mayor has earned admiration from many quarters for improving the tenor of race relations. But the impact of his policies on blacks and Latinos give fodder to fans and foes alike.


State Senate Power May Hinge On Queens Contests

By Jarrett Murphy
Democrats' hopes to take control of the legislature's upper house — in 2008 and potentially for decades beyond — hangs in the balance of three races in the city.


Fresh Greens Or Grandeur May Come To Fort Greene

By By Abraham Paulos
Come next month, the quietly decaying Admiral's Row may round a bend toward some kind of redevelopment.
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