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A Crisis Beyond The Cuts: Help For New York's Seniors Ebbs
Photo by: Patrick Egan Case manager Javier Osorio visits Grace Moore in her Brooklyn apartment. The second Javier Osorio walked into Grace Moore's Brooklyn apartment early on a mid-July morning, Moore...
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For Some, Occupy Movement is a Test of Faith
Photo by: Adi Talwar Protesters outside 26 Federal Plaza, where religious activists stage a weekly prayer demonstration against immigration policies. Thirty-two days after they had been evicted from...
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Cops Want Crime Watchers on 34 Bushwick Blocks
Photo by: Tobias Salinger Residents on Gates Avenue between Evergreen and Central Avenues in Bushwick say this vacant house is a frequent location of crime. The 83rd Precinct is encouraging residents...
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Spring Creek Builder's Promises Spur Cheers, Jeers
Photo by: Abigail Savitch-Lew Construction workers with Andre Mitchell, in white shirt, the executive director of Man Up! and lead negotiator of the Community Benefits Agreement for Gateway II. Andre...
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Campaign 2013, Seen from Brownsville
Photo by: Kirsti Itameri Since February, we've followed the 2013 campaign mainly through interviews with people in and around a single block in Brownsville, at the corner of Blake Avenue and Powell...
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Crime Low, But Citizens Still Want to Fight It
Photo by: Adi Talwar Frank A. Kotnick, Jr. president of the Glendale Civilian Patrol, gets a radio call while making his rounds one night in April. The Glendale group is one of several citizen...
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From Selma to Municipal IDs, the Role of Faith in Black Organizing
USIAThe March on Washington, 1963. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2015 comes after a year when frank talk about race was unusually abundant in America, from Ta-Nehisi Coates' case for reparations to...
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Brooklyn Community Services Announces its Inspiring Human Spirit Awards Honorees
BCSHonorees (l to r) Price, Silver and Zakaria. (Brooklyn, NY) May 20, 2015 - Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) will host its annual BCS Human Spirit Awards gala dinner Monday, June 1, 2015, at the...
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Bronx Group’s New Path: Not Fighting Power, Taking It
The battle over the Kingsbridge Armory generated some of the biggest victories in the Northwest Bronx's history. But it also made clear to its members that a different approach was needed. As one...
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Video: Make a Park Bench Your Gym This Spring
Lizzie Ford-MadridElements of the Bronx Bench Workout, as demonstrated by Ana de la Cruz and Angel Lopez. The forecast for tomorrow calls for mid-70s and sunny. It's time to put away the heavy...
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