GINIA BELLAFANTE
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Children Are the Casualties in NYC’s Daily Struggle for Housing
Tragedies abound at the confluence of two crises: the desperate need for housing and the shortage of quality child care.
‘So Much Suffering:’ What Migrant Children Carry to New York
The migrant crisis is a looming mental health crisis. Are city schools prepared to care for their most vulnerable new students?
Congestion Pricing Is Coming. It Doesn’t Have to Be Painful.
There are reasonable concerns about charging drivers to enter Manhattan. But making the borough a playground for the rich isn’t one of them.
The Forgotten Teenage Trailblazer of Women’s Tennis
Before Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes,” Phyllis Graber wanted to play tennis on a boys’ team. The rules...
Crime Is Down. So Why Don’t New Yorkers Feel Safe?
Crime isn’t what it was in the 1980s. But a new podcast about the Bernhard Goetz subway shootings suggests that even then, the fear of...
How the Gilgo Beach Suspect Wielded Power in Brownstone Brooklyn
The man charged in the serial killings was a journeyman architect whose position gave him an unusual authority.
Will New Yorkers Ever Have Another Mayor They Like?
Eric Adams — like most of his recent predecessors — hovers around a 50 percent approval rating. It’s hard to govern when only half the...
For Yusef Salaam, a Landslide Just Might Be the Best Revenge
After his wrongful conviction as one of the Central Park Five was overturned, Mr. Salaam found it hard to rebuild his life. Now he stands...
The B.Q.E. Wasn’t Built for Nonstop Delivery Trucks. Its Cracks Are Showing.
Wildfires and truck crashes bring a new sense of urgency to fixing New York’s worst highways — and a search for radical alternatives.
She Attacked Israel and the N.Y.P.D. It Made Her Law School a Target.
A student gave a commencement address at the famously progressive CUNY law school. Two weeks later, she was attacked by the tabloids and the mayor,...
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