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Home, Sweet, Elusive Home
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:31:29 GMT    Comment   The sunlit studio on the fourth floor of the West Village town house was not his first apartment, but leaving proved unexpectedly wrenching.


In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:31:06 GMT    Comment   He hoped to find in Queens the exoticism he loved from his years abroad. But again and again, the doors to this world slammed shut.


Apartment Lost, Home Found
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:33:15 GMT    Comment   Pushed out of Park Slope by the forces of gentrification, he finally ended up just a mile from his birthplace in the Bronx.


The City Visible: The United Nations of Queens
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:54:59 GMT    Comment   A photographer from Belle Harbor captures the face of a borough transformed by rich ethnic diversity.


Urban Studies: Good Tidings From E-Charity
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:57:41 GMT    Comment   Craigslist offers geographic proximity coupled with anonymity, making the site especially suitable for philanthropic transactions.


Cobble Hill: On the Rooftop, Mystery Huts
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:57:03 GMT    Comment   In Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, neighbors argue that a building?s rooftop structures exceed local height limits.


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New York Housing Plan Is Delayed
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:26 GMT    Comment   Tight financing has pushed back an initiative to create or preserve 165,000 residential units.


Manslaughter Charges Expected in Crane Collapse
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:24:44 GMT    Comment   The rigger of the crane whose collapse killed seven in New York last year is said to have been charged for the deaths.


For Privacy?s Sake, Taking Risks to End Pregnancy
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:28:16 GMT    Comment   Some Latina women are using drugs or potentially harmful home methods to end their pregnancies.


In Israel, Bloomberg Shows His Support
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:06:13 GMT    Comment   Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg traveled to rocket-battered Sderot, in Israel, to express his support and got a taste of the conflict with Hamas.


Woman Slashed While Jogging in Park Behind Gracie Mansion
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:34:17 GMT    Comment   The 39-year-old woman was jogging in Carl Schurz Park on Sunday afternoon when a man slashed her across the forehead and then walked away.


Queens Woman, 86, Fights Off Attacker in Her Home
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:19:04 GMT    Comment   The woman was stabbed and slashed as she confronted an intruder, who had broken into her home and who stole money, jewelry and her car.


Lessons on Love, From a Rabbi Who Knows Hate and Forgiveness
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:57:35 GMT    Comment   A new rabbi from Nebraska, who once converted the head of the KKK in Nebraska to Judaism, is trying to revitalize the Free Synagogue of Flushing.