Sociology 90W Senior Seminar

Education has emerged as a key issue in an East Side assembly race where the UFT and the GOP both hope to topple the Democratic incumbent

City cutbacks have reduced the number of English classes for adults, creating lengthy waiting lists and long-shot lotteries for thousands of immigrants.

With less than two weeks until the primary, each of the five Democrats running for attorney general struggles to emerge from the pack. But are the voters listening?

This year's free performances brought funding challenges for organizers, angry disputes over noise and even a fight about prison labor. But most New Yorkers just enjoyed the show.

Ethics and the economy dominate the hard-fought contest in Upper Manhattan to replace State Sen. Eric Schneiderman.

Incumbent Shirley Huntley faces an opponent almost 50 years her junior in a State Senate race in southeast Queens. And age is hardly the only thing that divides them.

Courts have little power to overturn decisions by agency hearing officers -- as two evicted public housing tenants recently learned.

The Empire State Building will get some competition on the New York skyline now that the City Council has approved another very tall building just a few blocks away.

A report by Deputy Mayor Goldsmith suggests ways for New York to save millions and also puts a few holes in the image of the Bloomberg administration as a well-oiled machine.

Republicans have a rare opportunity to pick up an Assembly seat in the city as five candidates compete in northeast Queens.

As officials and residents grapple with bias-related violence on Staten Island, civil rights columnist Andy Humm takes the ferry to investigate the possible causes of the increase.

Gov. Hugh Carey saved New York from financial ruin in the 1970s. We take a look back via the new book: "The Man Who Saved New York."

Assemblymember Barbara Clark and challenger Clyde Vanel sit down with Gotham Gazette to discuss their race and the scandals that monopolize it.

Forget fracking for now. Another controversy over a natural gas pipeline is steaming in New York City. We take an in-depth look.