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Friday, January 27, 2012

Food

Ed Koch on eating your way to Gracie Mansion

Joel Meares and Daniel Woolfolk

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Photo: Daniel Woolfolk

Eating on the campaign trail, whether stopping at a street vendor or taking a slice of pizza offered by a local shop owner – and always smiling for the cameras – was not just about scoring votes. It was about being polite.

Election 2009

Charter schools loom large in the race for mayor

Amanda Julius, Micki Steele, Sudip P. Mukherjee

As Election Day approaches, the state of the city’s schools continues to be one of the front-and-center issues of the mayoral campaign.

NYC Interactive: Keep out

NYC Interactive staff

Exclusion is an integral part of New York's social fabric. It's what bouncers, niche dating, underground dwellers, K-9 security, sports bans, laughter clubs, high societies and one unique restaurant have in common.

Other New Media Projects

Education

Homeless in high school

Richie Gergel and Antonina Jedrzejczak

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The Covenant House shelter in midtown Manhattan is home to 90 residents, ages 18 to 21. Most have runaway or were kicked out of their homes.

Young, homeless and often without a high school diploma or work experience, Covenant House residents face a tough road.

This is the frst in a series of profiles and web videos on the small number of Covenant House residents who are still in high school, depsite the stress and turbulence that comes with homelessness.

Theater

Small theaters feel effects of economic downturn

James Sims and Angel Canales

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For smaller Off-Broadway theaters, the economic downturn is cause for concern. James Sims spoke with the owner of Greenwich Village's Cherry Lane Theatre who is trying to lure Broadway theatre-goers downtown.

Crime

Pricey Sidekick is gadget of choice for Bronx thieves

Kelly Ann Senyei

The T-Mobile Sidekick, a text-friendly phone that allows users to go onto the Internet and chat online with Instant Messenger, has become the gadget of choice for Longwood and Hunts Point thieves. Lt. James Koschmerl, who works in the Special Operations Unit of the nearby 41st precinct, said the Sidekick’s easily exchanged SIM card made the phone a popular item among thieves.

Election 2009

Bloomberg versus Thompson on crime

Sara Hamdan and Jeff Dooley

When it comes to making the city safer, the candidates for mayor have different views on where to focus.

Queens

A Raven from Laurelton: Growing up Madoff

Nathan Erlich

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Before his spectacular wealth and notoriety, the young Bernie Madoff was an average student in Queens who played football, joined the swim team and married his high school sweetheart