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One-Sided Debate Over the Stadium… Continues

by Brian J. Carreira

Local

On November 29, residents of Prospect Heights and the surrounding areas were presented with an “informational meeting” hosted by Community Boards 2, 6, and 8 about Forest City Ratner’s proposed $2.5 billion Atlantic Yards Development.

When Even the Minimum Wage Is a Distant Dream

by Gabriel Thompson

Local

Inside the basement of a large manufacturing building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, with windows that are tinted less by design than sheer grime, nine immigrant women are sitting in front of sewing machines, stitching together pink and gray fabrics that are in the process of becoming T-shirts for young girls.

¿Que? to the MTA

by Adriana Simoneta

Local

If you wonder what those Spanish signs in New York City subway stations say, you’re not alone. So do many of the 2.1 million Latinos who live here.

Anthony Morales’s Spittin’ Words

by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

Local

“Somebody tell me what makes good lyrics,” says Anthony Morales on the first day of Hip-Hop and Poetry class at El Puente, a high school in Williamsburg.