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The long wait for Section 8

by Noel King
Dec 1, 2015
Many Section 8 applicants face long waits and a shortage of housing.
Marylene Marrero of Yonkers, NY, with a letter from the city's housing authority informing her she was one of 11,000 people to apply for a Section 8 voucher in a single week in 2012. 
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New York City takes on evictions

by Noel King
Oct 16, 2015
The city's new way to battle homelessness: hire more lawyers to fight evictions.
A street corner in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. With rents rising, evictions have become increasingly common.
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Behind New York's Right to Shelter policy

by Noel King
Sep 30, 2015
The city's homeless owe their municipal shelters to an unprecedented lawsuit.
The government released new homeless figures. But how is the number counted?
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Francis takes America, by the numbers

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 23, 2015
The pope's trip will draw huge crowds. But it doesn't come cheap.
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Fashion week gets a new look

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 10, 2015
A conversation with Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times.
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Shelf Life

Man eats way through NYC, one pizza slice at a time

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 11, 2015
'Slice Harvester' author celebrates the pie's 'utopia in your mouth.'
Urban Outfitters is getting into the pizza business.
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Will last-minute work soon be history?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 7, 2015
Abercrombie and other retailers back away from unpredictable on-call schedules.
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Airbus-patented jet able to fly more than 3,000 miles per hour

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 4, 2015
You'll be able to get from London to New York in that hour.
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A dim law? Imagine Times Square without billboards

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 24, 2015
'Bureaucratic hiccup' threatens the intersection's iconic flash.
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Greeks in crisis

Little Athens has to cope with the crisis, too

by James Perla
Jul 14, 2015
The Greek debt crisis has caused ripple effects, affecting business owners in the U.S.
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