Workers at Bernheimer Architecture share how and why they organized their union, and how friends and colleagues can build collective power, too.

Buildings are responsible for two thirds of greenhouse gas emissions in New York City. Can tenants, landlords, and environmentalists finally get together to make them more efficient?

Questions of ownership, affordability, and political representation converge in current struggles over rent regulation.

With simple phrases beamed in light, the Illuminator Collective appropriates buildings' exteriors to reveal the forces at work inside.

50 years after the passage of a landmark law, how will New York City assess the fairness of its housing?

People returning to city life after time in prison will soon be able to find help at some branch libraries. How can designers help librarians create life-saving connections?

With New York City on the verge of reorganizing the private sanitation industry, union organizer Allan Henry connects the dots between street safety, worker rights, and environmental impacts.

As police personnel and machinery have settled into New York City schools, the line between school discipline and criminal punishment has become blurry.

When safe space is hard to find, art and events collective Papi Juice gives queer and trans people of color a home — and a soundtrack — for the night.

For decades, city governments have pledged to clear neighborhood streets of crime and police abuse in the same stroke. But can community policing deliver on its promises?