This year’s titles include a multi-generational family saga intersecting with environmental apocalypse, a re-imagined Jazz Age crime story, and a YA novel of the Jersey Shore written in verse.

The street art that helped change the direction of Chilean politics, the folk music revolution that helped change American life, and more.

Strengthening New York City’s zoning requirements for last-mile warehouses will better protect the health and safety of workers and nearby residents.

An “emergency” remedy adopted by the State Board of Regents does no harm – but doesn’t do enough good, either.

Throughout the city, demand for housing outstrips supply. The Queens borough president’s answer is: We must build. Now.

City agencies could do a far better job matching the volunteers helping a flood of asylum seekers.

At the Supreme Court, the future of equal access to higher education hangs in the balance.

A comprehensive plan is needed to help migrants, and longstanding New Yorkers too, meet their housing needs.

Public benefits try, (and may fail) to meet survival needs. But what does a life with dignity require?

After the deadliest residential fire in decades, a borough president helps a community recover – and proposes policy changes to prevent future tragedies.

The process of applying for college financial aid regularly produces freakouts and meltdowns. But there may be help on the horizon.

A money-saving move to take City government retirees off Medicare appeared to have crashed and burned. But now a rescue plan has emerged from the wreckage.