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    Matt Schwarzfeld
    Reporter and writer
    Brooklyn, NY 09.22.010
    Project Work
    Navigating the Urban Fringe
    by Matt Schwarzfeld
    In this project I will look at how government interacts with marginal communities in New York City. How do the two forces respond to one another? How does public policy create and destroy opportunities for the urban poor? How do communities innovate or subvert policy when necessary? What recourse does the urban poor have against distant tides of power and change?
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    MORE Project Work:
  • Young Cops in Far Rockaway Dream of Jobs in Suburbia (Village Voice)
  • In Far Rockaway, Pretty Beach Meets Housing Bust (City Limits Weekly)
  • Where They Stand: Series on Presidential Candidates (ProPublica)
  • SAVE THE BAY: JAMAICA'S DISAPPEARING MARSHES (City Limits)
  • Security Concerns Snag White House Tourist Plan
  • Fewer Lock-Ups, Enough Money? (City Limits Weekly)
  • McClatchy's Major Detainee Investigation Comes Amid Major Staff Cutbacks (ProPublica)
  • The Sheltering Storm: Uncertainty on Section 8 (City Limits Weekly)
  • A SETTLEMENT THAT'S 'FINAL, PERMANENT, ENFORCEABLE' (City Limits)
  • Globe Article Makes Hash of Housing Policy (Rooflines)
  • THE BASICS
    Feature Story: The Mysterious Life and Death of Queenie the Bull (Brooklyn Rail)
    News Story: Fewer Lock-Ups, Enough Money? (City Limits Weekly)
    Profile: Rockaway in the Midst of Change
    Criticism: How One Mid-Size Paper Took On Blackwater (ProPublica)
    mws272@nyu.edu