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The article reports on the camp out of the activists who calls for the completion on the construction of Bushwick Inlet Park held in Williamsburg in New York on July 9, 2016.

This article describes the similarities between New York City and Berlin, Germany. The rapid growth and development of certain areas of each city turning rundown neighborhoods into gentrified areas has been compared by architects and urban planners. With the boom in development in both cities, an exhibition in New York City is attempting to shed light on how the arts, immigration and community activism affect urban development in both cities.

The article reports that fans of the television show "Jericho" are fighting a campaign against CBS executives. In an effort to reverse the network's decision to cancel the show, they have started a rally around the saying, "Say nuts to CBS." This has resulted in over 13 tons of peanuts being shipped to CBS executive offices in New York City as of May 30, 2007.

After more than a month of the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park, the complaints are mounting. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, perhaps reflecting the irritation of his former colleagues on Wall Street, has said ''the Constitution doesn't protect tents. It protects speech and assembly.'' And he suggested last week that the city would start enforcing city rules on marches by the protesters unless they have the required permits. Fortunately, the people most inconvenienced by the encampment, its neighbors, have a more sensible response. Community Board 1, which represents residents and businesses in Lower Manhattan, is expected to vote Tuesday evening on a resolution that endorses the right to protest and opposes ''the use of excessive and unnecessary force by the City of New York'' or the owners of the park, Brookfield Properties. (The resolution also endorses the extension of the ''millionaire's tax'' in New York State to soften cuts to education and other services.) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In November of 2006, Colin Beavan, a writer of historical nonfiction, embarked on a yearlong ''lifestyle experiment'' in which he vowed to reduce his planetary impact by producing (nearly) no trash, using (hardly) any carbon fuel and buying almost nothing new except food, and only that grown within a 250-mile radius of his home in New York City (which he said is the farthest distance farmers at the Union Square Greenmarket travel to sell their produce). Mr. Beavan's wife, Michelle Conlin, a reporter at Business Week, and their daughter, Isabella, who was then 2, were by necessity embroiled in this stunt, which was further complicated by their address, an apartment on the ninth floor of a prewar coop on Lower Fifth Avenue. Mr. Beavan wrote a blog (noimpactman.com) about the experiment and got a book deal for it; it was also the subject of a documentary, titled ''No Impact Man'' as well. The experience seemed both confounding and compelling, and raised all sorts of questions about his larger motives, his marriage and even his bathroom habits (the stricture to produce no trash included using no paper products; ergo, no toilet paper). The questioners included those at a variety of places -- from The New York Times to ''The Colbert Report,'' NPR and French Glamour -- who pounced on the project, eager to dissect Mr. Beavan's particular expression of personal activism. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article profiles the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York. The article cites the Institute as a new home for "new age" thought and the evolving feminist consciousness. The article notes how the Institute is working to overcome stereotypes about new age thinking, noting that new age thought has even become mainstream in many circles.

Reports on the protest against the New York University's decision to end dealings with a union of graduate student teaching and research assistants in New York City.

Reports on the various activities initiated by the New York Society for Ethical Culture to address issues of feminism and sexism in New York .

Reports that real estate developer Vornado Realty Trust has dropped its plans to include a Wal-Mart store in a Queens, New York City, shopping complex. Opposition the real estate developer faced from the community, labor and environmental groups, as well as small businesses; Statement that this Wal-Mart would have been the first in New York City; Claim of labor unions that Wal-Mart's wage levels and benefits are pulling down standards for workers in the United States.

Reports that workers at Green Bus Lines of Jamaica, which has a thousand rides in central and southern Queens, has staged a work slowdown on December 22, 2004 to protest the lack of a contract.

Offers a discussion about the treatment of pigeons in New York City. Reference to protests made over the displacement of two hawks from their perch in New York City; Question of whether New Yorkers should allow birds to make nests wherever they want to; Discussion of arguments over animals that have taken place in New York City; History of laws for the removal of feces made by dogs; Statement that the author asked some of the defenders of the hawks if they had ever joined a protest in behalf of homeless human beings.

Offers a look at the Catholic Workers movement in New York. Founding of the Catholic Workers movement by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin; Report that the Catholic Workers have rejected comfortable lives in order to live beside the poor; Discussion of the consumerism attitude in New York City; Commitment of the Catholic Workers to nonviolence; Report that they publish "The Catholic Worker"; Statement that the Catholic Workers never sought tax-exemption status from the Internal Revenue Service; Commitment of the group to social justice; Involvement of the Catholic Workers in protest marches against the Iraq War; Statement that many Catholic Workers are arrested for civil disobedience.

Reports on the arrest of seventeen cyclists in the Critical Mass protest ride through Manhattan, New York City. Charges of disorderly conduct and parading without a permit; Accusation against the police of overzealous enforcement; Advocacy for nonpolluting forms of transportation.

Focuses on a social movement called Critical Mass, a bicycle ride that takes over the streets of New York City in a demonstration of bicycle power aimed at promoting nonpolluting forms of transportation. Report that the rides have become political as the cyclists clash with the Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg administration; Use of force by police in an attempt to control the demonstrations; Promotion of Critical Mass by the environmental group Time's Up!; Claim that the point of the ride is to show the benefits of cycling and to promote cyclist safety; Report that the ride turned into a demonstration against President George W. Bush during the Republican National Convention of 2004; Discussion about whether Critical Mass needs a permit.

Reports on the capture of nine cyclists and forty bicycles as about a thousand cyclists hit the streets in the monthly Critical Mass bicycle protest ride to help limit pollution in New York. Details of the protest; Use of power saws by the police to cut the chains securing bikes to sign posts; Reason of the arrest.

Focuses on veteran protester Eric Laursen, who spoke at a Campaign to Demilitarize the Police news conference in New York City. His views on protest against the Republican National Convention; His explanation for various protest groups and a guy named Geoffrey Blank, who is also known as "Mr. Arrest Me"; Anarchists groups that Laursen belongs to; His opposition to violence, except property destruction.

Reports that anti-Republican protesters did not trample and shred the lush grass in Central Park, New York City. Statement of one New Yorker on the legality of the protest; Different reaction from regular Sunday crowd on the demonstrators; Consideration of the protest as bucolic that Republicans can walk around unharmed.

Presents a picture story entitled "Voices of Dissent Heard as One," depicting responses from Americans who joined the march in New York City, on U.S. President George W. Bush's administration.

Presents information on the political march against U.S. President George W. Bush's administration in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Statement of some protesters on how much the war in Iraq is costing average families; Representation of the casualties in Iraq through thousands of coffins wrapped in flags; Chants against Bush.

Reports that nude activists blocked traffic in Manhattan, New York City last August 22, 2004 to protest the Bush administration's record on AIDS. Intention of the protestors; Comments of Todd Gitlin, a professor at Columbia, on the eye-catching tactics of the activists; Statement of Donna Sheenan, founder of Baring Witness, on the organization's hundred naked displays.

Comments on the flock of demonstrators wanting to have access in Central Park during the Republican National Convention in New York City. Liability of Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the situation; Determination of the protesters to march to Madison Square Garden should there protest be dismissed; Decision of the court on the protest.

Focuses on the initiative of a group of children to participate in a community service project in New York City. Plan of the children to make a presentation to local officials about problems they find in the neighborhood; Reaction of the public to the children's initiative; Impact of the move on social issues in the city.

Reports on the plan of the A31 Action Coalition, a group opposed to the Republican National Convention to carry out illegal protest activities on the convention's second day in New York.

Offers a look at a decision of New York City officials to deny a permit for use of the Great Lawn in Central Park for a political protest during the Republican National Convention of 2004. Decision to move the demonstrators of United for Peace and Justice away from the park to a remote location; Claim that this decision illustrates Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg administration's feelings about civil protest; Comment made by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly regarding the restrictions placed on civil liberties as a means of terrorism prevention; Criticism of the Bloomberg administration by free-speech advocates; Balance between the terror threat and ordinary crowd-control issues with the right to demonstrate.

Reports on the demonstrations of the members of United for Peace and Justice outside of City Hall Park in New York City. Solicitation of government approval to organize a rally in the Central Park; Disapproval of the request by Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Selection of a highway site for public meetings.

Reports on protesters' plans for the 2004 Republican Party national convention, to take place in New York City. Refusal of the city to grant the protesters a permit to demonstrate; Indignation of the protesters over the war in Iraq of 2003 and economic and social issues; Plans for an antiwar demonstration organized by United for Peace and Justice; Willingness of the protesters to participate in acts of civil disobedience.

Offers a look at a trial in New York City involving people arrested for a street protest against the U.S.-led war in Iraq and Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. Report that the demonstrators used peaceful means in the protest; Charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration; Discussion of the sentence the defendants face, including jail time.

Comments on what to expect when the Republicans hold their 2004 presidential convention in New York City. Threat by Representative Charles B. Rangel to disrupt the convention if Republicans do not modify a law requiring some public housing tenants to work in community service; Plans for marches and rallies in Central Park; Outlook for arrests by police; Wariness of protestors; Concerns over balancing security and First Amendment freedoms; Range of issues over which people plan to demonstrate, including the Iraq War.

Reports on the enforcement of ground rules by the New York City Police Department for an antiwar demonstration in the city. Release of final plans and instructions to demonstrators; Details about the protest march that will circle several blocks in Manhattan, New York; Cooperation of parade organizers with the police.

Focuses on the sexual behavior of teenagers in the U.S. The steady fall of the teenage pregnancy rate; How the sexual behavior of boys has changed the most; Discussion of trends in New York City's poor minority neighborhoods; Experience of Jasmine and Alberto, 16-year-old sweethearts in the Bronx; Views of researchers; Possible reasons for the turnaround; Cultural changes; Finding that teenagers are having less sex and using more condoms; Attitudes of teenage boys.

Reports on the protest over a proposed group home for emotionally disturbed teenagers in the East Bronx neighborhood of Westchester Square in New York City. Complaints of residents to the group home for emotionally disturbed teenagers; Reasons behind the protest of the residents; Response of the nonprofit group that supported the group home on the controversy over the group home for emotionally disturbed teenagers.

Reports that a group of Queens residents gathered at a waterfront park in Howard Beach near Kennedy Airport to celebrate the final flight of the Concorde and the end of the noise caused by supersonic transport (SST), which had disturbed their neighborhoods for 25 years. Comments by residents on how the noise of the Concorde distressed and frightened them and their children; Details of campaigns by the residents over the years to stop the proliferation of supersonic transport; Claims that the noise from SST caused health problems and damage to property; Comments by some admirers of the Concorde.

Profiles artist Romare Bearden and his work creating collages that represented the lives of African Americans. His involvement in the civil rights movement and the Harlem Renaissance; Consideration of a display of Bearden's work at the National Gallery of Art in New York City; Retrospective of his art and creative techniques; His impact on American art and modernism; How Bearden studied at the Art Students League in New York.

Presents updates on community and social events in New York City, New York as of July 15, 2001.

Focuses on the support group, Sakhi, which means 'female friend' in Hindi. How the group based in New York City is run by women to help women from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Indians in the Caribbean; Leadership of the group by South-Asian Americans who want to confront social issues that are often taboo in their homes and neighborhoods; Goal of teaching women to use their United States rights; Services offered to women; How the movement confronts abuse in immigrant families.

Deals with the permit granted by New York City for a youth rally. Background on the rallies previously denounced by the city officials; Details on the rally organized by Khallid Abdul Muhammad, the former Nation of Islam spokesman.

States that a Federal appeals court rejected New York City's legal challenge to a Harlem youth rally and ordered the Police Department not to oversee the event with `undue rigidity.' The judges ordering the organizers of the event, called the Million Youth March, to make reasonable efforts to end the event promptly and peacefully at the designated time; The group to be granted a rally permit under similar terms as the 1998 event, which ended in a riot; Reaction of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani to the ruling.

Reports that the New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir defended his decision to hold a ceremony to lavish praise on Senator Alfonse D'Amato the day before Election Day on November 3, 1998. Criticisms against the rally and Safir; How Safir defended his appearance at the rally.