Marshal Greenberg, an elevator operator at the former Deutsche Bank building, routinely reported unsafe conditions. For his efforts, he says, he was threatened and abused, and now he cannot find work.

Wendell Jamieson is answering questions from readers.

This week, Colonel John R. Boule II responds to readers’ questions about U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in the area.

Charter schools, a third-term priority of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, are squeezing the city’s public schools for space, and more are on their way.

In the second holiday shopping season of the current recession, the signs of economic distress were evident in the SoHo district of Manhattan.

Hal Turner of New Jersey, who is about to stand trial, was paid to write about neo-Nazis, The Record of Bergen County reported.

Leslie Jackson’s injuries left her in financial peril. While she waits for her luck to turn, the Neediest Cases Fund has helped keep her afloat.

Suzanne Tecza had spent a year redesigning the library at Middle School 126 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, including colorful new furniture and elaborate murals of leafy trees. So when her principal decided this year to give the space to the charter high schools that share the building, Ms. Tecza was furious.

The new Council is expected to be more unpredictable, given the prospect of new, loosely fitting blocs like the Republicans.

Edelmiro Gonzales, who killed one of his sons and wounded another and his wife, had been separated from her for three years, according to family members.