James E. Johnson reported that county officials failed to specify timetables or processes to build 750 homes and to aggressively market them to nonwhites.

A neighborhood once synonymous with black urban America is undergoing profound shifts.

As housing has increased and barriers to integration have fallen, Harlem’s population has grown, but its black population is smaller than at any time since the 1920s.

An East Harlem butcher has developed a residential and retail complex that has become a neighborhood asset.

A plan to transform the West Side yards into a high-rise residential and business district received crucial approval from City Council committees.

The four-building science center, estimated to cost at least $1 billion, was scheduled to be finished in 2011, but is now on hold because of financial problems.

The four-building science center, estimated to cost at least $1 billion, was scheduled to be finished in 2011, but is now on hold because of financial problems.

A state appeals court ridiculed New York’s decision that the area wanted by the university was blighted.

A state appeals court ridiculed New York’s decision that the area wanted by the university was blighted.

Using terms including “idiocy” and “sophistry,” the court ridiculed the state’s decision that the area wanted by the university was blighted.