As deadline looms, hundreds of stimulus projects still incomplete

New York road and rail construction grinds on, as federal overseers shift focus to Sandy relief ⧸ Full Story

Parks honcho to performers: We won’t enforce new restrictions

A city rule goes into effect today instructing buskers to stay out of popular parks, but official says they can keep playing with impunity ⧸ Full Story

EPA announces funds to fix water treatment for future storms

Pledge of $569 million follows report that 11 billion gallons of sewage flowed following Sandy ⧸ Full Story

Fight for Sandy shelter unfolds in court

Bloomberg administration makes its case to end hotel stays for storm refugees ⧸ Full Story

Safety from storm surges, on a budget

While politicians talk multibillion-dollar sea walls, Staten Islanders consider low-cost ways to protect New Yorkers from the next Sandy ⧸ Full Story

Occupy Water Street

City Planning Commission considers opening lower Manhattan plazas to music, food and more in a bid to boost Sandy recovery ⧸ Full Story

The price of Flushing Meadows Corona Park

A proposed expansion of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center divides Queens — and could pave the way for similar deals to trade park land for cash ⧸ Full Story

VIDEO: Parks performers brace for city crackdown

Enjoy the show while you can ⧸ Full Story

Will I be able to get federal Sandy aid money?

A lot depends on your financial situation, whether you reside in a house or an apartment building, and where you live. ⧸ Full Story

It’s official: Free-range parks performers face fines

Buskers, jugglers, dancers, rappers and others who play for pay must stay confined to approved areas ⧸ Full Story

Rebuilding from the ground up

Community and labor groups come together to press plan for post-Sandy federal spending ⧸ Full Story

VIDEO: State seeks federal aid for Sandy victims left short by insurance

Request to federal government comes as part of proposal for spending $1.7 billion on storm recovery ⧸ Full Story

Preservationists pressure Quinn to broker downtown landmarking deal

With City Council set to vote on development west of Soho, neighbors call on Speaker to secure historic-district protection ⧸ Full Story

Sandy stirs up trouble for city drinking water

Sediment in the water supply could ultimately force city to build costly filtration plant ⧸ Full Story

Left high and dry by insurers, homeowners reluctantly borrow Sandy rebuilding funds

Small Business Administration loans bail out shore residents surprised to learn policies paid far less than needed ⧸ Full Story

Who’s the boss? Council and Housing Authority debate crisis responsibility

NYCHA chairman echoes hearing's big question: How will public housing residents get food, water and aid during and after disasters? ⧸ Full Story

The storm over snow

A brief history of New York City's winter-weather wars, as told by the Department of Sanitation's anthropologist-in-residence ⧸ Full Story

What Hizzoner left behind

Five legacies you might not know Mayor Ed Koch left New York City ⧸ Full Story

What cost Gowanus Canal cleanup?

The EPA has asked the city to build a $78 million solution to sewage pollution, but the public price tag for the Superfund site could be far higher ⧸ Full Story

Lack of Authority

The city's public housing agency knew where its disabled and elderly residents lived when superstorm Sandy struck. That doesn't mean it was able to aid them afterward. But who should have? ⧸ Full Story