Since 1991, the Clean Halls program has allowed the New York City Police Department to arrest apartment dwellers with little or no cause. Why is the city being so secretive -- and why are residents only now fighting back? Read the article.

Jaunts in East New York and the Bronx.

Kat Keene Hogue pulled me in to help with a fast-paced 4.5-minute digital recap of Occupy Wall Street.

South Brooklyn, Chinatown, North Jersey and Midtown.

Cindy G., a New York City drug user, spent decades sharing needles with others, sharpening dull ones on emery boards and taking them from diabetic friends. Is it ethical to deny her access to clean syringes? Read the article.

Across the country, condoms are used by police and courts as evidence of prostitution. This policy has had a dangerous chilling effect, causing many sex workers to stop carrying or using condoms. A New York bill would change that, barring the use of condoms as evidence of prostitution in criminal cases. I am often confused and fascinated by the contradictions in our public health and criminal justice policies, and I was glad I could write this for The Atlantic. Read the article.