Writing

Some of my best

Transit:

- Brooklyn station the latest MTA station to get Italian mosaic treatment

- Cheeky conductors increasingly becoming a thing of the past with digital trains

- Flush with filth: Many subway station bathrooms dirty, or locked up

- Own a piece of the MTA: Agency sells parts and recycles many of its assets

- Swipemare: Teen mugged after refusing to buy illegal ride at station that recently lost agent

- 'They saved my life': Rider who was attacked in subway station protests layoffs

- Unearthing colonial New York: South Ferry project yields 65K artifacts

- Seeds of current subway map date back decades

- NYC subway token still in heavy rotation

- Advocates: Cops cracking down on subway musicians

- As more women speak out about subway harassment, officials call on police to track crimes

 

 

Mortgage mess:

- Rug pulled out from under them;
Couple lose home after foreclosure rescue offer turns into nightmare

- FORECLOSED;
Mortgage scam turns 40-year dream into a nightmare for Paterson family

- Worked over;
Shoddy repairs, financing deals raise concern;
Naive, hard-pressed suffer the most

 

Policing and crime:

- Old guns and ammo remain threat;
Authorities step up efforts to track them

- DOGS OF WAR;
Fights fueled by machismo, money, mayhem

- Life on the outside;
For recovering addict on parole, staying straight is a daunting task

- Standoff defused with art of poise;
Police negotiators rely on calm words

- City cop to fight extended suspension;
Appeal backfired; cited for viewing porn on duty

- Cop's know-how helped stop shipment of speed

 

Lifestyles and culture:

- Leap of faith;
Black preacher at home inside mostly white congregation in Clifton

- A new Torah;
Passaic children, families celebrate

- Headscarf ban wears on Turks;
If their native land ends order, locals may return