Way before the brownstones and banks moved in, this neighborhood was an open, ‘barren’ land marked with vegetable gardens, occasional shanties, and huge rock outgrowths. Morningside Heights – currently a separate neighborhood – was once part of the Upper West Side and was a famous rural fa...
“Everyone is in this situation and it's a hard one and they need to take a deep breath and figure out where they stand,” said Judith Goldiner, an attorney with the Legal Aid Society. “The first thing I would tell people is to make sure they have food to eat and the things they...