Reporters and Stories

Andrew Keshner & Scott Sell
New Yorkers pinch pennies for home repair

Charanna Alexander & Bartram Nason
After layoff, finding a new start at home

Nathasha Lennard & Katerina Valdivieso
Foreclosure crisis creates demand for legal aid

Lim Wui Liang & Caroline Shin
Recession yields housing for the homeless

Alex Berg & Connor Boals
NYC’s invaders boost bug business

Cindy Rodriguez & Todd Stone
No pets allowed

Denise D. Blostein & Jessica Scott
Recession triggers increase in illegal conversions

Meredith Kennedy & Sarah Portlock
In a recession, there’s no place like home

Editors

Duy Linh Tu, Julie Hartenstein, Ernest Sotomayor and Michele Hoos

Reporters and Stories

Andy Lampard & Charles Mostoller
High-flying glass maker grapples with crash

Alex Hotz & Carmen Williams
Garment District embroiderer dangles by thread

Vadim Lavrusik & Daniel Johnson-Kim
Pharmacist feels pinch pushing pills

Rebecca Huval & Chine Labbe
Luxury Manhattan plasterer learns to scrape by

Noha El-Hennawy & Paula Neudorf
Guitar shop hopes new spot can beat slump

Alyson Martin & Marlow Stern
Hectic hustling keeps restaurateur alive

Natalie Erlich & Sascha Krader
Survival of the fittest: Dog-care pro shifts course

Diego Aparicio & Weilun Soon
Midtown pedicab boss rides on leaky tires

Editors

Sig Gissler, Kenan Davis and Michele Hoos

Reporters and Stories

Chris Geier & Lauren M. Sausser
Bay Ridge theater fights recession with song and dance

Nikolia Apostolou & Ryan Tracy
'Art Stimulus Plan' offers alternative to chelsea scene

Amy Brittain & Mahawish Rezvi
Dancing through the recession

Radhika Marya & Wadzanai Mhute
Art for barter

Ishita Singh & Sierra Brown
'New Money' makes money in recession

Winnie Andrews & Evan Wexler
Money related plays: A recession strategy for theaters

Rob Anderson & Mara Zepeda
The music lesson

Hamid Razik & Radhika Gupta
Recasting construction sites as public art

Editors

Duy Linh Tu, Helen Benedict and Meredith Melnick

Reporters and Stories

Cécile Dehesdin & Shane Snow
The unemployment score - Xbox: 1, job hunt: 0

Ashley Foxx & Caroline Rothstein
Single mom loses job; gains second shot at career

Taylor Kate Brown & Omar Kasrawi
Holding out for the right job

Diya Chacko & John Eischeid
A rock and a hard place: costs of breaking the law

Nathaniel Adams, Nykia Spradley & Ben Watanabe
As one curtain closes, another opens

Shefali Kulkarni & Sarah Wali
The least of her worries

Bessie King & Shiori Okazaki
The solitary search for jobs

Editors

Russell Chun, Tom Edsall and Alan Haburchak