The destruction of deteriorating buildings to make room for public housing often created problems in adjacent neighborhoods.

He also suggested creating franchises for new taxi services in neighborhoods not served by yellow cabs or public transportation.

Jobs have followed people to the suburbs, and that makes it even more difficult to create an employment base in poor inner-city neighborhoods.

One thing he has going for him is a celebrity status that creates interest in him even in Democratic neighborhoods.

It'll take 10, 15 years to create Soho-type tourist traps in impoverished neighborhoods, if at all.

"The purpose of the auction is to create economic development in neighborhoods, to create housing," Ms. Roche said.

His plan would create new "community courts" in neighborhoods across the city to handle minor crimes.

The facilities he did create in black neighborhoods remained segregated and received inferior funding compared to civic projects in white neighborhoods.

The law is defended by those who fear that music may create excessive noise in residential neighborhoods.

This creates a job shortage in segregated neighborhoods and perpetuates the economic inequality in the inner city.