From New York Bureau Chief Laurence Barrett:
On frigid Fulton Street, the dilapidated main drag of Brooklyn's black Bedford-Stuyvesant ghetto, idle young men were warming their hands at trash-barrel fires and talking about their future. Life is bleak even in the best of times for people on Fulton Street, where hustling and mugging are commonplace. It has been even worse lately because of New York City's empty coffers and the continued loss of factory jobs to other parts of the country. Nonetheless, Jimmy Carter's election has brought a measure of wary optimism. Explained Community Worker Eduardo Standard: "They expect him to pay...
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