Bronx

BANKING DISTRICTS

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The city will use a collective $100 million in deposits to banks around town to spur economic activity.

RULES, BUT NO MONEY

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Nine out of ten principals and superintendents in a national poll called the federal No Child Left Behind an “unfunded mandate.”

Government

SUIT STOPPER

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Senator Charles Schumer is fighting an eleventh-hour battle to filibuster a massive energy bill that will undercut environmental lawsuits.

Michael Bloomberg

SIZE MATTERS

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Advocates aren’t ready to drop the issue of getting a charter commission on class size, and have turned to lobbying the City Council.

HASA’S CONTEMPT

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The HIV/AIDS Services Administration may be held in contempt of federal court for failure to respond to emergency assistance and food stamp requests fast enough.

INSIDE REGISTRATION

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A new survey of a slice of the nearly 100,000 men and boys who the Bush administration has put through its “special registration.”

Bronx

SPECIAL MASTERS REPORT

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The court-appointed panel overseeing the city’s services for homeless families published its first report, calling for more prevention.

OPENING THE MAIL

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A group of Democratic legislators are urging the postal service not to open its discounted mailing rates to for-profit companies conducting direct mail campaigns on behalf of nonprofits.

BANNING QUEERS

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The New York Department of State is refusing to allow a would-be nonprofit to use the word “queer” in its name.