Bronx
A Nurturing Network Grows In Bushwick
Nekoro Gomes |
Amid a citywide plan to support a new model for child welfare, a foster parent serves as a recruiter and role model in her neighborhood.
ARTS and CULTURE
Remodeling Child Welfare By Answering This 'Request'
Jessica Glazer |
Agencies providing foster care and preventive services are working to secure new contracts that write recent innovations into the record.
Citywide
Second In Command: A Lawyer's Argument
Jarrett Murphy |
In the final installment of our series on the race for public advocate, a look at civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel’s third run for the city’s number-two post.
Citywide
Counterproductive Cuts: Budget Takes Us Backward
Nancy Wackstein |
Human services nonprofits and their clients — already a vulnerable group — have already absorbed more than enough budget austerity.
Citywide
After 'Rock' Reform: System Still Needs Help
Demetria Irwin |
The state’s drug laws are improved — but prisons still have ‘a huge feeder system called the criminal justice system in the state of New York,’ says John Jay Prof. Todd Clear in this Q&A.
Bronx
For Youth Leaving Care, A Way To Stay Connected
Jessica Glazer |
‘Aging out’ of foster care can be perilous for young adults. A program created just for them provides a partner on the path to independence.
Bronx
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Nekoro Gomes |
Is the Obama administration causing a New York brain drain?…a fresh face at the New York Urban League…MAS is now headed by a “starchitect”…and more.
Government
Fierce-ly Seeking Safe Harbor On the Waterfront
Nekoro Gomes |
Should financing flow again for the redevelopment of Pier 40, gay youth are speaking up for their goals to be included in the planning.
Brooklyn
A Barbershop Is A Beacon For Those Leaving Prison
Nekoro Gomes |
Barber, businessman and ex-offender Al Gleaton-Mathieu tries to keep his neighbors out of prison, and smooth the way for those coming home.
Bronx
Ounces of Prevention Vie With Pounds of Core
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Preventive programs are falling by the wayside as the city budget is cut ever closer to only mandated services.
