Six months after its new landlord put CHARAS out on the street, the East Village community center has its sights on another property… but so does the Housing Authority.
Another chapter in the history of racial discrimination in Wiliamsburg’s public housing developments opens as the city agrees to offer black and Hispanic applicants a better shot at apartments.
A transgender foster child has taken the city to court, again, in the hopes that she and teens like her one day will be allowed to dress as they like no matter what group home they live in.
The mayor and City Council start to straighten out the city’s Byzantine contract requirements.
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