Manhattan
Comptroller Sends $195M CUNY Deal Back for Work
Alyssa Katz |
CUNY thought it had a sweet deal: an exclusive city contract to distribute federal jobs dollars to training schools. But first it’s going to have to pay the bills on time.
Manhattan
Out of Lines
Jamie Katz |
Residents and merchants in Chinatown are waging a campaign to get more political power–by abandoning Soho to share a City Council district with the Lower East Side.
Michael Bloomberg
BLOOMBERG SPEAKS
K. Wright |
Mayor Bloomberg’s first major housing speech unveiled a development plan of a scale not seen since the Koch.
Economy
A WIRELESS CITY
K. Wright |
Speaker Miller wants to connect low-income neighborhoods to wireless library and school networks.
Manhattan
BLOOMBERG'S DOWTOWN DREAMS
K. Wright |
The mayor wants $10.6 billion in renovations focusing on transportation, public space and new housing.
MORE MONEY, SAME KIDS
K. Wright |
Childcare spending is up 21 percent, but the number of kids enrolled has increased only by 8 percent.
Neighborhoods
UNEVEN INFANT DEATHS
K. Wright |
The African American infant mortality rate is twice that of whites in New York City.
