Governor Pataki vowed to put New York on the green energy map last week, announcing plans to require utility companies to pull one quarter of the energy they provide from renewable resources.
As small businesses and street vendors try to compete with the big guns in Harlem, the Bloomberg administration considers including local merchants in a new commercial development on 125th Street–and community residents plan to hold the mayor to it.
The city’s pension funds last week pressured a handful of Fortune 500 companies to enforce policies forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation–or face losing their investments.
A growing number of tax filers are claiming their EITC through high-cost “rapid refund” services.
HUD’s new “lending accountability” rule holds lenders responsible for the appraisals they submit.
New York ADAP clients will receive letters this week informing them of new cost cutting initiatives.
President Bush has declared his newly hardened stance on welfare reauthorization.
HUD wants Public Housing Authorities to ignore “rumor and misinformation” about the 2003 budget.
The feds are rooting out fraud in the e-rate program–starting with New York City.
Upper East Side Senator Liz Krueger will head the Democrats’ campaign committee.
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