Manhattan
ALL IN THE FAMILY: BKLYN CANDIDATE PAID KIN KINDLY
Geoffrey Gray |
City council candidate Abraham Wasserman use public financing for his ill-fated campaign–and paid out thousands to his own wife and kids.
Justice
FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE
Julia Taylor |
A new Children’s Aid program gives former foster kids a legal lift.
HASA’S CONTEMPT
K. Wright |
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.
Michael Bloomberg
SIZE MATTERS
K. Wright |
Advocates aren’t ready to drop the issue of getting a charter commission on class size, and have turned to lobbying the City Council.
Government
SUIT STOPPER
K. Wright |
Senator Charles Schumer is fighting an eleventh-hour battle to filibuster a massive energy bill that will undercut environmental lawsuits.
RULES, BUT NO MONEY
K. Wright |
Nine out of ten principals and superintendents in a national poll called the federal No Child Left Behind an “unfunded mandate.”
Bronx
BANKING DISTRICTS
K. Wright |
The city will use a collective $100 million in deposits to banks around town to spur economic activity.
ELECTRIC CARS
K. Wright |
The city added 352 nearly zero emission, electric cars to its fleet yesterday.
