Sheldon Silver
MATTINGLY’S FIRST PITCH
Alyssa Katz |
John Mattingly, the newly appointed commissioner of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services, faces unprecedented budget cuts.
City Lit: The Grassroots Apocalypse
Alyssa Katz |
Dark Age Ahead, by Jane Jacobs. Random House, $23.95.
Justice
CHILD WELFARE WATCHDOG GETS PUT TO SLEEP
Alyssa Katz |
Families at odds with the city’s Administration for Children’s Services have one less place to turn as the Public Advocate’s office ends C-PLAN.
Lower East Side
Help Wanted
Alyssa Katz |
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation was given $2.7 billion in federal funds to help New York recover from 9/11. Two years later, it’s failing to relieve the city’s second disaster: unrelenting unemployment
Staten Island
Off the Waterfront
Alyssa Katz |
Soon after investing millions in upgrading Red Hook’s port, the city contemplates shutting down a successful shipping operation.
