Latino
A Break for a Break
Alyssa Katz |
Developers getting a break from Jersey City have to put up more than buildings: their contracts now require them to cough up cash for an affordable housing fund.
Manhattan
ENVIRONMENTAL BUILD-UP
Alyssa Katz |
In the interest of redeveloping lower Manhattan quickly, members of a downtown civic group are calling for streamlining the state’s environmental review process, but some advocates fear that could compromise air and water quality and the nearby physical infrastructure.
Neighborhoods
INS AND OUTS
Alyssa Katz |
A longtime environmental justice advocate is moving on, and federal Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary Mel Martinez names a chief of staff.
Michael Bloomberg
Losing Home Run
Alyssa Katz |
Most families who seek emergency shelter aren’t classified as homeless. But what else do you call it when you can’t find a place to live?
Justice
PARENTAL REPRESENTATION ADVISED
Alyssa Katz |
An ongoing federal lawsuit filed to end the city’s practice of automatically removing kids from mothers who report abuse from their partners is expected to do more than that: A judge is calling for more competent, higher-paid lawyers for those parents.
Citywide
Making Change: Unfinished Business
Alyssa Katz |
September 11 starkly revealed that New York City can’t function without nonprofits. It also showed how tenuous their finances are. Who will come to the rescue?
Government
Back to the Old Neighborhood
Alyssa Katz |
To celebrate our silver anniversary, the City Limits staff compiled some up-to-date snapshots of the fighters, movements and communities that have moved the city forward over the last 25 years, from housing court brides to East Village rooftop windmills.
September 11th (9/11)
NON-LOANS FOR NONPROFITS
Alyssa Katz |
The Small Business Administration is giving nonprofits the cold shoulder for September 11th relief.
Bronx
DOWNTOWN BUT NOT OUT ON THE STREET: GROUPS OFFER HOUSEHOLD HELP
Alyssa Katz |
Using a mix of federal, state and local programs, the massive effort to find emergency housing for displaced lower Manhattan residents has begun.
Manhattan
STATE THINKS BIG ABOUT HOUSING
Alyssa Katz |
By changing the way it funds housing for the homeless, the Pataki administration may soon favor bigger developments built by bigger developers, a switch some longtime service providers fear could push them out of the mix.
