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MAYOR GIULIANI TO JUDGE: ORDER OUT OF COURT

Alyssa Katz | May 31, 1999

What caused the mayor to dismiss a fiery judge from the Bronx family court: two controversial incidents or her criticism of city policies?

TURNING THINGS AROUND

Alyssa Katz | May 10, 1999

Welfare chief Jason Turner arrived at last week’s City Council hearing armed with some startling statistics. Maybe not for the reasons he intended, however.

Anti-Eviction Grants Axed

Alyssa Katz | May 1, 1999

In this year’s budget, the city is trying to simultaneously kill off two programs that help welfare recipients on the verge of eviction.

TOOTSIE ROLL TRASH CHARMS CITY GARBAGE BIGS

Alyssa Katz | April 5, 1999

Closing Fresh Kills means finding some other way to handle the city’s tons and tons of garbage. The latest proposal, wrapping the trash in plastic, might be the secret to avoiding unbeatable community opposition.

Second Helping

Alyssa Katz | April 1, 1999

Food pantries and soup kitchens have been struggling to serve the growing number of welfare reform casualties. Now this largely volunteer system is picking up social services where government left off–and considering a strategic retreat.

Bronx

DOUBLE-TROUBLE BUDGET FOR LEGAL HELP GROUPS

Alyssa Katz | March 8, 1999

The Giuliani administration has proposed closing two anti-eviction programs, one of which brings in $6 million in federal and state funds.

Welfare

PROCESSED DIP

Alyssa Katz | March 1, 1999

Fewer women in New York are using WIC coupons, and advocates have a list of reasons for the decline.

Staten Island

Impaired Judgment

Alyssa Katz | February 1, 1999

The city’s child welfare agency is funneling borderline cases into an already overwhelmed Family Court system. The result is more kids are in foster care-and they’re staying in limbo longer.

Look Homeward

Alyssa Katz | May 1, 1998

At 13, Jonathan was violently unpredictable, regularly using angel dust and impossible for his mother or teachers to control. Now, after a three-year journey through mental health and drug treatment centers, he wants out of the system. Luckily, his latest residence, the Return to Home program, gives troubled teenagers the support they need to move back to their neighborhoods.