SEEDCO SUCCESSION

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Diane Baillargeon will take over as president of Seedco, the $28 million community development group founded 17 years ago.

HATE CRIME VIGIL

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Queens activists are staging a candlelight vigil and rally tonight in response to a recent hate crime attack on a Sikh couple.

BLACKOUT RELIEF

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Food Stamp recipients who lost food during last week’s blackout have ten days to apply for emergency assistance to replace it.

GIVE AND TAKE

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An estimated 40,000 former food aid recipients may settle a suit against state and fed agencies that seized thier tax returns to cover food stamp overpayments.

PENSION TENSION

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The city’s pension costs will account for more than 12 percent of spending by 2007, the IBO says.

Bronx

BATHS CLEAN-UP

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The 100-year-old publicly owned baths on 59th street are set for a $25 to $30 million renovation.

Welfare

LOSING TRACK

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GAO says the majority of the 47 states that are working to set up child welfare case tracking systems are having problems.

FAXES BLASTED

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An new FCC rule would bar all companies, including nonprofits, from sending unsolicited fax advertisements.

SECTION 8 ADD-ON

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The House narrowly passed an amendment to its bill funding Section 8 vouchers next year that added $150 million.

Economy

THE MONEY TRAIL

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Two years ago the feds promised the city $21 billion in recovery aid. What happened to all that money? Here’s the IBO’s breakdown.