COMING SOON–ROUND TWO
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The battle over if and how to extend federal emergency unemployment benefits is about to re-engage.
BREAKING A TAX BREAK
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The White House says its corporate dividend tax cut won’t hurt the housing tax credit program–Ernst & Young disagrees.
Bronx
ROGUE DUMPS
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The comptroller says the city has “actively ignored” state laws at composts in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Manhattan
JOBS FIRST
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A coalition of labor organizations says the city needs a $1.1 billion public works job program.
NEW MARKET CASH
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The Treasury Department released this year’s New Market Tax Credits, 17 of which will invest in New York.
Anthony Weiner
MORE IS LESS
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Parents at high performing–and increasingly crowded–schools are worried about new transfer rules.
TANF, MEET HANF
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The White House took its effort to turn Section 8 into a block grant program to the Hill this week.
City Hall
SAVE THE PARTY
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Black and Latino pols join the Working Families Party in telling the mayor to dump his nonpartisan elections proposal.
Community Service Society of New York
ON YOUR OWN
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With Medcaid a newly hot topic, a slew of reports examining New York’s health coverage turned up this week.
DAY IN COURT
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Day care workers want $276 million in federal funds they say the city diverted into other agencies restored.
