Michael Bloomberg
TAX AND SAVE
K. Wright |
A coalition of budget watchdogs and service groups says if the city cuts waste and closes corporate tax loopholes it’ll avoid service cuts.
Michael Bloomberg
SECOND OPINIONS
K. Wright |
Both the state and city comptrollers are calling Mayor Bloomberg’s preliminary budget overly optimistic.
Justice
TRANSGENDER BIAS
K. Wright |
Another transgender woman has filed bias charges against a city-funded housing services provider.
Health and Environment
TRANSLATING CARE
K. Wright |
Two Brooklyn hospitals have agreed to provide beefed up langauge services following an attorney general’s office investigation.
Community Service Society of New York
WHOSE RECESSION?
K. Wright |
The economy is tanking citywide, but it’s a deeper fall for some than others.
HEALTHY PRISONS
K. Wright |
Three new Assembly bills want prison clincis under DOH control, and STD prevention made universal.
Latino
STUDYING THE STUDY
K. Wright |
Advocates and schools officials are challenging a study that prompted the White House to cut funding for a popular afterschool program.
Michael Bloomberg
THE FINE PRINT
K. Wright |
A new IBO report breaks down the details of Mayor Bloomberg’s housing plan.
Economy
MEMBER ROLLS
K. Wright |
New York’s union workers are shrinking, but the state’s workforce is still the nation’s most unionized.
Homelessness
CLEANING QUEENS
K. Wright |
Mayor Bloomberg says the first step in making Long Island City a business district is cleaning it up.
