Recycling
SAVING WASTE
K. Wright |
Comptroller says the city would actually save money if it started recycling plastic and glass again.
City Hall
DATA ADVOCACY
K. Wright |
The Citizen’s Committee for Children of New York has released an update of its tome of child well being data.
Gifford Miller
ED BILL ROLLS
K. Wright |
The Council passed a bill broadening education options for people on welfare, setting up another veto fight.
Welfare
WAIVER MANIA
K. Wright |
This week the House will likely pass its welfare reform reauthorization bill, featuring new work regs and a “superwaiver.”
TAKING STOCK
K. Wright |
HPD’s annual housing and vacancy study puts rental vacancy rates way below the mark needed to end rent control.
PREDATORY LEGISLATING
K. Wright |
Ohio Rep. Bob Ney wants a federal anti-predatory lending law–one that both preempts and weakens those New York’s already got.
Welfare
WORK IS GOOD
K. Wright |
As the House passed its TANF reauthorization bill, HHS released new data it says proves the sucess of welfare-to-work.
EMPTY PROMISES?
K. Wright |
New York’s Medicaid system may promise better care for kids with severe mental disorders than it actually delivers.
Homelessness
THE LONG WAY HOME
K. Wright |
A new study explains the catch-22 kids whose families become homeless during the school year face.
TAX CODE TINKERING
K. Wright |
The Senate began this week reworking tax laws that encourage charity and regulate the groups seeking it.
