BUDGET FOIBLES
K. Wright |
HUD wants Public Housing Authorities to ignore “rumor and misinformation” about the 2003 budget.
HUD'S SHRINKING BUDGET
K. Wright |
Senate negotiators agree on new 2003 budget numbers–and HUD’s just keep getting smaller.
Michael Bloomberg
SCUTTLING BASIC ED
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Read the mayor’s letter asking Governor Pataki to veto a bill that would have let more welfare clients into ESL and GED classes.
Michael Bloomberg
TAXES BAD, UNITY GOOD
K. Wright |
What the governor had to say about job-killing taxes and savings without layoffs–and what he didn’t say about the city.
HIDDEN COST
K. Wright |
A proposed SUNY tuition hike, the first since 1995, comes after a 128 percent increase in student fees.
Women
VOLUNTEER NATION
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A first-ever Bureau of Labor Statistics study answers the who, what, when and where of volunteerism.
BUDGET FLAT LINING
K. Wright |
Congress plans to honor Bush’s request that domestic program spending remain stagnant for this year and next.
Bronx
BEE-LINE BLUES
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It’s either raise fares or cut services for Westchester’s Bee-Line bus, which links city workers with suburban jobs.
Manhattan
BARGAIN OR BUST?
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Does a tax break that costs the city $130 million a year buy its weight in new and affordable housing? The IBO’s not so sure it does.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Growing numbers of immigrants speak fluent English, but don’t use it at home.
