VOTING DATA

The Campaign Finance Board launched its voter guide website, with bios and policy statements from the candidates and info on each ballot proposal.

LOANS DENIED

Blacks were more than twice as likely to be denied a mortgage loan than white homebuyers in 2002, according to an annual study.

VENDING LAWS

Vendors and administration officials alike say licensing regs make it nearly impossible for vendors to operate legally.

IDLE TIME

Nearly a third of the buses monitored in a City Council investigation were left idling longer than law allows.

BOND EQUITY

Only 23 percent of the state’s environmental clean-up fund has gone to New York City projects.

FINDING NEW MONEY

The New York City-based Starr Foundation is putting up $6 million over the next two years for grants to local hunger relief agencies.