Bronx
MAYORAL HOPEFULS: IT'S THE HOUSING CRISIS, STUPID!
Kathleen McGowan |
The first event to bring together all the 2001 mayoral hopefuls was devoted to promises of a new and brighter day for low-cost housing in New York City.
Jews and Judaism
PRIMARY SUSPECTS
Kathleen McGowan |
So we’re presenting a handful of Democratic state primary battles that you might not have heard so much about. In most of these races, there aren’t a lot of policy or platform differences between incumbent and challenger. But in districts where Democrats call the shots and the general election is merely a formality, the outcomes of these primaries could mean a lot for New York’s poorer neighborhoods.
Bronx
LAWSUIT: TENANTS CUT OUT OF THIRD-PARTY TAKEOVER DEAL
Kathleen McGowan |
Negligent landlords are in the city’s crosshairs for code violations, but some tenants say that the program doesn’t give them a chance to take over their buildings themselves.
Justice
TENANTS WILL STAY AT THE YMCA
Kathleen McGowan |
In a complex real estate deal, the YMCA unloads its white elephant on 23rd St. and achieves a New York miracle–nobody’s complaining.
THE FIRE NEXT TIME
Kathleen McGowan |
A fire in Bed-Stuy that killed a 13-year-old girl was the direct result of a housing department policy to ignore grievous violations if the inspector can’t look around.
Bronx
PHIL-ED WITH HOT AIR
Kathleen McGowan |
Phil Gramm says advocates use the Community Reivestment Act to shake down banks. The statistics say otherwise.
Manhattan
SLOPPY FRAUD NIXES REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY BID
Kathleen McGowan |
Republican Leonard Wertheim’s bid for state Assembly ends when a particularly egregious case of forgery is linked to the Board of Elections.
Hunger
FOOD RIGHTS NOW
Kathleen McGowan |
Applicants and a new report by the federal government agree: New York City’s welfare offices go too far in denying poor people the chance to apply for food stamps.
