HOCHMAN'S BOTCH
Kemba Johnson |
The deciding vote to raise SRO rents was made in error, but it still counts.
Homelessness
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Kemba Johnson |
Que? A new study shows that most Spanish-speaking applicants for welfare had trouble communicating with their caseworkers, and a lawsuit follows.
Corner Stories
Kemba Johnson |
For vendors, Flatbush Avenue is a business school of the streets, where dwindling customers, vigilant cops and cutthroat competition are all in a day’s work.
LEADING SUGGESTIONS
Kemba Johnson |
Put together a court deadline and some new discussions in front of City Council Speaker Peter Vallone–and you still don’t have much hope for a new lead paint bill from the Council anytime soon.
BILL FOR LONG ISLAND ICED TENANTS: $27,000 EACH
Kemba Johnson |
Suburban nonprofit buys Harlem SRO to convert to affordable housing. Contractors toss out secret tenants. Cost: $81,000 to avoid a lawsuit.
Permission Slip
Kemba Johnson |
After years of watching the state environmental agency say yes to industrial polluters looking to put plants in their neighborhoods, New York’s minority residents are finally getting a forum where they can say no.
Bronx
ONE IMMIGRANT, NINE VOTES
Kemba Johnson |
Thanks to a decision by the city Commissioners of Elections, school board voting across the city will return to proportional representation.
Lost For All Time
Kemba Johnson |
City officials missing in action, or at least the municipal directory.
Marisol’s Main Man
Kemba Johnson |
The head of the Administration for Children’s Services oversight panel makes his debut.
Bronx
ACORN Branches Out
Kemba Johnson |
For ACORN, protesting for the housing and economic rights of communities is easy. Providing social services–and getting paid big bucks to do it–has been a new challenge.
