SUSPENDED SENTENCE

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AIDS-related deaths in New York State prisons are down, thanks to some changes in health care policies.

Welfare

READ IT AND WEP

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A new study shows that the city’s workfare program might be taking union jobs, but it sure isn’t helping participants find a real job.

Justice

NO COHEN JOB

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Steady bureaucrat Steven Cohen is put in charge of the panel that will determine the effectiveness of the city’s child welfare system.

AGENCY MIND MELD

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Critics have been leery of a plan to merge the city’s health and mental-health departments, but a leaked memo allays some of their fears.

Ward Healer

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Woodhull hospital is doing some housecleaning, and City Limits got the bill.

Latino

The Teacher

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He’s a karate instructor, founder of a local newspaper and a neighborhood organizer. If Joe Lopez can’t solve your problem, he’ll adopt a profession that can.

HOUSE OF BLUES

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Residents of Corona feel slighted by how Queens College has treated Louis Armstrong’s house, a local landmark.

Sweep for Your Supper

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Homeless shelter residents are being asked to work in their lodgings, some earning 63 cents an hour at janitorial jobs that prevent them from finding real work–or independence.

Recycling

Steam-Cleaned Suit

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When Browning Ferris Industries closed its South Bronx medical waste incinerator in June 1997, locals celebrated their victory. But the party may have been premature.