SUSPENDED SENTENCE
Kemba Johnson |
AIDS-related deaths in New York State prisons are down, thanks to some changes in health care policies.
Justice
NO COHEN JOB
Kemba Johnson |
Steady bureaucrat Steven Cohen is put in charge of the panel that will determine the effectiveness of the city’s child welfare system.
Welfare
READ IT AND WEP
Kemba Johnson |
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.
AGENCY MIND MELD
Kemba Johnson |
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.
Latino
The Teacher
Kemba Johnson |
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.
Ward Healer
Kemba Johnson |
Woodhull hospital is doing some housecleaning, and City Limits got the bill.
HOUSE OF BLUES
Kemba Johnson |
Residents of Corona feel slighted by how Queens College has treated Louis Armstrong’s house, a local landmark.
Sweep for Your Supper
Kemba Johnson |
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
Kemba Johnson |
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.
WOODHULL PSYCH WARD GETS FACELIFT, CITY LIMITS GETS BILL
Kemba Johnson |
Did City Limits’ expose of the rotten conditions of Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center’s psychiatric unit prompt the now-planned renovations? The city isn’t saying–but it did sent us the bill for our reporter’s stay.
