Brooklyn
Benefits Will Increase For Some Disabled NY'ers
Bosede Adenekan |
Gov. Spitzer’s proposed budget includes the cash to restore ‘SSI invisibility.’
ARTS and CULTURE
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Jillian Jonas |
Filling policy shoes at FPWA, a new city family services coordinator, and a host of other moves around government and nonprofits this fall.
Bronx
Health Goes Up In Smoke When Temptation Is Cheap
Lawrence Delevingne |
In some neighborhoods with high levels of smoking, cut-rate cigarette sellers proliferate.
Bronx
Talking Back to Berger: Victory Fights Closure
Abraham Paulos |
Some of the hospitals recommended for closure one year ago are insisting their communities need them.
Bronx
AIDS Advocates Want Bigger Housing Program
Jon Whiten |
Help needy New Yorkers and save money in the long run, supporters tell a balky administration.
Bronx
NYC: Just Another Banana Republic
Eileen Markey |
The city is different than it used to be, and you’re probably not benefiting from the changes, says a well-known labor writer in his new book.
Health and Environment
Red Hook's Lost Horizons
Mary Jo Neuberger |
Battered, then neglected, the Brooklyn community of Red Hook now faces the threat of real estate speculation spurred by its magnificent harbor view.
Bronx
Tenants With Asthma Fight to Breathe Easy
Kate Pastor |
Tenants and organizers want home-based sources of asthma irritation – like roaches and mold – to be granted more enforcement power by the city.
Health and Environment
PROGRAM DEVELOPS WORKERS
FOR GROWING BIOTECH SECTOR
Matt Sollars |
A workshop expands to help place New Yorkers in good local jobs.
Health and Environment
GOOD NEWS FOR RENTERS WITH HIV
Karen Loew |
A threatened rent hike that would leave some publicly assisted folks with just $11 a day in spending money appears to be no more.
