Government
WAITING FOR A WALL ST. – JFK EXPRESS
Jimmy Vielkind |
Some transportation experts don’t think a downtown-to-airport raillink should be a top funding priority; an analysis to be released soon may shed light.
Bronx
ORPHANED COMPLEXES MAY GET WINDFALL
Tanveer Ali |
Congress is urged to provide equal treatment to NYCHA developments.
Economy
LABOR STILL ENMESHED WITH ORGANIZED CRIME
Adam F. Hutton |
Labor leaders gather to discuss the past and future of clean unions, only to see a fresh case of corruption explode in their wake.
Government
IMMIGRANTS TAKE ACTION
K. Angelova |
New York advocates iron out differences and rally around McCain/Kennedy bill.
Government
BED-STUY TENANTS HELD HOSTAGE:
SLOW VOUCHERS MEAN NO REPAIRS
Cassi Feldman |
Tenants at Gates-Patchen Apartments are calling on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to extend their development’s Section 8 contract. Meanwhile, another threat to distressed property lurks on the horizon.
Government
HUD'S GIVE AND TAKE: FEDS FLIP-FLOP ON HOUSING
Cassi Feldman |
Section 8 funding is restored for now — but what about next year?
Government
ROOM OF ONE’S OWN?
Christine Lagorio |
New bill would help domestic violence survivors combat housing discrimination.
Government
SUIT STOPPER
K. Wright |
Senator Charles Schumer is fighting an eleventh-hour battle to filibuster a massive energy bill that will undercut environmental lawsuits.
Government
PRAXIS CROWNS KING
Geoffrey Gray |
Helping an agency recover from a housing finance scandal is nothing new for Charlie King, a former official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development — so Praxis has hired him to lead it through its own hard times.
