Justice
FOSTER CARE GIANTS LOSE MILLIONS IN CITY CRACKDOWN
Andrew White |
In what the city says is a new era of oversight for foster care, several of the city’s largest nonprofit agencies have been put on probation for poor performance.
City Hall
TAKING THE LEAD ON LEAD
Kemba Johnson |
Two bills on lead paint removal will soon to facing the City Council, which has been slow to fix the city’s broken law on the issue.
City Hall
RUDY'S CASH SHUFFLE ON AIDS HOUSING MAY CHILL BUILDING BOOM
A. White and C. Heins |
They city’s new plan for running AIDS residences might mean a lot fewer apartments for low-income people living with HIV.
City Hall
IT TAKES A VILLAGE, IDIOT
Mary Barr |
An urban reformer has a downsizing dream to give power back to the neighborhoods.
City Hall
COMMISH: CITY MAY TEST REALITY OF WELFARE-TO-WORK
Robin Epstein |
Mayor Giuliani boasts about how well the city’s workfare system works. Now, for the first time, the city might keep track of how well participants fare.
City Hall
SHOW IBO THE MONEY
Kierna Mayo |
Giuliani will like the Independant Budget Office even less when he reads its new report saying his budget numbers are off by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Manhattan
ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK LUXURY DECONTROL FAILS IN CITY COUNCIL
Glenn Thrush |
Tenant advocates hoped the City Council would eliminate a 1994 law ended rent protection for luxury apartments, but the measure died last week.
City Hall
MISTER ROBERTS' NEIGHBORHOOD
Glenn Thrush |
Mayor Giuliani has announced his new housing chief, Richard Roberts.
City Hall
EARLY WARNING RUNNING LATE
Glenn Thrush |
Affordable housing advocates are wondering when–and if–the city is going to come through in its promise to provide a deep database of housing stats.
Manhattan
HEADLESS HPD SPELLS AIMLESS CITY HOUSING POLICY?
Glenn Thrush |
When the city’s housing commissioner announced her resignation last week, she left an agency adrift. But she found it that way too.
