Economy
Feeling the Recession's Impact
Neil deMause |
The mayor’s proposed city budget, which City Council just began examining, shows a nearly flat spending plan riddled with painful choices.
Bronx
Council's Angry Over Housing, But That Doesn't Pay The Rent
Eileen Markey |
After receiving prized Section 8 vouchers, then losing them, about 1,000 ill-sheltered grantees are still without a housing plan.
Economy
Promises To Keep: The Obama Poverty Plan
Rachel Dodakian |
The ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ plan has the policy world abuzz about the first major federal antipoverty effort in decades. But the effort has not yet been launched, and details are hard to come by.
Citywide
City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused
Eileen Markey |
More than 2,000 needy New Yorkers received coveted Section 8 vouchers for major rental assistance. Then the vouchers were withdrawn – and housing officials have little else to say about it.
Government
City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused
Eileen Markey |
More than 2,000 needy New Yorkers received coveted Section 8 vouchers for major rental assistance. Then the vouchers were withdrawn – and housing officials have little else to say about it.
Citywide
Taking A Break … To Bring You More of What's Breaking
Karen Loew |
A note to readers about our changing publication schedule, and the exciting content that lies just around the corner.
Bronx
A Backward Glance: 12 Months Of Scoops
Karen Loew |
Top stories from City Limits describe 2009 as experienced in ‘the other New York.’
Bronx
City Sued For Failing To Provide Shelter
Mike Reicher |
The city acknowledges that its homeless shelters for individuals are near capacity, but insists they’re not over capacity.
Citywide
Foster Kids To Get A Home In One Year, City Says
Nekoro Gomes |
A research report explains why NYC foster children languish so long without ‘permanency.’ Children’s Services backs the findings and promises change.
Bronx
Lawyer: Homeless Families Still Getting Runaround
Mike Reicher |
Last December, the Bloomberg administration settled a quarter-century-old lawsuit over the right to shelter. Now clients and advocates charge that the city isn’t holding up its end of the deal.
