Manhattan
NON-PROFIT MOTIVE
G. Thompson |
Brooklyn yeshiva seeks a route around rent stabilization.
Bronx
STATE BOND-DOGGLE: SMALL BUILDING SEEKS BIG SUBSIDY
Alyssa Katz |
Housing activists balk at developers’ request for two different types of public funds.
Jews and Judaism
PROS AND CONS: EXPANDING COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Shreema Mehta |
Advocates fear that switch to Medicaid could harm clients.
Housing and Homelessness
BIG-BUILDING SOLUTION HAS SMALL SUPPORT
Ayala Ben-Yehuda |
Planning Commission considers new rules to regulate churches, medical centers and other community facilities.
Jews and Judaism
THE FUTURE, TAKE TWO
K. Wright |
Community input altered the first draft of the city’s new political map, but Asian and Russian Americans say not nearly enough.
Jews and Judaism
ELECTION WRAP-UP: MAY I HAVE THAT SEAT?
City Limits |
Nearly a week has passed since the September 10 primary, but electoral intrigue continues in Jackson Heights, Flatbush and Williamsburg.
Jews and Judaism
City to Tots: Get Older
Matt Pacenza |
Facing higher fees for in-home day care services, the city has told day care providers to cut back on their youngest, and most expensive, clients, a change which could push thousands of toddlers out of care.
Housing and Homelessness
Neverending Stories
Matt Pacenza |
Another chapter in the history of racial discrimination in Wiliamsburg’s public housing developments opens as the city agrees to offer black and Hispanic applicants a better shot at apartments.
ARTS and CULTURE
IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS … I’D BUY THE COMMODORE
Elizabeth Olsson |
The Commodore, the last of the string of vaudeville theaters that once lined Brooklyn’s Broadway, is for sale. Local residents are asking the city to landmark the building before it, too, becomes history.
Jews and Judaism
SERVICE GROUPS GEAR UP TO LOSE MEAT AND POTATOES
Jill Grossman |
The state budget items some criticize as “pork” actually help keep some social services groups running, but with the governor calling to trim any “extras” from the budget, these groups are now preparing to slash programs from food delivery to counseling.
