Staten Island
CITY GETS LITTLE GREEN BACK IN '98 ENVIRO BOND CASH
Kemba Johnson |
The details are in, and New York City will get only a small percentage of the money for a wide variety of projects funded by the state’s environmental bond.
Manhattan
SHELLY’S POSSE GETS THE DROP ON GOP IN TEEN THUG SHOWDOWN
Glenn Thrush |
Politics is behind the get-it-done-quick juvenile justice rehaul being planned in Albany these days.
Bronx
SNUBBING AWAY IN MARGARITA-VILLE
Andres Gleic |
Despite her two decades of experience with low-income housing, new Council member and political outsider Margarita Lopez has been left off the Housing and Buildings Committee.
Homelessness
LOPEZ NEEDS THE HOUSING DOUGH
Glenn Thrush |
Albany pol Vito Lopez lays out how he would more than double the state’s budget on housing.
Latino
LOISAIDA'S LOPEZ WINS TIGHT COUNCIL RACE ON TENANT ISSUES
Steven Wishnia |
Tenant organizer Margarita Lopez won the Democratic primary for a City Council seat in part because of aggresive registration in the Lower East Side’s housing projects.
Bronx
A PRIMARY PRIMER: CITY COUNCIL RACES TO WATCH ON SEPT. 9
Glenn Thrush |
A rundown of some political horse races in next week’s Democratic primary.
Organizing
TENANT GROUPS PLOT LAWSUIT CHALLENGE TO NEW RENT LAW
Alexandra Felton and Glenn Thrush |
A lawsuit against the new rent regs is likely to be filed in the fall, targeting two new provisions in the laws governing Housing Court.
Sheldon Silver
BUG PESTERS NONPROFITS?
Glenn Thrush |
Nonprofits that have recieved grants from the Brooklyn Union Gas Company are finding that the money comes with a strong-arm request to endorse the utility’s proposed merger.
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.
Homelessness
ALBANY WELFARE PLAN ON SPEED
Andrew White |
The state’s new rule’s for welfare are being written in record time, but the details are far from friendly.
