Bronx
Special Education: Yoga Finds New Fans In Schools
John H. Tucker |
By showing how yoga can help disabled students, one enthusiastic teacher has made the discipline standard practice.
Government
Supportive Housing Faces Down Routine Opposition
Mike Reicher |
Neighbors tend to be wary of projects for special-needs residents, but backers say this housing is essential — and may even raise property values.
Bronx
Trauma Treatment For Foster Kids Gets Reprieve
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A new state program aimed at helping foster youth in the near and long term is spared the budget ax.
Bronx
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Alex Cotton |
New faces at public agencies and private groups across the city, as inimitable organizer John Raskin moves on, and labor leader Roger Toussaint moves up.
Queens
Election Day Test Looms For New Voting Devices
Jarrett Murphy |
Nov. 4 should be the beginning of the end for the city’s lever voting machines, as New York continues its belated effort to comply with the Help America Vote Act.
Bronx
A Ballot's Breadth Away From Rejoining Society
Curtis Stephen |
Many ex-offenders want to reclaim their vote. But one month before the presidential election, confusion about eligibility still reigns.
Bronx
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Matt Schwarzfeld |
Plenty of changes in city government’s business offices, at Community Media, the Citizens Budget Commission, Housing Works and more.
Brooklyn
Benefits Will Increase For Some Disabled NY'ers
Bosede Adenekan |
Gov. Spitzer’s proposed budget includes the cash to restore ‘SSI invisibility.’
Bronx
Metal Detectors and Math Classes
Ali Winston |
Advocates say the school climate isn’t suggestive of scholarship.
Bronx
Housing Activists Mourn Passing of Louise Sanchez
Rachel Nielsen |
An iconic, effective housing activist is remembered by those who knew her.
