The Disabled
Any Volunteers?
Cassi Feldman |
Indentured Community Servants in Public Housing
The Disabled
SENIOR RENT CONTROL
K. Wright |
Governor Pataki signed a bill yesterday expanding a rent regulation program for low-income seniors.
Bronx
ADULTS WONDER WHERE HOME IS AS FACILITY PLANS TO CLOSE
Daniel Hendrick |
A couple hundred mentally ill adults in Queens are about to lose their home, and the city’s supportive housing shortage does not bode well for their future.
Housing and Homelessness
ANY VOLUNTEERS? YOU BETTER IF YOU LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING
Cassi Feldman |
After a fierce battle put a community service requirement for public housing residents on hold last year, the city is gearing up to start the mandate this fall.
The Disabled
MENTAL HEALTH BLOCKS
K. Wright |
Parents of more than 12,700 children handed them over to government custody in 2001 in order to get mental health care for them, according to the GAO.
The Disabled
A FEW CABS MORE
K. Wright |
The taxi cab commission can hand out 900 more medallions, but 9 percent must be accessible for people with disabilities.
The Disabled
MEDICAID EXPANSION
K. Wright |
Washington granted the state approval to add an estimated 20,000 working people with disabilities to Medicaid.
National
FEDERAL MANDATE
K. Wright |
A federal appeals court says the city must take extra steps to help poor people living with AIDS get public assistance.
The Disabled
Firsthand: Resilient Mind
Kurt Sass |
A mental health activist has survived his own trials with mental illness–and his son’s too.
The Disabled
Depression Awareness
Marley Seaman |
Court bolsters rights of mentally ill receiving welfare
