Brooklyn
Turn On, Tune In, Stay In: Lowering The Dropout Rate
Helen Zelon |
From beyond the DOE, advocates offer ideas about how to get more students to graduation.
Bronx
Fearing Closures, Union Advances Day Care Plan
Tram Whitehurst |
Day care workers and their representatives say: Here’s a way to address problems with no threat to day care centers or the families who use them.
In Depth
City Ordered To Deliver Food Stamps More Quickly
Bosede Adenekan |
Waiting times should decline, at a time when need for food aid is increasing.
Economy
CITY LIMITS INVESTIGATES: Today's Anti-Poverty Fight
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor’s poverty-reduction initiative offers fresh thinking — and small-scale tinkering. This synopsis of the new issue of CLI examines whether it will deliver promised results.
Justice
A Matter Of When, Not If: Involving Kids In Court
Michelle S. Han |
Youth involved in Family Court cases are ready to be seen and heard, not just discussed by others.
Bronx
Immigrant Worries Rise As American Dollar Falls
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For those sending money to families back home, the dollar’s diminished worth has big impact.
Bronx
How to Say 'HPD' In Yiddish or Yoruba
Matt Schwarzfeld |
In a polyglot city, public agencies struggle with exactly how multilingual they should be.
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.
Bronx
Inspected and Corrected: New Focus on Nonprofits
Karen Loew |
Providing foster care, drug counseling, senior services and more, groups holding hundreds of millions in city contracts are facing increased scrutiny.
Bronx
FEWER LOCK-UPS, ENOUGH MONEY?
Matthew Schwarzfeld |
As the state plans to close six juvenile correctional facilities and embrace community-based juvenile justice, some wonder who’ll pay for it.
