Welfare
TROUBLE BREWS FOR MAXIMUS
Kathleen McGowan |
Social services giant Maximus is poised to move into New York, but in Wisconsin, reports of company discrimination and insider dealing are raising eyebrows.
Government
CITY DIVERTS AIDS HOUSING CASH, HUD STAYS MUM
Laura Ciechanowski |
The Giuliani administration is moving $25 million in federal money for AIDS housing into a services budget–and some observers say its more about politics than policy.
City Hall
CONTRACT KILLERS
K. McGowan and A. Mermelstein |
Nonprofits who do work for the city often have to wait months to get paid. A City Council hearing this morning might change that.
Housing and Homelessness
LAWYERS IN LIMBO
Avi Mermelstein |
Could this week bring the third Legal Services strike in a decade? These public interest lawyers have been without a contract since June–and the union’s leadership says it’s looking close.
Justice
SHELTER PLAN SHOWDOWN
Jarrett Murphy |
Little was settled at Friday’s tumultuous City Council hearing–but it was quite a show.
Justice
SHHH…WE'RE HUNTING BIG BUCKS
Kathleen McGowan |
You couldn’t cook breakfast in the time it took the city to dispense welfare-to-work contracts worth a total of almost $1 billion.
City Hall
RUDY'S LEGACY? FORGETTABOUDIT!
Jarrett Murphy |
A new report claims that Mayor Giuliani’s fiscal and management missteps will outweigh any positive achievements in the history books.
Welfare
PHILLY'S ARBOR BOTCHES CONTRACT, GETS BIG NYC BUCKS
Kathleen McGowan |
New York will turn over tricky welfare-to-work contracts to a handful of companies–but one of those firms failed so badly in doing similar work in Philadelphia that the City of Brotherly Love gave them the boot.
City Hall
WHEN WILL VALLONE DELIVER ON JOBS BILLS PROMISE?
Jarrett Murphy |
City Council Speaker Peter Vallone promised welfare advocates that he’d support two key workfare bills, but they say he’s taking his own sweet time.
Welfare
NO CONTEST FOR CONTRACTS
Kathleen McGowan |
Take a look at this year’s list of the city’s top 100 contracts and you’ll notice a new trend–competitive bidding is on the wane, replaced by a one-on-one negotiations that leave outsiders in the cold.
