Manhattan
1962 LAW IS TENANTS' BEST DEFENSE IN NEW HOUSING COURT WAR
Glenn Thrush |
Landlords have been rejoicing over a new rent-deposit law that is about to go into effect, but the tenant antidote has been on the books for more than 30 years.
Manhattan
JUDGES LEARN HAZARD OF CHILD-NEGLECT CRIMINALIZATION
Kim Nauer |
A judicial forum last week taught court personnel how false abuse charges can be used as a weapon in custody battles.
Welfare
STOP MAKING SENSE? A GUIDE TO THE STATE WELFARE LAW
Glenn Thrush |
True, the state welfare reform law isn’t as harsh as it might have been. But for tens of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers and disabled recipients, there are tough new workfare rules.
Welfare
CORPORATE WELFARE CHEATS
Kemba Johnson |
Tax breaks to keep big companies in NYC can backfire, according to a new report.
Welfare
SLOPE JOB CREATION IS A WASH
Joe Gould |
The Fifth Avenue Committee has opened a dry cleaner in Brooklyn that hires the unemployed and uses green technology to clean clothes.
Bronx
GREAT NYCHA VACANCY MYSTERY: ARE 7,500 APARTMENTS EMPTY?
G. Thrush and A. Felton |
The community group ACORN did some math and says the city’s housing authority is sitting on 7,500 vacant apartments, a charge NYCHA vigorously denies.
Housing and Homelessness
JUDGE BLOCKS NYCHA'S BID TO PUSH POOR TO BACK OF WAITING LIST
Glenn Thrush |
Advocates got a little breathing room in their quest to stop a city housing authority plan to keep the poorest applicants from renting vacant apartments.
Justice
FOSTER CARE GIANTS LOSE MILLIONS IN CITY CRACKDOWN
Andrew White |
In what the city says is a new era of oversight for foster care, several of the city’s largest nonprofit agencies have been put on probation for poor performance.
Homelessness
IS “WISCONSIN WORKS” WORKING?
Andrew White |
A new report gives a close look at Wisconsin’s much-admired welfare reform efforts.
Welfare
WEP DEATH SPARKS COUNCIL FIGHT
Alexandria Felton |
Two months ago, a workfare worker died on the job. Last week’s City Council hearing on the topic was a argumentative affair.
