Manhattan

IN WITH THE OLD, OUT WITH THE NEW

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A housing court judge recently reprimanded the city and ordered that two elderly, handicapped sisters be allowed to move back into their home of 50 years after the city’s Adult Protective Services agency failed to do its job–and protect the women from eviction..

Bronx

Big Red School House

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After years of pushing for the construction of a few new schools in the long-unused Kingsbridge Armory–with little response from the mayor’s office–some Bronx residents recently got their first sign that their proposal could happen when Bloomberg officials said they would look into it.

Homelessness

Battling Violence

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The City Council is pushing for legislation to protect battered women at home and work, but the Bloomberg administration insists these bills will only make matters worse.

Manhattan

Food Stamps for Thought

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A year after a state court ordered Albany officials to offer Medicaid to all legal immigrants, a handful of immigrants are suing the state for the right to food stamps, too.

Manhattan

Separate But Not Equal

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A transgender foster child has taken the city to court, again, in the hopes that she and teens like her one day will be allowed to dress as they like no matter what group home they live in.

Bronx

THE NEW COST CONSCIOUSNESS

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The age of the computer has finally arrived at the city’s welfare system. The Human Resources Administration announced last week it will soon begin using a computer program to more accurately calculate exactly what benefits its clients are eligible for.