Women Archives : Page 27 of 30 : City Limits

BRONX SHELTER WOES FOR HOMELESS WOMEN

Michael Haggerty | August 14, 2000

Despite delays in beginning a new mall on the site, a shelter for homeless women gets booted out of the Bronx’s Kingsbridge Armory.

MAN AND SUPER-MANTON

City Limits | August 7, 2000

A well-orchestrated attack on upstart City Councilman Walter McCaffrey proves the Queens Democratic machine is alive and well.

SLOPPY FRAUD NIXES REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY BID

Kathleen McGowan | August 7, 2000

Republican Leonard Wertheim’s bid for state Assembly ends when a particularly egregious case of forgery is linked to the Board of Elections.

SUIT: ACS RULE HURTS MOMS, KIDS

Kathleen McGowan | June 26, 2000

Today, if a woman contacts the city authorities to report being battered, she can very well lose her children on the grounds that she can’t protect them from the abuser. A new class action suit aims to change that.

Economy

WHAT'S INSIDE A FORD

City Limits | May 15, 2000

The Ford Foundation has found some cash in its deep pockets for local grassroots organizing, and a coalition of local funders is working to bring some to NYC.

Bronx

NO HELP FOR THE HURT

Kathleen McGowan | April 17, 2000

Women who have been the victim of domestic abuse are supposed to be given a reprieve from work requirements for a few months when they apply for welfare. Few are.

Neighborhoods

MIS-APPROPRIATIONS

Kathleen McGowan | March 6, 2000

What do a new cardiac center in Rochester and upgrades to the cross-country skiing trails at Lake Placid have in common? They’re both funded by federal Community Development Block Grants, the anti-poverty program that is increasingly becoming a pork barrel.