Times Square
Teens v. Times
Avi Mermelstein |
Last December, a group of teens from the Bronx’s Schomburg Satellite Academy took their after-school project all the way to the Times Square offices of the New York Times Metro section.
Christine Quinn
Night Watchmen
Avi Mermelstein |
Every evening, vigilante volunteers take to the street to make sure homeless people with AIDS get what they deserve: a kind word and a clean bed.
Wait Not, Want Not
Avi Mermelstein |
Payment delays from the Mayor’s Office of Contracts are wearing down many local not-for-profit organizations.
Citywide
Stamp Connecting
Avi Mermelstein |
This winter, New York State launched a new ad campaign to boost food stamp participation, targeted at senior citizens and former welfare recipients who have gone to work.
Economy
TO MARKET, TO MARKET: UNIONS BATTLE TO SET UP SHOP
Avi Mermelstein |
Some greengrocers are enlisting one union to fight another.
Homelessness
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE CAT-BURGLAR LANDLORD
Avi Mermelstein |
Tenants accused Agababian of housing code violations and rent gouging. Now police have charged him with something he could actually be punished for: burglary.
OUTSIDE OF STRIKING RANGE
Avi Mermelstein |
After 18 hours of nonstop negotiations, a last-minute deal between Legal Services staff and management averts a strike.
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.
OUTSIDE OF STRIKING RANGE
Avi Mermelstein |
After 18 hours of nonstop negotiations, a last-minute deal between Legal Services staff and management averts a strike.
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.
