June 1, 1998 : City Limits

CITY WORKERS LOSE LAYOFF PROTECTION ON JUNE 30TH

Kemba Johnson | June 1, 1998

A provision to keep city workers from being laid-off ends in 30 days, and job cuts are already in the works.

BUY THE NUMBERS?

Heather Bryant | June 1, 1998

The city’s Independent Budget Office says the Mayor’s budget figures are off in all sorts of ways.

INS & OUTS: LILLIAM'S WAY, MAYBERRY PICKED

Kemba Johnson | June 1, 1998

Coming and goings in the government and nonprofit world.

Cracks Epidemic

Kathleen McGowan | June 1, 1998

The tenements of the Lower East Side went up a century ago with cheap construction and shaky foundations. Today, a new housing boom threatens to bring these buildings down, one crack at a time.

When Kevin Heldman went undercover at Woodhull’s psychiatric unit, he wanted to experience how low-income people were treated. In 179 hours as a mental patient, he found little care and even less comfort.

Recycling

Crate Expectations

Carl Vogel | June 1, 1998

Bronx 2000 developed an ambitious project to turn scrap wooden packing and pallets into furniture and jobs. But bad luck and trouble finding outside investors has combined to push the nonprofit into bankruptcy.

Staten Island

Home Repo

Molly McCoy | June 1, 1998

Homesteaders in two East New York buildings have staved off the elements, drug dealers and hopelessness for 10 years. Now, the city wants them out–though no one is sure why.