Government
GOVERNOR QUIETLY MOVES TO BUY HIS ISLAND FOR NEW YORK
City Limits |
Touting expenses for private developers, Gov. Pataki produces a plan to return Governor’s Island to New York.
Organizing
CITY LIENS ON POOR HOMEOWNERS
Matt Pacenza |
Activists were dismayed to learn the City Council has quietly approved a two-year extension of a program for dealing with homeowners with large tax debts, fearing that without a change, poor elderly homeowners will continue to lose their houses in large numbers.
Michael Bloomberg
MUTUAL ADVOCATION SOCIETY
Annia Ciezadlo |
Norman Siegel, head of the New York Civil Liberties Union and free speech gadfly, was appalled when his campaign for the post of public advocate was banned from public parks.
