Once respected as a firebrand union leader for public hospital workers, James Butler is facing a dramatic grassroots member rebellion as he nears 30 years on the job.
When the city set out to collect debt on its most troubled properties, it touted the millions that it would bring to city coffers. But when fiscal concerns dictate housing policy, tenants get the shaft.
According to a survey of 63 soup kitchens and food pantries, 56 percent saw an immediate increase” in the demand for meals and food after 9/11.
Before September 11, the city’s 11,000 black car drivers drew nearly all of their work from downtown financial companies. With parts of the financial district still closed to traffic a few weeks after the towers fell, however, business has been cut in half.
A few weeks after September 11, community groups and parent associations say they’re seeing a jump in the number of empty desks in high school classrooms.
Scrambling to stabilize business operations formerly lodged in and around the World Trade Center, city and state officials are leaving no brick unturned.
A candlelight vigil organized by Casita Maria, a settlement house on Simpson Avenue, tried to offer comfort and hope after September 11.
