Welfare
CHILD CARE BUDGETS GO FROM FLUSH TO TIGHT OVERNIGHT
Matt Pacenza |
After months of sitting on federal cash meant for creating new child care slots, the city’s budget for these programs is about to get very tight.
ALBANY GIFT BAG HALF-EMPTY
Mark Greer |
State legislators have slashed in half the funds they plan to dole out to New York’s thousands of human service organizations this year, leaving those groups scrambling to figure out how they can get their names on the cash list before shrinking budgets force them out of business.
Justice
PARENTAL REPRESENTATION ADVISED
Alyssa Katz |
An ongoing federal lawsuit filed to end the city’s practice of automatically removing kids from mothers who report abuse from their partners is expected to do more than that: A judge is calling for more competent, higher-paid lawyers for those parents.
