After nearly two years without a contract, teachers and support staff at hundreds of city-funded day care centers say they are poised to strike if City Hall doesn’t move soon, leaving thousands of low-income working parents wondering who will care for their kids.
A housing court judge recently reprimanded the city and ordered that two elderly, handicapped sisters be allowed to move back into their home of 50 years after the city’s Adult Protective Services agency failed to do its job–and protect the women from eviction..
After contract delays and slow-starting programs, the city finds itself with five months to spend $15 million, or face losing it to the feds.Ã
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