President Bush’s effort to give low-performing schools a boost could be a bust for kids in New York City, where program registration delays have left families without time to get their children into a program that suits their needs. And for those who do get in, a slim budget could leave students with only a…
As part of a shift in the city’s workforce development policy, the Human Resource Administration will soon require that the job trainers it contracts with take on a lot more clients on public assistance. Since their city contracts are based on how long their clients keep a job, these companies fear that with so many…
Refusing to let their community lose any more affordable apartments, a group of Washington Heights residents is taking on the landlords who have illegally converted their ground floor units into small businesses.
People living with drug addiction get new treatment options that may allow them to avoid the frustrations of methadone.