City Lit: A Taste of Power
Margaret Groarke |
Going Public by Michael Gecan
Beacon Press, 191 pages, $25
Michael Bloomberg
Big Idea: Government Hand Out
Alyssa Katz |
Ethics watchdogs rush to let city officials beg private dollars for struggling public programs. Who will gain?
Bronx
The School That Works
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The city’s Catholic hierarchy is resisting a reform promoted by outsiders–parochial schools, born in Chicago, that succeed by putting poor teenagers to work.
Keeping Close Counsel
Wendy Davis |
Mayor Giuliani’s bitter downsizing of Legal Aid’s criminal defense practice has had a surprising consequence: New York has a new wave of lawyers who add social work to their motions and pleas.
Market Babies
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Young mothers leaving welfare still discover that reliable child care can be harder to find than a job. Can a booming business in homegrown child care ever fill the parent gap?
