PROCESS IS IMPORTANT
K. Wright |
In its first action this session, the Senate tries to streamline the buget process.
Homelessness
MOVIN' ON UP
K. Wright |
Upper East Side Senator Liz Krueger will head the Democrats’ campaign committee.
E-RATE RIP OFFS
K. Wright |
The feds are rooting out fraud in the e-rate program–starting with New York City.
BUDGET FOIBLES
K. Wright |
HUD wants Public Housing Authorities to ignore “rumor and misinformation” about the 2003 budget.
Welfare
OLD IS NEW AGAIN
K. Wright |
President Bush has declared his newly hardened stance on welfare reauthorization.
Hillary Clinton
BUY GENERICS
K. Wright |
New York ADAP clients will receive letters this week informing them of new cost cutting initiatives.
SPREAD THE BLAME
K. Wright |
HUD’s new “lending accountability” rule holds lenders responsible for the appraisals they submit.
RAPID CREDIT
K. Wright |
A growing number of tax filers are claiming their EITC through high-cost “rapid refund” services.
INVESTMENT IN JUSTICE
Jill Grossman |
The city’s pension funds last week pressured a handful of Fortune 500 companies to enforce policies forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation–or face losing their investments.
Economy
TO MARKET, TO MARKET
William Wichert |
As small businesses and street vendors try to compete with the big guns in Harlem, the Bloomberg administration considers including local merchants in a new commercial development on 125th Street–and community residents plan to hold the mayor to it.
