Anthony Weiner
MORE IS LESS
K. Wright |
Parents at high performing–and increasingly crowded–schools are worried about new transfer rules.
TANF, MEET HANF
K. Wright |
The White House took its effort to turn Section 8 into a block grant program to the Hill this week.
City Hall
SAVE THE PARTY
K. Wright |
Black and Latino pols join the Working Families Party in telling the mayor to dump his nonpartisan elections proposal.
Community Service Society of New York
ON YOUR OWN
K. Wright |
With Medcaid a newly hot topic, a slew of reports examining New York’s health coverage turned up this week.
DAY IN COURT
K. Wright |
Day care workers want $276 million in federal funds they say the city diverted into other agencies restored.
Michael Bloomberg
TAX AND SAVE
K. Wright |
A coalition of budget watchdogs and service groups says if the city cuts waste and closes corporate tax loopholes it’ll avoid service cuts.
Michael Bloomberg
SECOND OPINIONS
K. Wright |
Both the state and city comptrollers are calling Mayor Bloomberg’s preliminary budget overly optimistic.
Justice
TRANSGENDER BIAS
K. Wright |
Another transgender woman has filed bias charges against a city-funded housing services provider.
Health and Environment
TRANSLATING CARE
K. Wright |
Two Brooklyn hospitals have agreed to provide beefed up langauge services following an attorney general’s office investigation.
CANNING PRESERVATION? NOT.
Matt Pacenza |
While budgets are tight, the city’s housing agency has managed in recent years to up its efforts to preserve the existing housing stock by making more emergency repairs and taking buildings out of the hands of derelict owners, according to a new report.
