Manhattan
TENANTS FINALLY GET CHANCE TO REVIVE RUNDOWN HOMES
Matt Pacenza |
After years of negotiating to get their homes fixed up, hundreds of residents of a Bed-Stuy public housing complex are finally going to see some major improvements.
Homelessness
PRAXIS PART III: FEDS JOIN AG TO INVESTIGATE FUNDS
Geoffrey Gray |
The U.S. Attorney has begun its own investigation into possible inappropriate expenditures made by directors of a nonprofit housing organization for people with AIDS, as the state attorney general’s office beefs up its own probe.
Michael Bloomberg
VETO MANIA
K. Wright |
Bloomberg gave the Council the veto everyone expected last week when he rejected its basic ed welfare bill.
10K PER KID
K. Wright |
New York State spent $10,922 per pupil on elementary and secondary school education in 2001.
Hunger
CHANGE IS COMING
K. Wright |
On April 1st, low-income immigrants will slowly begin regaining the access to food stamps.
The Disabled
UNABLE TO LEAVE
K. Wright |
Disabled welfare recipients aren’t making it into work, and advocates say TANF rules are the problem.
TREATMENT SAVINGS
K. Wright |
New York could save more than $164 million a year with the Assembly’s version of drug sentencing reform.
Homelessness
FAITHFUL SHELTER
K. Wright |
A VA policy change has slashed the number of homeless vet shelter programs getting federal funds–unless they’re faith-based.
MASS MOVEMENT
K. Wright |
More than 100 Pakistanis from the New York-New Jersey area were deported en masse last week.
