Legislation introduced by a handful of Republican senators calls for extending and strengthening the state’s rent laws — and creates a bargaining tool tenant advocates may need in their fight to keep rent regulated apartments affordable.
As the state attorney general and U.S. Attorney continue to investigate spending practices at Praxis, the executive director of the nonprofit housing organization announces he plans to step down.
In his first significant speech on the city’s AIDS policy, Mayor Bloomberg announced he hopes to dismantle a law that requires the city to provide a certain level of services to people with the virus — and to place those responsibilities in the hands of community organizations instead.
Women make up the nonprofit rank-and-file, but men run the show. And when women do lead, they get much less money.
The city’s Community Boards have fallen far behind the technology curve.
New players, a new bill and the same old story for the Council and lead paint removal.
No matter how you look at it–by race, income or age–the much-discussed digital divide is quickly shrinking.
The annual median income for New York City women is around $4,500 less than that of men.
The House is moving on its job training bill, which echoes the White House’s call for moving to a block grant.
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