ARTS and CULTURE
HIP-HOP MOGUL SIMMON'S PHAT CARD SLIMS WALLETS
Matt Pacenza |
He may be marketing it as a weapon in the “war on poverty,” but Russell Simmons’ new banking card will actually make consumers poorer.
Bronx
OLDER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LOSING SEATS
Daniel Hendrick |
Education czar Joel Klein’s plan to reorganize several high schools meant for the city’s oldest, most troubled students could slowly squeeze those kinds of kids out of the system altogether.
Manhattan
DEPRESSED? HOLD ON TO YOUR BENEFITS
Marley Seaman |
Clinical depression is a fine excuse for missing public assistance appointments or deadlines, a panel of state judges has ruled.
TARDY LIST
K. Wright |
ACS and DSS are among the worst offenders in the comptroller’s first monthly report on late contracts.
BACK UP PLANS
K. Wright |
Most Mitchell-Lama tenants qualify for other aid that will keep thier rent down even if their landlords buy out of the program.
SUCCESS, FOR NOW
K. Wright |
The city’s AIDS agency has turned around its record on processing emergency assistance cases.
Neighborhoods
VENDING REFORM
K. Wright |
The Bloomberg administration agrees with Council members who say vendor licensing rules are in dire need of an update.
The Praxis Chronology
City Limits |
A guide to City Limits’ coverage of the Praxis Housing Initiatives scandal.
Bronx
RIGHT TO APPEAL
K. Wright |
State nursing home residents have filed a federal suit charging the health department with violating thier right to appeal eviction.
CHARTING THE CENTER
K. Wright |
The epicenter of the city’s HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to reside in Harlem and Chelsea.
