Several years after mortgage lenders and appraisers were found ripping off the feds and letting hundreds of apartment buildings deteriorate, the city has announced its first round of plans for fixing up the properties.
The newly-dubbed director of Praxis Housing Initiatives has done nothing to quell concerns about the future of the AIDS service organization — his background, his former colleagues say, raises as many questions as that of his predecessors.
In its quest to find cheaper ways to get rid of the city’s trash, the Bloomberg administration is investing in a study which could revolutionize garbage disposal in the five boroughs — by composting.
Senator Liz Krueger introduced a raft of legislation aiming to destroy the infamous “three-men-in-a-room” model that dominates Albany.
New York antigay violence monitors found 477 reported attacks in 2002, down from 551 the previous year.
A finalist from CBS’s Big Brother 2 is taking over as anchor of cable access channel phenom Rent Wars News.
More than half of poor New Yorkers are experiencing “emotional distress” that impacts thier daily lives.
Supporters of a decade-long legal war to force the state to give more to public education are marching from New York to Albany for the final battle.
The city is kicking off a study of truck routes, a move that advocates have clamored for since the late 1990s.
Mayor Bloomberg told a housing conference yesterday that he’s rapidly rolling out his five-year, $3 billion housing plan.
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