Bronx
HARLEM TENANTS AND SUPERS FEAR ACQUISITION
Marley Seaman |
A couple of months after their apartment buildings changed hands, tenants and their supers say their new landlord’s actions could only mean one thing — he wants them out.
Homelessness
CITY BANKING ON HOUSING
Jill Grossman |
A deal in the works between the city housing agency and a handful of banks could soon give the city more affordable housing.
Welfare
CITY LIMITS HAS A WINNER
City Limits |
Columbia University’s School of Journalism this week will award Associate Editor Matt Pacenza the Mike Berger prize for outstanding reporting on the lives of ordinary New Yorkers.
Bronx
TO THE EDITOR
Jaime Rivera and Marian Feinberg |
For some environmental justice activists and other community residents in the South Bronx, the verdict on the Sheridan Expressway is not yet in [“An End To The Road To Nowhere,” City Limits Weekly, May 5].
Michael Bloomberg
A CUT BY ANY OTHER NAME…
K. Wright |
The mayor’s plan to save $75 million in social service program costs without cutting actual services doesn’t live up to its billing.
Recycling
THE RECYLING MYTH
K. Wright |
The comptroller says the city could save $16 million next year if it went back to full-scale recycling.
Bronx
WHAT'S NEXT?
K. Wright |
With the budget battle all but closed upstate, two New York City fights are bound to heat up fast.
EARNING YOUR EITC
K. Wright |
Details are emerging on the IRS’s push to make people who apply for the EITC get approval months before filing.
SPREADING BLAME
K. Wright |
The city workers’ union complains that while agencies are laying off its members, they’re giving raises to managers.
TURN IN YOUR UNIFORM
K. Wright |
Comptroller William Thompson Jr. has a suggestion for city agencies looking to cut: Go civilian.
