Staten Island
WOODSIDE DAY LABORERS ARRESTED IN NEW NYPD SWEEP
Matthew Schuerman |
A longstanding police policy of tolerance comes to an end with the arrests of workers who seek construction jobs on Queens street corners.
Manhattan
IMMIGRANT SCHOOL DUMPS KIDS?
John Tozzi |
Education officials say that the federal No Child Left Behind law mandates the end of an innovative school that helps immigrant young people get settled; electeds fight to keep it open.
WHO WILL LEAD?
K. Wright |
Nearly half of New York’s nonprofit EDs plan to quit in the next five years, but 57 percent don’t offer professional development programs for replacements.
POOR 'MODEL MINORITY'
K. Wright |
Twenty-four percent of the city’s Asian American children live below the poverty line.
National
FEDERAL MANDATE
K. Wright |
A federal appeals court says the city must take extra steps to help poor people living with AIDS get public assistance.
LEAD IN THE WALLS
M. Kenny |
Thirty-seven percent of buildings tested in Bed-Stuy contain hazardous amounts of lead.
Manhattan
CLEAN ENGINES
M. Kenny |
NYC leads the nation in pollution from “non-road” diesel emissions, but the feds are finally moving to limit them.
Manhattan
AFFORDABLE DOWNTOWN
J. Tozzi |
Advocates are tyring to turn up the heat on their campaign to get LMDC to spend more on affordable housing.
Economy
NYCHA APRENTICESHIPS
M. Kenny |
The New York City Housing Authority has agreed to enforce federal and local mandates requiring its contractors to hire public housing residents.
