As City Council members push a bill to save Mitchell-Lama housing, tenants in some of those subsidized developments say the legislation simply detracts from the larger effort to keep the buildings affordable.
The prospect of getting some low-income housing in lower Manhattan seemed to slip further away last week, as the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation set aside tens of millions of dollars for middle income development.
Several City Councilmembers are urging Mayor Bloomberg to preserve city-owned wetlands by consolidating control over them in the Department of Parks and Recreation.
The Bush administration closed an annual scientific conference on HIV prevention by declaring that promoting abstinence and monogamy are the best way to stop the epidemic.
Two years ago the feds promised the city $21 billion in recovery aid. What happened to all that money? Here’s the IBO’s breakdown.
The House narrowly passed an amendment to its bill funding Section 8 vouchers next year that added $150 million.
An new FCC rule would bar all companies, including nonprofits, from sending unsolicited fax advertisements.
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