Michael Bloomberg
CHILD CARE CONUNDRUM: AGENCY SHIFT SPARKS FEARS
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New York’s plan to consolidate school-age day care programs could mean less slots for low-income kids.
Marty Markowitz
GUZZLE BEER, NOT GAS
Geoffrey Gray |
Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Brewery becomes the first business in the city to switch to wind power.
Bronx
CAMPUS CLASHES
M. Bahree |
CUNY student activists say the school is using its campus security officers to harass protesters.
FOOD STAMP HURDLES
K. Wright |
The Human Resources Administration’s food stamp offices remain in disarray, a City Council study charges.
Government
CREATING LIABILITY
K. Wright |
Assemblymember Scott Stringer and state Sen. Eric Schneiderman are pushing a bill to make gun manufacturers liable for gun violence.
EARLY BIRD GETS THE TEACH
K. Wright |
Large urban school districts have themselves to blame for chronic shortages of qualified teachers.
Child Welfare
DUAL TRACK DERAILED
K. Wright |
Governor Pataki vetoed a bill that authorizing demonstration projects for “dual track” reprreports of child abuse.
Welfare
ANOTHER EXTENSION
K. Wright |
The House got Washington started on pushing TANF reauthorization to next year when it passed another extension for program this week.
