Homelessness
SCATTERED TO THE WIND? PROVIDERS CHIDE HASA PLAN
Geoffrey Gray |
A new HIV/AIDS Services Administration cost-cutting measure could endanger formerly homeless tenants.
Bronx
FIGHTING THE SOUTH BRONX STINK: A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER
Julia Taylor |
Local groups put aside their differences and team up to fight air pollution and asthma.
JERSEY LINKS
K. Wright |
Jersey City has passed a law making developers who get tax breaks donate to an affordable housing fund.
Bronx
SCATTER-SITE CLEAN-UP
G. Gray |
A comptroller’s audit of the city’s scatter-site housing found rampant unsafe and unsanitary conditions.
EITC CERTIFICATION
K. Wright |
The GAO gave its stamp of approval to the IRS’ pilot project for pre-certifying Earned Income Tax Credit recipients.
Hunger
FINDING NEW MONEY
K. Wright |
The New York City-based Starr Foundation is putting up $6 million over the next two years for grants to local hunger relief agencies.
PREVENTION MONEY
K. Wright |
The CDC says its controversial new HIV prevention initiative won’t eat up money set aside for CBOs in minority communities.
POLL NUMBERS
K. Wright |
Seventy-six percent of New Yorkers consider a candidate’s stance on affordable housing when they vote.
Homelessness
BUILDING OWNERS
K. Wright |
The House granted the Bush administration’s request for $400 million for home-buying subsidies.
