RENT-TO-OWN

New City Council legislation could keep thousands of Mitchell-Lama and Section 8 units affordable. Will landlords let it happen?

BANNING QUEERS

The New York Department of State is refusing to allow a would-be nonprofit to use the word “queer” in its name.

OPENING THE MAIL

A group of Democratic legislators are urging the postal service not to open its discounted mailing rates to for-profit companies conducting direct mail campaigns on behalf of nonprofits.

SPECIAL MASTERS REPORT

The court-appointed panel overseeing the city’s services for homeless families published its first report, calling for more prevention.

INSIDE REGISTRATION

A new survey of a slice of the nearly 100,000 men and boys who the Bush administration has put through its “special registration.”