Manhattan
FAMILY AFFAIR: NEW HELP FOR RELATIVES OF DISABLED ADULTS
Amy Zimmer |
City lawyers donate time to speed guardianship.
RAGS TO RICHES
K. Wright |
AmeriCorps’ fate turned around sharply last week when congressional negotiators agreed to a massive funding boost.
GIFT GUIDES
K. Wright |
Forbes magazine has published its annual ratings of 200 of the nation’s largest nonprofit groups.
BANKING SETTLEMENT
K. Wright |
ACORN has reached a proposed settlement in its suit against the infamous mortgage lender Household International.
Hunger
ACROSS THE BOARD
K. Wright |
Black and Latino students trail their white classmates on every one of more than a dozen predictors of academic achievement.
Neighborhoods
MURKY CLEAN-UP
K. Wright |
New rules meant to help cities use state grants for brownfields clean-ups may not be enough to help the city.
LAST CHANCE–FOR NOW
K. Wright |
If Congress doesn’t extend the feds’ emergency unemployment benefits program next week, it will expire while their on holiday break.
SECTION 8 SAVE
K. Wright |
Congress has stepped up in the eleventh hour to avert the possibility that there would not be enough money to fund even existing vouchers, let alone offer new ones.
