Economy
LABOR GOES THE DISTANCE: GARMENT UNION PLANS TRIP TO CHINA
Rong Xiaoqing |
Group sends organizers abroad in the hopes of preserving industry at home.
Justice
SAVING THE SURPLUS
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Dozens of social service programs hang in the balance as state pols consider override of Pataki spending cut.
City Hall
RENT WARS
C. Feldman |
Homeless service providers and advocates blast city’s plan for time-limited rental assistance.
David Dinkins
Open University
Bob Roberts |
Columbia University plans to build a new campus in Harlem, using eminent domain if necessary. Local residents and businesses are proposing an alternative: campus and community coexistence.
Center for an Urban Future
The Children's Hour
Rong Xiaoqing |
New York City’s foster care system is shrinking at a historically unprecedented rate. Children will be kept safe at home–but what happens to the organizations that used to house them?
Michael Bloomberg
Shakeup Artists
City Limits |
Troublemakers, do-gooders, gadflies: Call them what you will–these 10 New Yorkers have been around the block, and they’re fighting to better yours.
Lower East Side
Housing Gets Organized
Robert Neuwirth |
Housing groups reconnect with neighborhoods.
Michael Bloomberg
Rent Well Running Dry
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Time limits for rent assistance may be in vogue, but a current program indicates they may not work.
