After Mayor Bloomberg's called for juvenile justice detainees to be moved closer to their families, Gov. Cuomo launched the Close to Home program. Now advocates look to Mayor de Blasio to address shortfalls in local implementation.
The Close to Home initiative was supposed to move detained kids to less restrictive settings and improve their ability to complete their education. That hasn’t happened.
Read key briefing material on the financial situation confronting the city’s research and branch libraries.
Civilians appear to have been the victims of today’s tragedy in Harlem. But building collapses also pose a grave threat to firefighters and other responders.
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