CUNY
CUNY Deal Needs Work
Alyssa Katz |
A voucher program for job training takes some heat.
Housing and Homelessness
ON THE WATERFRONT
Alyssa Katz |
The mayor hopes he’s found the space to build more housing-by pushing for policy changes that make it easier to develop industrial land.
Michael Bloomberg
Big Idea: Government Hand Out
Alyssa Katz |
Ethics watchdogs rush to let city officials beg private dollars for struggling public programs. Who will gain?
Manhattan
Comptroller Sends $195M CUNY Deal Back for Work
Alyssa Katz |
CUNY thought it had a sweet deal: an exclusive city contract to distribute federal jobs dollars to training schools. But first it’s going to have to pay the bills on time.
City Hall
A NEW BUDGET FIX: POLITICAL FUNDRAISING
Alyssa Katz |
As the city falls on tough economic times, some government officials are looking to relax ethics rules in order to raise private cash.
Economy
BED-STUY CREDIT UNION GETS A LONG ISLAND LABEL
Alyssa Katz |
A decade after local residents founded the Central Brooklyn Federal Credit Union, the bank for the poor last week was declared bankrupt and taken over by a Long Island-based financial institution.
Michael Bloomberg
Political Consciousness
Alyssa Katz |
Liz Krueger has battled bureaucrats, empowered the poor and prevailed in a tough campaign. But can she turn the most thankless elected job in New York into a force for change?
Special Feature: Truth, Justice and the American Way
Alyssa Katz |
They started out in faraway lands from Liberia to Egypt, Philippines to Chicago–and today, they are all New Yorkers. They’re also not just accepting their new home as-is. Meet 20 of the city’s brightest immigrant stars, rattling not just cages, but old ways of building a stronger society.
Truth, Justice and the American Way: Sowore Omoyele
Alyssa Katz |
Student leader, counselor to torture survivors
