City Lit: A Tale Of Three Cities
Carl Vogel |
A book review of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America’s Global Cities, by Janet L. Abu-Lughod, University of Minnesota Press, 580 pages, $39.95.
After-School Gymnastics
Carl Vogel |
Governor Pataki has included plenty of social service cuts in his proposed budget, but an increase to an education program has Democrats just as miffed.
Youth
POLITICAL FOOTBALL ALBANY’S FAVORITE AFTER-SCHOOL SPORT
Carl Vogel |
Governor Pataki wants to spend $10 million for after-school programs, but Democrats say the politics don’t add up.
Neighborhoods
THE GRAMM REAPER
Carl Vogel |
The House’s tweaks to the Community Reinvestment Act are bad news to activists, but Sen. Phil Gramm’s proposed changes go even further.
Actions, Lights, Camera
Carl Vogel |
Don’t worry. That guy with a video camera who you may have seen carefully recording local protests isn’t with the FBI.
He’s a drama critic.
ROCKEFELLER MANSION LOVE-IN
Carl Vogel |
They haven’t announced any specific plans yet, but a wide-ranging group meeting upstate has found more common ground on brownfields than most thought possible.
Government
LOAN DANGER
Carl Vogel |
If Senator Al D’Amato loses the election in September, the new chair of the banking committee will be Phil Gramm, no friend of the Community Reinvestment Act.
Choose and Lose
Carl Vogel |
Giving students the right to choose their high school is a goal shared by education reformers around the country. New York is already there. But without guidance or real information, many city students are making uninformed choices.
Government
AL AND CHUCK'S BIG BANK BILL MAY HURT LENDING TO POOR
Carl Vogel |
The Senate banking committee just okayed a massive overhaul of the country’s financial services laws, and comminity advocates are worried it will scuttle existing fair lending rules.
