GETTING THEIR WORTH

Filipino immigrants thought they had lucked out when they discovered a job placement agency that focused on finding jobs for people from their country. But after weeks of not getting paid, they took their complaints to the state Department of Labor, which is now investigating the firm.

STOPPED PAYMENT

A push to expand rent relief to New Yorkers with disabilities seemed to have tremendous support in Albany, until a plea from Mayor Rudy Giuliani stopped the bill in its tracks.

HELP WANTED: PATAKI PUPPET?

As Commissioner John Lynch of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal plans to retire, Gov. Pataki is finding it difficult to fill a post described by many as a mouthpiece for the governor.