Manhattan
UNUSED LAND IN MANHATTAN?: REPORT
SHOWS OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDING
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There’s buildable land left in Manhattan — and activists would like to see it provide homes for those with none.
Manhattan
TENANTS PUSHING LEGAL CASE
AGAINST HARASSERS AT HOME
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A new legal group takes aim at an ongoing under-the-radar problem: building landlords and superintendents making life miserable on an intimate level.
Bronx
DON'T JUST SIT THERE,
SHELTER SOMEBODY
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The first-ever broad count of neglected buildings in the city may reveal housing opportunities.
Justice
APPROACHING THE BENCH: FOSTER KIDS
COULD TAKE PART IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
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Involving children kids in legal decisions about their futures can help all around.
Women
THE SURVIVAL DEFENSE: NEW BILL
WEIGHS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HISTORY
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Legislation would reduce sentences for inmates who can prove link between abuse and crime.
Justice
HEALTHY MOVE? ST. CHRISTOPHER’S, INC.
GIVES UP COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTERS
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Agency wrestles with massive debt long after records tampering scandal.
Community Service Society of New York
DISSECTING WELFARE STATS:
FORMER CLIENTS 'DISAPPEAR'
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Welfare rolls dip to 40-year low, but new data shows that many recipients may be leaving without jobs.
Bronx
NEW LIFE FOR LAST CHANCE HIGH:
CITY CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES
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What’s next for city teens facing charges in Family Court? City officials plot new program while advocates push a plan of their own.
Bronx
HOLY HEADACHE: TENANTS ASK
CHURCH TO SAVE THEIR HOUSING
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Residents attempt to untangle a complicated web of responsibility that has left their homes in jeopardy.
Bronx
SAYING GOODBYE TO LAST CHANCE HIGH:
CITY SHUTTERS TROUBLED PROGRAM
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Alternative to Detention schools give judges a way to keep kids out of jail. So what happens now that they’re closing?