Landlords Dump Voucher Tenants
Cassi Feldman |
Section 8 Leases At Risk
TASTE FOR DANGER: MEXICAN CANDY COULD POSE LEAD RISK
Cassi Feldman |
FDA issues vague warning about popular treats. How will New York respond?
Manhattan
LEAD LINES- HOUSING GROUPS AT ODDS OVER LEAD PAINT LAW
Cassi Feldman |
Community Development Corporations split on how to build more housing–and keep it lead-safe.
Bronx
RE-LEASING SEC 8 TENANTS- OWNERS REJECT VOUCHERS
Cassi Feldman |
Recent court decisions have opened the door for private landlords to bail out of the federal voucher program–and evict low-income renters.
Gifford Miller
RENT WARS: MITCHELL-LAMA TENANTS FACE NEW HURDLE
Cassi Feldman |
Precedent-setting lawsuit could allow landlords of rent-stabilized buildings to hike base rents.
Staten Island
Psychiatric Wards
Cassi Feldman |
Unlicensed psychiatric homes operate in the far-out corners of the city and below the radar of the state agencies charged to regulate them. Some are dirty and dangerous, others exemplary–and no one knows where else their residents can go.
Housing and Homelessness
MEET SHAUN DONOVAN: HPD’S OUTSIDER COMMISH
Cassi Feldman |
City’s housing agency welcomes former HUD official.
Homelessness
THE GREAT DIVIDE
Cassi Feldman |
Homeless advocates say Bush’s prisoner reentry initiative is long overdue–but they aren’t as thrilled with how he wants to fund it.
Homelessness
HOMELESS AID AXED
Cassi Feldman |
The city’s homeless service providers vote to cut 51 programs after a long and messy battle.
Education
ACS NEEDS A “NEW-MAN”: CHILD CARE COMMISH QUITS
Cassi Feldman |
Already struggling with tight budgets and policy shifts, the Administration for Children’s Services loses Deputy Commissioner Harvey Newman.
