27 Jun 2005 Uncategorized CHILD WELFARE WATCHDOG State Assembly passes bill that would create an Office of the Child Advocate to monitor kids in foster care and juvenile justice systems. ByCity Limits1 minRead time
27 Jun 2005 Uncategorized HUNGRY FOR MORE City Council passes legislation to ease food stamp application; city unveils borough-wide hunger task forces. ByCity Limits1 minRead time
27 Jun 2005 Uncategorized TENANTS EMPOWERED Renters gain “right of first refusal” to purchase subsidized apartment buildings. ByCity Limits1 minRead time
27 Jun 2005 Housing and Homelessness FIERCE RESISTANCE LGBT group launches Cop Watch program to improve interactions with police. ByCity Limits4 minRead time
27 Jun 2005 Uncategorized CHILD CARE WITH STRINGS: STATE SEEKS TO LIMIT BENEFIT New regulation would force families seeking low-cost child care to pursue court-ordered child support. ByCity Limits4 minRead time
15 Jun 2005 Uncategorized Ending Workfare as We Know It? With 400,000 still on the rolls, New York City is taking a new approach to welfare reform’s second round. Could a gentler touch really put more of the city’s poor… ByCity Limits34 minRead time
15 Jun 2005 Uncategorized Battery Park City Recharged The 1960s promise to fund low-cost housing through Battery Park City languished for decades. Why the city finally made good on its pledge. ByCity Limits11 minRead time
15 Jun 2005 Uncategorized Beyond Bloomberg’s Stadium Infatuation Sports arenas aren’t the mayor’s only plan for invigorating New York. Just take a look at how the city’s pursuing development in the outer boroughs. ByCity Limits20 minRead time
15 Jun 2005 Uncategorized Bloomberg: The People's Mayor? If being an improvement from the Giuliani era were the only criteria, Michael Bloomberg would have been anointed the People’s Mayor a long time ago. ByCity Limits2 minRead time
15 Jun 2005 Uncategorized Siegel’s Bohemian Clout Public Advocate candidate takes center stage. ByCity Limits5 minRead time