Bronx
DOHERTY TRASHES HEARING ON GARBAGE 'HOODS
Glenn Thrush |
The city’s sanitation commissioner wasn’t in attendance at a City Countil hearing on plans to replace the Fresh Kills dump.
Justice
FOSTER CARE REVERSAL
Glenn Thrush |
New York City kids are much less likely to be sent into foster care with relatives or even in their own neighborhood, a new study finds.
Dawn Of The Cyber-Dole
Glenn Thrush |
The state’s massive effort to turn food stamps and welfare checks into ATM-type debit cards could result in unforeseen dangers for low-income New Yorkers, advocates charge.
Community Service Society of New York
Seven Deadly Signs of New York City's Unheeded Housing Crisis
Glenn Thrush |
Rents are rising, wages declining, and the pols in Albany are preparing to slice and dice the city’s number-one housing subsidy: welfare. As activists battle to preserve rent stabilization, even greater threats to low-income tenants lurk just around the corner.
Bronx
HOUSING AUTHORITY ASKS FOR FREEDOM FROM FEDERAL REGS
Glenn Thrush |
The city is planning to apply to a federal deregulation plan for public housing that could radically reshape the rules for 160,000 New York families.
Welfare
ATM WELFARE CHECKS & BALANCES
Glenn Thrush |
Welfare and food stamp benefits are slated to be delivered by ATM machines in New York State, but advocates for the poor say the devil’s in the details.
Manhattan
ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK LUXURY DECONTROL FAILS IN CITY COUNCIL
Glenn Thrush |
Tenant advocates hoped the City Council would eliminate a 1994 law ended rent protection for luxury apartments, but the measure died last week.
Welfare
PATAKI PLOTS HOUSING CRISIS?
Glenn Thrush |
Cuts to state welfare programs will have a devestating economic ripple effect in New York’s poorest communities, a new study says.
George's April Fool’s Gift
Glenn Thrush |
Governor George Pataki has hatched a nasty April Fool’s Day surprise for 175 community housing groups.
Community Service Society of New York
Abandoned
Glenn Thrush |
Hello, I must be going. The mayor has anointed a third housing commissioner but there’s little reason to think that spells relief for tenants of crumbling buildings.
