Citywide
All's Ferrer in Landlord Land
Glenn Thrush |
Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer is a public champion of tenants’ rights, but his bid to become New York’s first Puerto Rican mayor is being bolstered by real estate money.
Citywide
Murphy's Flaw
Glenn Thrush |
Father Louis Gigante’s takeover of the South Bronx’s Murphy Consolidated housing project was the first step in the city’s privatization of public housing management. But tenants say they’re trapped in a game of musical slumlords.
Citywide
NYCHA's Abusive Policy
Glenn Thrush |
A New York City Housing Authority policy designed to prevent convicted criminals from moving into apartments may be putting battered women at risk.
Women
A FEUD GROWS IN BROOKLYN
Glenn Thrush |
The wheeling and dealing left some black eyes when Brooklyn’s Democrats decided who would replace Assemblywoman Eileen Dugan.
Manhattan
HEADLESS HPD SPELLS AIMLESS CITY HOUSING POLICY?
Glenn Thrush |
When the city’s housing commissioner announced her resignation last week, she left an agency adrift. But she found it that way too.
Charter Revision
CLEANING $$$ IN CITY POLITICS
Glenn Thrush |
New York City’s campaign finance system can be easily fixed, according to a new plan from a goo-goo group.
Welfare
PATAKI SLASHES COMMUNITY MONEY
Glenn Thrush |
Two state housing programs are under the knife in Governor Pataki’s new budget.
Center for an Urban Future
NEW IDEAS FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE
Glenn Thrush |
A new report outlines alternatives to trying juveniles as adults.
Housing and Homelessness
LAWSUIT: NYCHA EXPOSES WOMEN TO DOMESTIC ABUSE
Glenn Thrush |
A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of thousands of women who are forced to tell abusive partners their whereabouts in order to qualify for public housing.
Welfare
HERE COMES YOUR 105TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Glenn Thrush |
By analyzing the anti-urban policies of the outgoing 104th Congress, a new report gives some insight into what we can expect next.
