14 Jul 2003 Uncategorized IT'S TANF TIME Senate Finance Committee Chair Charles Grassley’s staff has begun circulating a TANF reauthorization plan. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
14 Jul 2003 Uncategorized FOLLOW THE MONEY Today’s the deadline for candidates to file campaign finance disclosure statements covering the last six months. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
07 Jul 2003 Uncategorized TOUGH LOVE FOR AMERICORPS A leading House appropriator intends to block a Senate bill providing emergency funding to stave off AmeriCorps cuts. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
07 Jul 2003 Uncategorized TRANSLATING SERVICES Thirty-six of 51 City Council members are urging the speaker to move on a bill forcing human services agencies to provide translation. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
07 Jul 2003 Uncategorized UNCHECKED HOPE HUD is keeping a poor watch over its HOPE VI contracts. A federal audit says only a third of the revitalizations scheduled since 1993 have been finished. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
07 Jul 2003 Uncategorized CLOSED FOR SUMMER Summer food aid programs for kids are among the services that didn’t make it through the budget wringer intact. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
30 Jun 2003 Uncategorized HARLEM PASSING Dr. Preston Washington, Jr., co-founder of Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement and pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, died on June 25. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
30 Jun 2003 Uncategorized JUDICIAL REVIEW The Working Families Party will offer a judicial ballot-line in Brooklyn, with nominees chosen through an independent panel. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
30 Jun 2003 Uncategorized HASA AUDIT The city’s AIDS services are still slow and inefficient, a comptroller’s audit charges. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
30 Jun 2003 Uncategorized COMING UP SHORT More than half of “likely voters” say they or someone they knew had trouble meeting monthly housing costs last year. ByK. Wright0 minRead time