28 Apr 2003 Uncategorized CLOSED The New York-based Child Care Action Campaign is closing its doors after 20 years. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
28 Apr 2003 Uncategorized KEEP ON TRUCKIN'? The city is kicking off a study of truck routes, a move that advocates have clamored for since the late 1990s. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
21 Apr 2003 Uncategorized OPEN UP Tenant activists in Chinatown are suing NYPD to stop it from closing off more streets and public spaces. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
21 Apr 2003 Uncategorized HATE CRIME There have been 212 reports of attacks on homeless people around the country since 1999, including 123 murders. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
21 Apr 2003 Uncategorized GIVING UP Thousands of parents are turning custody of thier kids over to the state in order to get mental health care. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
21 Apr 2003 Justice IMAGE MAKEOVER The mayor’s office is launching a campaign to make foster parenting attractive in “high need” neighborhoods. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
21 Apr 2003 Uncategorized COST OF BUSINESS Operating costs for owners of rent stabilized apartments rose 16.9 percent between April 2002 and this month. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
21 Apr 2003 Uncategorized UNWELCOME SURPRISES States no longer welcome the once-loved “April surprise” of tax time. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
21 Apr 2003 Uncategorized CODE VIOLATIONS Councilmember Gale Brewer introduced legislation seeking to beef up enforcement of the city’s housing code. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
21 Apr 2003 Uncategorized MONITORING REFORM States that have tried similar versions of Pataki’s Medicaid prescription drug reforms have had trouble monitoring them. ByK. Wright1 minRead time