Economy
Attax Of the Killer Cut: Mom and Pop Funders Fear Bush Effect
Kathleen McGowan |
While philanthropic powerbrokers battle Bush’s tax cut proposal, small grassroots groups wonder where they will get their funds if the estate tax dries up.
Economy
ATTAX OF THE KILLER CUT
Kathleen McGowan |
While philanthropic powerbrokers battle Bush’s tax cut proposal, small grassroots groups wonder where they will get their funds if the estate tax dries up.
Home Economics
Kathleen McGowan |
Political heavyweights and federal housing officials announced a last-minute save in January that would rescue about 465 brownstones that have been pillaged, exploited and left for dead through scams carried out under the federal mortgage insurance program known as 203(k).
Bronx
The History Channel
Kathleen McGowan |
A vats wasteland: A new book documents the toxic history of Queens Laurel Hill copper works.
Staten Island
CARE PAY SCARE COULD BECOME CITYWIDE MESS
Kathleen McGowan |
The city’s fancy new computer system for child care payments meant late checks and lost paperwork in Staten Island last fall. Now it’s due to hit the rest of the city.
Drugs
“ONE STRIKE” STRUCK DOWN
Kathleen McGowan |
Last week, California’s U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals knocked down that state’s tough public housing drug eviction laws. Advocates say the ruling could have an influence here.
Manhattan
DEAL BRINGS SALVATION TO HARLEM–BUT THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS
Kathleen McGowan |
Nonprofit housing experts, federal officials, and politicians crafted a first-rate deal to bail out nearly 500 brownstones that have been exploited through a federal mortgage loan program–but putting this complicated plan in practice will be another matter.
Where Credit Is Due
Kathleen McGowan |
A Bronx credit union partners with a check casher, boosting services and raising eyebrows.
Citywide
Chasing Morgan
Kathleen McGowan |
New York’s community development groups have been eyeing with trepidation the current merger between New York financial mammoths Chase Manhattan Bank and J.P. Morgan.
The City Limits 20
Kathleen McGowan |
Why worry about the privatization of government services when you can cash in? Introducing the City Limits Index Fund, a portfolio of the hottest companies in the bureaucracy biz.
