Kathleen McGowan, Author at City Limits

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The city has had success with selling tax leins on delinquent buildings, but just who’s buying these properties–and when will the rehab part of the program begin?

ByKathleen McGowan 4 minRead time

12

Oct 1998

Uncategorized

OUT OF THEIR CENSUS

The 2000 Census will need help from local groups to help find out more about immigrant and other hard-to-count communities.

ByKathleen McGowan 3 minRead time

12

Oct 1998

Justice Land Use and Development

UNWATCHFUL EYES: CITY LAX IN CARE OF GROUP HOME KIDS

In the November issue of City Limits: An expose of the sordid conditions of Hegeman House, a city-run group home that is supposed to provide a haven for some of…

ByKathleen McGowan 3 minRead time

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Oct 1998

Uncategorized

NEW-AGE SECTION 8

At a long public meeting on a proposed overhaul of the federal project-based Section 8 rules, tenants were mostly pleased with the plans.

ByKathleen McGowan 1 minRead time

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Oct 1998

Uncategorized

HUD BILL BRINGS 50,000 VOUCHERS

Housing advocates are pleased with the new Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill, even with some unappreciated riders.

ByKathleen McGowan 1 minRead time

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Sep 1998

Economy

WAGE OF RESENTMENT

Over the last few years, the rich have gotten a lot richer, and the rest of us… well, count yourself lucky if you’re not doing any worse.

ByKathleen McGowan 1 minRead time

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Sep 1998

Uncategorized

BUYER SOUGHT IN LOISAIDA SELL-OUT

CHARAS supporters are pulling out all the stops to determine the identity of the mystery buyer who purchased their Lower East Side arts center at a city auction.

ByKathleen McGowan 2 minRead time

01

Sep 1998

Uncategorized

Yonkers Race Trap

After years of haggling, housing desegregation is finally a done deal in New York City’s unofficial sixth borough. Five years after 200 poor families moved out of the projects and…

ByKathleen McGowan 26 minRead time

10

Aug 1998

Uncategorized