FDNY
LAX ENFORCEMENT TO BLAME IN BED-STUY FIRE DEATH
Kathleen McGowan |
A fire that raced through a building in Bedford-Stuyvesant last week is a direct result of the city’s lax enforcement of dangerous maintenance problems.
Justice
ADOPTIONS FALL DESPITE BEST EFFORTS OF CITY, FEDS
Kathleen McGowan |
Despite pressure to increase the number of adoptions from the pool of children in foster care, the figures have actually dropped this year–and everyone has their own theory as to why.
Economy
NEW WORKFORCE PROGRAMS ASLEEP ON THE JOB
Kathleen McGowan |
The feds frown on New York City’s lackadasical attitude toward implementing a new federal job-training program.
Bronx
NO MORE PENCILS, NO MORE DOCKED WELFARE CHECKS
Kathleen McGowan |
“Learnfare,” which punished parents on welfare when their kids missed school, will end after one year, as the state legislature opts not to extend the controversial program.
HOUSE SLASHES HOUSING CASH-NO THANKS TO RICK LAZIO
Kathleen McGowan |
The House’s new federal housing budget is $6 billion shy of the president’s request, which doesn’t do much for New York–and it’s hard not to blame candidate Rick Lazio.
Lower East Side
Hot for Profit
Kathleen McGowan |
Gambling that history won’t repeat itself, the city’s housing agency is selling troubled buildings back to private landlords.
All That is Solid
Kathleen McGowan |
It’s a sad day for working stiffs when the monks move in, at least from the viewpoint of the longtime union watchdogs at the Association for Union Democracy.
Education
SUMMERTIME BLUES FOR INTERNATIONAL H.S.
Kathleen McGowan |
When two Queens alternative high schools applied to become charters, they lost an exemption that protected graduating seniors from the Regents exams.
FROM GOLD ST. TO WALL STREET?
Kathleen McGowan |
Rumors are flying that the head of the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development is about to move to a job in the private sector.
