The Disabled

WORKFARE'S CLEAN SWEEP

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People on welfare need to work, that’s the mantra over at the city’s welfare office. The next population targeted for workfare: victims of domestic violence and the HIV positive.

The Harlem Shuffle

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Buy low, sell high, cash in–it’s all in a day’s work for developers who’ve turned an affordable housing program into an ATM.

Bronx

IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN

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Ostensibly about a new contract for the executive director, the slow motion break-up of the city’s environmental justice coalition has deeper issues at its core.

My Favorite Martin

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Shhh. The mayor’s newest commissioner, Department of Homeless Services boss Martin Oesterreich, is getting a reputation as an accessible, open, honest guy.

Times Square

Cold Comfort

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“Supportive housing” provides support services along with a room, setting thousands of residents on the road to self-sufficiency. But with some landlords, it’s their way or the doorway.

Latino

LEAD ASTRAY

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Council Speaker Peter Vallone and landlord allies keep revising their new lead paint bill. Tenant activists doubt they’ll like whatever is in the final draft.

Hunger

DINNERS AND LOSERS

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The need for food pantries and soup kitchens rose 36 percent in New York City last year, and programs can’t keep up with the demand.

Citywide

Switch Hitter

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Green activist Judith Enck has exchanged her picket signs for a set inside the State Attorney General’s environmental office.