Kemba Johnson, Author at City Limits

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Did City Limits’ expose of the rotten conditions of Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center’s psychiatric unit prompt the now-planned renovations? The city isn’t saying–but it did sent us the…

ByKemba Johnson 3 minRead time

09

Nov 1998

Uncategorized

RIGHTS OF FALL

Despite a probable mayoral veto, the City Council is on the verge of voting up a bill that would give the homeless a litany of rights and new programs.

ByKemba Johnson 3 minRead time

02

Nov 1998

Uncategorized

CASHLESS LOCALS SUFFER, COUNCIL FEELS THEIR PAIN

Mayor Giuliani has kept $170 million from community groups to protest the City Council’s budget, and the effects are leading to a lawsuit.

ByKemba Johnson 3 minRead time

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Nov 1998

Uncategorized

Homeless Help Wanted

The city has been quietly contracting out jobs to homeless shelter residents.

ByKemba Johnson 2 minRead time

19

Oct 1998

Uncategorized

HEATHER REPORT

In the premier issue of Bully Pulpit, the fax monthly takes a look at the ideology of influential City Journal writer Heather MacDonald.

ByKemba Johnson 1 minRead time

05

Oct 1998

Uncategorized

NEW STUDY FINDS INSURANCE FLAWED AMONG EMPLOYEES

New Yorkers at small employers or working part-time are increasingly unlikely to have health care.

ByKemba Johnson 3 minRead time

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Sep 1998

Uncategorized

BFI GOES STERILE

South Bronx activists successfully fought Browning Ferris Industries plans to site a medical waste incinerator in their neighborhood–and their reward is a proposed plant to sterlize medical waste.

ByKemba Johnson 1 minRead time

08

Sep 1998

Uncategorized

SHELTER RESIDENTS PERFORM UNION JOBS AT HOMELESS AGENCY

Residents of a city-run homeless shelter in Brooklyn are working at the administrative offices to do data-entry, giving them access to confidential information.

ByKemba Johnson 3 minRead time

01

Sep 1998

Uncategorized

Landmarks Omission

African-Americans have been making history in New York for centuries, but you’d never know it from the roster of city landmarks and historic districts. A beauty-biased landmarks commission is to…

ByKemba Johnson 21 minRead time

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Aug 1998

Justice