Matt Pacenza, Author at City Limits

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The city’s practice of selling off distressed real estate to private owners instead of developing it into new housing has sent one Harlem property to the biggest auction block of…

ByMatt Pacenza 3 minRead time

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Aug 2001

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THE DAY AFTER: STATE BUDGET COULD CRIPPLE SERVICES

As state legislators dare Gov. Pataki with a $2 billion cut to social services, providers look on with apprehension.

ByMatt Pacenza 4 minRead time

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Jul 2001

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COUNCIL TRIES TO MAKE ROOM FOR CLASS IN WORKFARE

City Councilmembers last week introduced a bill to encourage better education and training for New Yorkers in workfare, but its supporters worry that even if the bill does pass, it…

ByMatt Pacenza 3 minRead time

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Jul 2001

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BARGING FOR POWER

A proposal to anchor a power plant in the Gowanus Canal resurfaces, to the dismay of local residents.

ByMatt Pacenza 2 minRead time

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Jul 2001

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CITY LIENS ON POOR HOMEOWNERS

Activists were dismayed to learn the City Council has quietly approved a two-year extension of a program for dealing with homeowners with large tax debts, fearing that without a change,…

ByMatt Pacenza 3 minRead time

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Jul 2001

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Judge Dread

Appellate Court ruling hurts rent laws.

ByMatt Pacenza 3 minRead time

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Jun 2001

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HOUSING PLAN BREWING IN BUSHWICK CHUGS ALONG

A plan to build hundreds of units of housing in Bushwick passed phase I of the land-use approval process last week, taking a step closer to becoming one of the…

ByMatt Pacenza 4 minRead time

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Jun 2001

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STATE PUT TO THE TEST

The state Department of Education might want to re-read the Americans with Disabilities Act, suggests an advocacy group which last week filed a complaint in federal court that charged the…

ByMatt Pacenza 2 minRead time

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Jun 2001

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