The organization is involved in major lawsuits and lights up tabloid op-ed pages with criticisms of unions, elected officials, Chancellor Fariña and others. But their funding and membership are fuzzy.
Many people agree that New York City’s property tax system is marred by inequities and the unintended consequences of attempts to address them. But reforms could be costly or create…
School officials have talked for years about improving special education. The de Blasio administration is trying a new approach. Does it go deep enough?
Sometimes the fight’s over classroom setting, sometimes over a child eating their meals through a straw. Often it involves lawyers, frantic parents and a strained school system.
One aspect of the hospital crisis is that city hospitals exist not just to treat illness, but to protect vulnerable people from violence, homelessness and other threats.
In a state where all hospitals are either public or non-profit, Gov. Cuomo’s bid to permit private investment in health facilities stirs cheer among fans and fears among opponents…
Quietly, three Brooklyn hospitals are revamping their operations to increase efficiency and reduce ER visits—hoping to avoid the fate that has befallen LICH and Interfaith.
Brooklyn hospitals are collapsing in a dog-eat-dog maelstrom of plunging Medicaid reimbursements, failed action plans and exhausting rounds of recriminations.
The state wants to close and merge hospitals to shore up health-system finances. But front-line health providers say patients shouldn’t pay the price for problems caused by government funding schemes.